Seen a man standing over a dead dog By a highway in a ditch He's looking down kinda puzzled Poking that dog with a stick Got his car door flung open He's standing out on Highway 31 Like if he stood there long enough That dog'd get up and run
Struck me kinda funny Seemed kinda funny, sir, to me Still, at the end of every hard day People find some reason to believe
Now, Mary Lou loved Johnny With a love mean and true She said, "Baby, I'll work for you every day" And bring my money home to you One day, he up and left her And ever since that She waits down at the end of that dirt road For young Johnny to come back
Struck me kinda funny Funny, yeah, indeed How at the end of every hard-earned day People find some reason to believe
Take a baby to the river "Kyle William," they called him Wash the baby in the water Take away little Kyle's sin In a whitewashed shotgun shack An old man passes away Take the body to the graveyard Over him, they pray
Lord, won't you tell us Tell us—what does it mean? At the end of every hard-earned day People find some reason to believe
Congregation gathers Down by the riverside Preacher stands with a bible Groom stands waiting for his bride Congregation gone and the sun sets Behind a weeping willow tree Groom stands alone and watches the river rush on So effortlessly
Wondering Where can his baby be Still, at the end of every hard-earned day People find some reason to believeTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
