Lay My Body Down

so I came all the way from Trenton,
spent a full night at the station,
in a suitcase made of calico brown
now i'm almost out of money,
and i'm sleepy and hungry,
I wanna lay my body down

I don't wanna cause trouble,
I don't need a bath of bubbles,
just a floorboard for the pavement on the ground
i'll take a steeple or a stable,
or a dining room table,
just to lay my body down

lay, lay my body down

so I go back to see my baby.
since no other place'll take me,
when I stop to brush my hair back with a comb
and I can almost see our porch light,
and it's shining like a northern light,
God, how I wanna be home

to lay, lay my body down
lay, lay my body down

but some joke from Albuquerque,
with some white wine and a turkey.
come to entertain my girl while I was gone
this bear thinks something is funny,
he's got his paws into my honey,
then he lay her body down

now just as every schoolyard has a teacher,
every chapel has a preacher,
every angry man has 6 shells to a round
i've been an honest man,
i've walked as straight as I can,
but i'm gonna lay his body down

lay, lay his body down