STONEWALL JACKSON

One day the train was passin' I caught it crawlin' by
To look this old world over under God's blue sky
My darling stood there weeping as I was looking back
I kissed my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track
Goodbye so long until I come back home you'll be my dream
Goodbye so long there's lots of places that I've never seen
I'll always be a drifter but I'll be driftin' back
To where I left you cryin' in the smoke along the track

I like to keep on goin' it helps me when I'm blue
I get the urge to travel that's all I want to do
I know I just can't settle down because I like to roam
And when I hear that whistle blow I've gotta move along
Goodbye so long there's something down the track keeps calling me
Goodbye so long I guess that's just the way I'll always be
So when I get that feeling don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you cryin' in the smoke along the track



I know my baby loves me I love my baby too
But she don't understand me when I'm feeling blue
And when I hear that whistle blow I hurry home and pack
And leave my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track
Goodbye so long I hate to leave you but I've gotta go
Goodbye so long it's coming now just heard that whistle blow
It'll be here in a minute you'll wave and I'll look back
I'm gonna leave you cryin' in the smoke along the track

I've got a sad sad story friend that I don't like to tell
I had a home and fam'ly when they locked me in this cell
I've been in here eighteen years a long long time I know
But time don't mean a thing to me cause I've got life to go
Well I went one night where the lights were bright just to see what I could see
I met up with the old friend who just thought the world of me
Well he brought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk in town
Then words were said and now he's dead I just had to bring him down
Well it's been a long long time now since I've heard from my wife
I know I'd be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
Well I'll bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years and still got life to go


Well I'll bet there's not one man outside that's spent this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison till my body's just a shell
No I can't be free to go and see the ones that I love so
I've been in here eighteen years I've still got life to go
Yes I've still got life to go oh I've still got life to go

Don't be angry at me darling if I fail to understand
All your little whims and wishes all the time
Just remember that I'm dumb I guess like any foolish man
And my head stays sorta foggy cause you're mine

Well I recall the first time that I flirted with you dear
When I jokingly said come and be my bride
Now that time has turned the pages it's the sweetest joke on earth
That I have you near forever by my side

Maybe someday you're gonna hurt me I've been hurting of before
Only God can know and time alone will tell
But in the mean time I'll keep loving you with all my heart and soul
And pray God to let it last if it's his will

So don't be angry...

[Chorus]
{Waterloo, Waterloo
Where will you meet your Waterloo?
Every puppy has its day
Everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo}

Now, old Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the devil made him take a bite
And that's where old Adam met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer the world, but lost his pants
Met defeat known as Bonaparte's retreat
And that's when Napoleon met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

Now, a feller whose darling proved untrue
Took her life, but he lost his too
Now he swings where the little birdie sings
And that's where Tom Dooley met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

I remember to this day the bright red Georgia clay
And how it stuck to the tires after the summer rain
Will power made that old car go my roamin' mind told me that's so
How I wish that we were back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named Boo
Travelin' and a livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named Boo
How I love being a free man

I can still recall the wheatfields near St. Paul
And in the mornin' we got caught robbin' from an old hen
Old MacDonald he made us work but then he paid us for what it was worth
Another tank of gas and back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named Boo
Travelin' and a livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named Boo
How I love being a free man

I'll never forget that day we motored stately into big L.A.
The lights of the city put the settlin' down into my brain
It's only been a month or so that old car's a buggin' us to go
We gotta get away and get back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named Boo
Travelin' and a livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named Boo
How I love being a free man

Me and you and a dog named Boo
Travelin' and a livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named Boo

Oh Mary don't you weep for me oh Mary just await for me
The battle will soon be over oh Mary don't you weep
Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home for three long years now he's been gone
He left her cryin' on her wedding day
And went to fight the battle of the Blue and Gray
Oh Mary don't you weep...
Mary's young heart was filled with joy when she got the letter from her soldier boy
His words of love made her heart beat fast but little did she know it would be the last
Oh Mary don't you weep...
On that same day Atlanta burned down her soldier boy he fell to the ground
Now Mary sits alone by the candle light and reads his letter over every night
Oh Mary don't you weep...
Oh Mary don't you weep...
Oh Mary don't you weep oh Mary don't you weep oh Mary don't you weep

Leona Leona you tell him you're through you tell him Leona about me and you
You tell him we're married with a baby up to
You tell him Leona you tell him you're true
You laughed as I pleaded and walked out the door
To meet him to kiss him to shame me once more
I knew where to find you just follow the sign dancing and dining coctails and wine

The sidewalk was crowded in front of the bar I heard the sirenes of black police car
Two bodies lay crumbled a woman a man
His wife stood there by you a gun in her hand
Leona Leona it's over and through the baby is crying and calling for you
For me there's no difference I knew for so long
That some day you'd leave me and now you are gone

Just last night my love said she was leaving
I sat right there and cried until the dawn
Then booze was added to the pain and heartbreak
The combination equalled trouble from then on

Blues plus booze means I lose
Not a right combination for anyone to choose
Nobody knows the feeling till he's been in my shoes
Blues plus booze means I lose
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Tonight I'm fast forgetting how she left me


But tomorrow pain will come on twice as strong
I order stronger booze and louder music
Like I'm happy for tonight but not for long

Blues plus booze means I lose...

I've got a sad sad story friend that I don't like to tell
I had a home and fam'ly when they locked me in this cell
I've been in here eighteen years a long long time I know
But time don't mean a thing to me cause I've got life to go
Well I went one night where the lights were bright just to see what I could see
I met up with the old friend who just thought the world of me
Well he brought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk in town
Then words were said and now he's dead I just had to bring him down
Well it's been a long long time now since I've heard from my wife
I know I'd be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
Well I'll bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years and still got life to go


Well I'll bet there's not one man outside that's spent this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison till my body's just a shell
No I can't be free to go and see the ones that I love so
I've been in here eighteen years I've still got life to go
Yes I've still got life to go oh I've still got life to go

[Chorus]
{Waterloo, Waterloo
Where will you meet your Waterloo?
Every puppy has its day
Everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo}

Now, old Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the devil made him take a bite
And that's where old Adam met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer the world, but lost his pants
Met defeat known as Bonaparte's retreat
And that's when Napoleon met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

Now, a feller whose darling proved untrue
Took her life, but he lost his too
Now he swings where the little birdie sings
And that's where Tom Dooley met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

[Chorus]
{Waterloo, Waterloo
Where will you meet your Waterloo?
Every puppy has its day
Everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo}

Now, old Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the devil made him take a bite
And that's where old Adam met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer the world, but lost his pants
Met defeat known as Bonaparte's retreat
And that's when Napoleon met his Waterloo

[Chorus]

Now, a feller whose darling proved untrue
Took her life, but he lost his too
Now he swings where the little birdie sings
And that's where Tom Dooley met his Waterloo

[Chorus]