The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird

[00:08.99] When I was a babe, I fell down in my holler

[00:13.00] When I was a girl, I fell into your arms

[00:16.98] We fell on hard times and we lost our bright color

[00:21.31] You went to the dogs and I lived by my charms

[00:29.58] I danced for my dinner, spread kisses like honey

[00:33.84] You stole and you gambled and I said you should

[00:38.09] We sang for our suppers, we drank up our money

[00:42.62] Then, one day, you left sayin' I was no good

[00:50.60] Well, alright, I'm bad, but then you're no prize either

[00:54.93] Alright, I'm bad, but then that's nothin' new

[00:59.21] You say you won't love me, I won't love you neither

[01:03.99] Just let me remind you what I am to you

[01:12.25] 'Cause I am the one who looks out when you're leapin'

[01:15.98] I am the one who knows how you were brave

[01:20.23] And I am the one who heard what you said sleepin'

[01:24.77] I'll take that and more when I go to my grave

[01:33.25] It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under

[01:37.24] It's sooner than later that you'll be alone

[01:41.77] So who will you turn to tomorrow? I wonder

[01:46.56] For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own

[01:54.56] I am the one who you let see you weepin'

[01:58.86] I know the soul that you struggle to save

[02:03.12] Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reapin'

[02:07.63] Now, what will you do when I go to my grave?