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Thread #5076   Message #28737
Posted By: Jon W.
19-May-98 - 04:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Charley Patton songs
Subject: Lyr Add: BIRD NEST BOUND^^
Here's another one, more to come.

BIRD NEST BOUND
Charley Patton

Come on mama, out to the edge of town
Come on mama, go to the edge of town
I know where there's a bird nest, built down on the ground.

If I was a bird mama,
If I was a bird mama, I would find a nest in the heart of town.
(Lord you know I'd build it in the heart of town)
So when the town get lonesome, I'd be bird nest bound.

Hard luck is at your front door, blues are in your room.
Hard luck is at your front door, blues are in your room.
Charley's (callin') at your back door, what is gonna become of you.

Sometime I say I need you, then again I don't
Sometime I say I need you, then again I don't
(You know it's the truth, baby)
Sometime I think I'll quit you, then again I won't.

Oh I remember one mornin', stand'n in my baby's door
(Shucks, boy, tell me 'bout it)
Oh I remember one mornin', stand'n in my baby's door
(Boy you know what she told me?)
Looka here Papa Charley, I don't want you round no more.

Safe sweet home, sweet home baby, through that shinin' star.
Safe sweet home now, through, aw that shinin' star.
(Lord you know I'm just staying there)
You don't need no tellin' mama, take you in my car.