Now ruther be dead

Sleepin' in a hollow log

Now ruther be dead

An sleepin' in a hollow log

An to be here beggin' you

Car'in me like a dog

Now what you want po' John to do

Now what you want po' John to do

Lord I've done ev'rything

Tryin' to get along wit' you

Now the woman I'm lovin'

She got one teeth solid gold

Now the woman I'm lovin'

She got one teeth solid gold

Lord just stayin on with this woman

Gotta morgage on my soul

Now sho' as the grass

On the Texas earth grow green

Now sho' as the grass

On the Texas earth grow green

Lord I ain't crazy about

Nobody I ever seen