Mama’ll get by
Her heart is unafraid
But mama gon’ cry
Her baby gone crazy
Baby done died
Gun in his hand
I told you those boys were not his friends
Mama doesn’t cry
Won’t be afraid
But mama gon’ cry
I told you those boys were not his friends
I told you you won’t like how this ends
I told you
I told you
I told you

Mama done said
Trouble gon’ find a way
But she said, “let the boy be,
He’ll make a fine man one day”
But I told you those boys were not his friends
Gotta be strong
When peace is hard to find
Livin’ this way – hurt’s not far behind
I told you you won’t like how this ends
I told you
I told you
I told you . . .

So, I’m down in old town Ybor City
The days are hot, and, well, the nights get steamy
How I got here – let me tell you why
I’m on the run, but I might stay awhile
Y’see back in Dallas – good job, a nice place
Sweet young thing with a pretty face
Lost it all in a card game, and with my assets cashed
Now she’s after me an’ I can’t go back

Hey, Senorita
I’ll have another margarita
With your very best tequila
You’re a sweetheart, you’re a doll

Y’know, I can get used to this
I feel rejuvenated, in a way
I suppose I could find a real job
Yeah, perhaps another day

Lemme puff on this nice fat LaFaraona Mareva cigar
Platanos? No gracias

Hey, Senorita
Just one more margarita
With an extra shot o’ tequila
Until I hit the wall

So, now I’m smokin’ Tabenero Bocados
In the shade con mis nuevos aceres
Spending my time where she won’t find me
Y’know I gotta lay low, but I don’t mind
Still playin’ poker but only for matchsticks
Perhaps a little broker I have to admit
But at the end of the day in Ybor by the bay
Feliz y borracho – The Big Guava Ballet

Hey, Senorita
Let’s have another round o’ tequila
Maybe one more hit o’ that Colorado reefer
Then bury me where I fall

All the birds – in the trees
Sing their song – and the bees
Do their thing – they don’t know
That you’re gone – that you’re gone
All the birds – in the trees
Sing their song – they don’t know

In the morning – when I wake up
A day that I spend without you
When the sun sets – and the night falls
Alone in this house without you
Nothing I do – no place I go to
Erases the gloom of these blues
The songs that I hear
And the people I see
Remind me that you’re nowhere near
You’ve gone away

Check my phone – got a text – is it you?
Should’a known – could’a guessed – nothing new
When you’d call I’m elated
Like when we were dating
But darling it’s over to soon
On my own – what comes next?
I’m alone – I hear steps – is it you?

All the birds – in the trees
Sing their song – and the bees
Do their thing – they don’t know
That you’re gone – that you’re gone
All the birds – in the trees
Sing their song – they don’t know

Empty moments – my life without you
Time lost as the days slip away
Waiting for you – to come home, dear
To love me don’t leave me this way
You said that we’d be as one endlessly
But my heart aches as I sit all alone
So I bide here – my melancholy
While you’re gone

All the birds – in the trees
Sing their song – and the bees
Do their thing – they don’t know
That you’re gone – that you’re gone . . .

i’ve heard so many people’s stories of their lives
sat around the table now an’ then
my own adventures take me past the world i knew
like a dream keeps dancin’ in my head
on the road again
i’m my own forgotten friend
i’m alone again
can’t explain and can’t pretend
when i’m alone
on the road again

my new found buddies always have a tale to tell
about the folks they left behind
well i left a soul or two my own along the way
how do i say good-bye to them
i’m on the road again
can’t say how it all began
i’m alone again
don’t know when it’s all gonna end
but i’m alone
on the road again

so many places i have been – so many faces i have seen
of all the names that i have known – i can’t recall them all
i have my ticket to the world – and i’ve travelled far and wide
my home is where i find myself – I guess my conscience is my guide
when i’m on the road
don’t know where it all began
i’m alone
on the road again

i look at strangers like my family
they be treatin’ me like someone that they know
i enter places that are new to me
but i always seem to know which way to go
on the road again
just as long as i keep movin’
on the road again
no designs, no delusions
i’m alone again
on the road again

i’ve heard so many people’s stories of their lives
sat around the table now an’ then
an’ i left a girl or two my own along the way
found time to say good-bye to them
on the road again
i’m my own forgotten friend
i’m alone again
can’t explain and can’t pretend
on the road again
i’m alone again

The days are getting warmer, yet
those broken songs won’t play, but with
curling season cashing in
help is on the way
We fared well throughout the fever
full o’ love till the canary died
no oxygen left in that room, but
heaven knows we tried
You’re gonna have to trust me
things will be okay
you’re gonna have to trust me
you’re gonna have to trust me

We both know I’m not a prophet
my inspiration’s not divine
I take wisdom where I find it
but I’ve received, I think, a sign
And yes, that winter war was tough
it caused damage, it left scars
those rough and tumble last few days
those guilty words of ours
But you’re gonna have to trust me
‘cause our love is meant to be
you’re gonna have to trust me
you’re gonna have to trust me

So don’t say good-bye, don’t fare me well
don’t close our crippled, tattered book
ours is a romance for the ages
with just some dreadfully bad luck
And as the flowers in the garden bloom
and when the flocks of birds return
we’ll look back on what we’d brought about
and the lessons that we’ve learned
but, darlin’, until then
You’re gonna have to trust me
our scars were fairly earned
you’re gonna have to trust me
you’re gonna have to trust me

You’re gonna have to trust me
things will be okay
you’re gonna have to trust me
you’re gonna have to trust me