The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird

[00:08.47] When I was a babe I fell down in the holler

[00:12.99] When I was a girl I fell into your arms

[00:17.24] We fell on hard times and we lost our bright color

[00:21.75] You went to the dogs and I lived by my charms

[00:29.46] I danced for my dinner, spread kisses like honey

[00:33.97] You stole and you gambled, and I said you should

[00:38.22] We sang for our suppers, we drank up our money

[00:42.74] Then one day you left, saying I was no good

[00:50.44] Well, all right, I'm bad, but then, you're no prize either

[00:54.96] All right, I'm bad, but then, that's nothing new

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

[01:03.73] Just let me remind you what I am to you

[01:11.43] 'Cause I am the one who looks out when you're leaping

[01:16.21] I am the one who knows how you were brave

[01:20.19] And I am the one who heard what you said sleeping

[01:24.99] I'll take that and more when I go to my grave

[01:32.96] It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under

[01:37.48] It's sooner than later that you'll be alone

[01:41.72] So who will you turn to tomorrow, I wonder?

[01:46.24] For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own

[01:54.47] I am the one who you let see you weeping

[01:58.72] I know the soul that you struggled to save

[02:02.72] Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reaping

[02:07.77] Now what will you do when I go to my grave?