Soul Journey

Oh, my mother was just a girl, seventeen Oh, my mother was just a girl, seventeen And my dad was passin' through doing things a man will do And my mother was just a girl, seventeen It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all It's a wonder that I'm in

Look at Miss Ohio-Gillian Welch By Doo Oh me,oh my oh,look at Miss Ohio She's running around with her rag-top down She says I wanna do right but not right now Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy Running around with the rag-top down Yeah

There's gotta be a song let to sing Cause everybody can't of thought of everything One little song that ain't been sung One little rag that ain't been wrung out completely yet Gotta a little left One little drop of fallin rain One little chance to tr

I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer Then watched the sky Then wanted to cry So only you and I And how I try I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer Help me rise above What I'm thinking of Just a little more

Well now boys, I'm a rollin' stone That's what I was when I first left home I took every secret that I'd ever known And headed for the wall Like a wrecking ball Started down a little road of sin Playin' bass under a pseudonym The days were rough, and

Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go Been hanging 'round with a good-time friends of mine Hanging around with a good-time friends of mine Oh,

[Chorus: x2] One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show Whoa, so get on board So, get on board [Chorus] There is a purpose, a running keep There is a captain, with a steady wheel Wheel [Chorus: x2] So

Standing on the corner with a nickel or a dime There use to be a rail car to take you down the line Too much beer and whiskey to ever be employed And when I got to Nashville, it was too much soldiers joy Wasted on the wayside, wasted on the way If I

Saw a girl on the street from my home Like a fire on the hillside she shown And I knew right then that my best days were gone And I?d been, been in the lowlands too long Oh I've been in the lowlands too long Oh, I know, I know that I should go And I'

[Chorus] I had a real good mother and father And they surely stood the test And now they're in bright glory And are sleeping on the saviors breast They set a good example for me And they taught me how to pray Now I truly converted And walkin' on the