The East Colorado Dam-Sammy Walker

[ti:The East Colorado Dam] [ar:Sammy Walker] [al:Sammy Walker] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The East Colorado Dam - Sammy Walker [00:16.58]This shack is falling' in [00:17.89] [00:18.58]And your wrists are getting thin [00:20.40] [00:21.45]Sweetheart you don't deserve the kind of life [00:24.75]I've put you in [00:25.67] [00:27.98]But it's hard to a draw a pay [00:29.92] [00:30.46]When my papers always say [00:32.11] [00:33.55]That I took a loaf of bread [00:35.89]From the grocery store one day [00:38.11] [00:39.92]For my time behind bars [00:42.10] [00:43.01]You have to wear the scars [00:44.94] [00:45.71]When people down the road can drive [00:48.47]Ten thousand dollar cars [00:49.94] [00:52.15]Oh it's a long long hard way [00:54.06] [00:54.95]To the east Colorado dam [00:56.51] [00:57.99]If I make it to St Louis [01:00.10]I'll send you a telegram [01:03.15] [01:04.34]If I don't make it at all [01:06.25] [01:07.06]You'll know why I didn't call [01:09.27] [01:10.00]Just kiss the baby for me [01:12.42]And come see my grave next fall [01:14.49] [01:25.17]The weathers getting warmer [01:26.44] [01:27.17]And the baby's coming soon [01:29.25] [01:30.17]I'll try to find some work [01:32.45]That might carry us through to June [01:34.75] [01:37.03]But everywhere's the same [01:38.52] [01:39.12]When you're a man without a name [01:41.21] [01:42.42]They'll make you feel so useless [01:44.13] [01:44.70]And then wonder why you came [01:46.89] [01:48.69]If a soul searching beggar [01:50.71] [01:51.47]Is what I's meant to be [01:54.06]I'd rather rot behind the walls [01:56.11] [01:56.93]Of your penintentiary [01:58.46] [02:00.78]So it's a long long hard way [02:02.91] [02:03.61]To the east Colorado dam [02:05.50] [02:06.46]If I make it to St Louis [02:09.15]I'll send you a telegram [02:10.85] [02:13.13]If I don't make it at all [02:15.21] [02:15.77]You'll know why I didn't call [02:17.70] [02:18.84]Just kiss the baby for me [02:20.65] [02:21.29]And come see my grave next fall [02:23.26] [02:33.81]You say you love me now [02:35.42] [02:36.04]Like you always did before [02:38.12] [02:39.20]And I love you just as well [02:41.40]But I just can't keep you down no more [02:43.71] [02:45.35]So I'll be leaving in the morning [02:47.75] [02:48.34]If the weathers bad or good [02:50.28] [02:50.80]And let you find a man who'll give you [02:53.81]All the things I never could [02:55.72] [02:57.79]But I'll never understand [02:59.49] [03:00.65]As long as I live [03:02.32] [03:02.96]How we can talk of love thy neighbour [03:05.40] [03:05.95]But we can never forgive [03:07.38] [03:09.82]So it's a long long hard way [03:11.85] [03:12.56]To the east Colorado dam [03:14.41] [03:15.46]If I make it to St Louis [03:17.95]I'll send you a telegram [03:19.88] [03:22.02]If I don't make it at all [03:24.00] [03:24.67]You'll know why I didn't call [03:26.60] [03:28.02]Just kiss the baby for me [03:29.63] [03:30.14]And come see my grave next fall