Mr. Jones-Greatest Hits Of Tug Boat Records

[ti:Mr. Jones] [ar:Big Al Downing] [al:Big Al Downing's Greatest Hits, Vol.1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mr. Jones - Big Al Downing [00:13.19]Written by：Al Downing [00:26.39]He was an old black country farmer [00:28.63] [00:29.96]Driving home another load of hay [00:32.69] [00:34.99]When he came upon an accident on a lonely county highway [00:40.74] [00:42.57]He could hear a baby cryin' [00:45.18]See the folks as they lay dyin' [00:47.37] [00:48.16]And a mother said with her final breath [00:51.48] [00:53.76]The baby has no kin won't you please take him in [00:57.61] [00:58.47]Give him love and give him all your best [01:02.19] [01:04.07]So he took him to the big house [01:06.36]Where he worked as a sharecropper [01:08.44] [01:09.62]From that day on he never was alone [01:12.53] [01:15.09]And when the little white boy [01:16.54] [01:17.24]Cut his hand from pickin' berries [01:19.88]He came runnin' cryin' to Mr Jones [01:23.37] [01:25.15]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr Jones [01:28.93] [01:30.61]You're the only one to help me in this world I'm so alone [01:35.69] [01:37.20]Yes I love you and I need you Mr Jones [01:41.10] [01:42.67]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr Jones [01:46.47] [01:54.87]He grew up and got in trouble [01:56.85] [01:57.88]With the law and on the double [01:59.58] [02:00.75]Soon his name was known throughout the land [02:03.44] [02:06.14]He robbed a bank in dallas [02:07.70] [02:08.36]Killed a man in oklahoma [02:10.23] [02:11.31]Each time he'd take the phone up in his hand [02:14.41] [02:16.55]Each time the county sheriff stopped by [02:18.90] [02:19.42]A part of Mr Jones would die [02:22.09]And from his eyes the tears began to run [02:25.12] [02:27.51]And he began to pray [02:28.62] [02:29.74]That he'd live to see the day [02:31.64] [02:32.87]He'd hold the boy he raised up like a son [02:35.75] [02:37.59]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr Jones [02:41.46] [02:42.99]You're the only one to help me in this world I'm so alone [02:48.20] [02:49.77]Yes I love you and I need you Mr Jones [02:53.40] [02:55.22]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr Jones [02:59.20] [03:08.45]One saturday night as he lay in jail [03:09.97] [03:10.54]For fighting and just raisin' hell [03:12.52] [03:14.36]That sunday morning he picked up the phone [03:15.96] [03:19.76]And as the phone was ringin' [03:21.02] [03:22.07]Back home in church a choir was singin' [03:23.99] [03:25.71]I'm goin' home for Mr Jones [03:26.97] [03:29.80]And when the choir stopped singin' [03:31.28] [03:32.64]That telephone just kept on ringin' [03:34.19] [03:36.47]And they slowly laid Mr Jones to rest [03:38.20] [03:41.16]And there are those that say [03:42.47] [03:43.42]Mr Jones he passed away of a broken heart [03:47.06] [03:47.81]And just plain unhappiness [03:49.11] [03:49.77]Oh I'm in trouble come and get me Mr Jones [03:53.92] [03:55.89]You're the only one to help me in this world I'm so alone [04:00.85] [04:02.57]Yes I love you and I need you Mr Jones [04:06.37] [04:08.15]I'm in trouble come and get me Mr Jones [04:11.88] [04:16.51]It's too late he's goin' home [04:20.89]Come and get me Mr Jones [04:22.42]It's too late he's goin' home [04:25.36]Mr Jones please pick up the telephone [04:27.84]It's too late he's goin' home [04:31.34]Mr Jones I need you Mr Jones [04:33.11]It's too late they're goin' home