I've
been hangin' out uptown
in the low -down rain
Watchin' Good Time Charlie Friends,
it's drivin' me insane
And up on shady Charlotte Street
where the green light turns red
Wish I was back home
on the farm in my feather bed
Gonna get myself a rocking chair,
see if I can lose
This thin dime, hard time,
sell on Church Street Blue
Found myself a paper friend,
I read just today's news
Folded up page 21,
stuffed it in my shoe
Paid a nickel to the poor,
bought a good turn for the day
Then I folded up my old billfold,
threw it far away
Gonna get myself a rocking chair,
see if I can move
These Vietnam hard times,
hell on Church Street blues
I wish I had some guitar strings,
that old black diamond brand
I'd string up my marking box,
and go and join a band
But I guess I'm gonna sit down here,
and pick and sing a while
Try to make me a little change,
and give you folks a smile
Gonna give myself a rockin' chair,
see if I can lose
These thin dimes, hard times,
hell on a church seat blues
I'm get myself a rockin' chair
See if I can lose
both pen and dime hard times,
hell on Church Street Blue.
Those ten -dime hard times,
hell on Church Street Blue.