The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird (Interview Song)

When I was a babe

I fell down in the holler

When I was a girl

I fell into your arms

We fell on hard times

And we lost our bright color

You went to the dogs

And I lived by my charms

I danced for my dinner

Spread kisses like honey

You stole and you gambled

And I said you should

We sang for our suppers

And we drank up our money

Then one day you left

Saying I was no good

Well all right I'm bad

But then you're no prize either

All right I'm bad but then

That's nothing new

You say you won't love me

Well I won't love you neither

Just let me remind

You who I am to you

'Cause I am the one who

Looks out when you're leaping

And I am the one who knows

How you were brave

And I am the one who knows

What you said sleeping

I'll take that and more when

I go to my grave

It's sooner than later that

I'm six feet under

It's sooner than later

That you'll be alone

So who will you turn to tomorrow

I wonder

For when the bell rings

Lover you're on your own

For when the bell rings

Lover you're on your own

I am the one who

You let see you weeping

I know the soul that

You struggle to save

Too bad I'm the bet

That you lost in the reaping

Now what will you do

When I go to my grave