Gertrude-Jerry Jeff Walker

[ti:Gertrude] [ar:Jerry Jeff Walker] [al:Driftin' Way of Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Gertrude - Jerry Jeff Walker (杰里·杰夫·沃克) [00:06.83]Yeah now gertrude [00:07.60]Was just a one eyed girl [00:09.57]Workin' down in new orleans [00:11.58] [00:12.67]Gertrude she's a regular pal [00:14.90] [00:15.45]One of them cajun queens [00:17.42] [00:18.28]Soft hearted hooker in a two bit dive [00:21.00]A regular saint sadie got just one eye [00:23.79]Got a set of arms like a lumberjack [00:26.57]But gertrude's got a heart of gold dust [00:28.74] [00:33.52]Now gertrude was always on the streets [00:36.23]Hustling up a dime or two [00:38.40] [00:39.37]Gertrude was nice and sweet [00:42.16]'Specially when she's trickin' you [00:43.86] [00:44.75]She could take you to the back [00:46.27]And in a minute flat [00:47.67]She'd be back drinkin' whiskey [00:49.07]From a water glass [00:50.51]Laughing like a sailor on a three day pass [00:53.42]Gertrude was a swingin' bar fly [00:55.82] [01:00.46]Yeah I met her when I was runnin' about [01:03.31]And nobody seemed to care for me [01:05.23] [01:06.42]She took me to her side [01:08.85]And explained the facts of life to me [01:11.07] [01:12.11]She told me 'bout the world and all it's misery [01:14.58]She taught me how to laugh and be a friend [01:17.00]Indeed [01:17.62]And let the sanctimonious crowds go their way [01:19.97] [01:20.55]Gertrude had a way with alright [01:22.70] [01:24.40]Alright now [01:26.16] [01:54.06]Yeah she took me to the room that night [01:56.92]And made me feel a man again [01:59.18]We laughed and talked and drank and sang [02:02.70]Then the beautiful night came to an end [02:04.84] [02:05.91]I fell asleep in a broken down chair [02:08.52]And when I woke there was nobody there [02:11.29]She rolled me [02:11.98]But she told me in a note she left [02:13.94]You gotta keep makin' it my friend [02:16.47] [02:21.16]So somewhere down in new orleans [02:24.06]Where the wine and the laughs are friends [02:25.88] [02:26.78]I bet there's a one eyed beauty there [02:29.42]Just trippin' and pickin' up men [02:31.47] [02:32.38]For wherever there are souls who are hung in distress [02:35.65]There's bound to be a whore for your sos [02:38.09]Thank god for women no matter where it's at [02:40.87]And gertrude is setting all kinds of records [02:43.85] [02:48.04]Yeah now gertrude [02:49.25]Was just a one eyed girl [02:50.40]She is a [02:51.20]Workin' down in new orleans [02:52.79] [02:54.11]Gertrude she's a regular pal [02:56.66]One of them cajun queens [02:58.40] [02:59.17]She is a [02:59.84]Soft hearted hooker in a two bit dive [03:02.31]A regular saint sadie got just one eye [03:04.59]Tears [03:05.02]Got a set of arms like a lumberjack [03:07.57]But gertrude's got a heart of gold dust [03:10.26]I love her so much