Cairo, Illinois - Pokey LaFarge

If it’s not where you’re from

But what you had where you happened to come from

More or less I’d say that I had none

Eatin' and drinkin' would be all that I do

And if it’s not what you do

But what you got, then I got less

And out of loving or playing, I like loving the best

Now baby, take me with you when you go

Take me to the bridge where the rivers collide

Down in Cairo, Illinois on a Saturday night

I might jump in

Everyone wants to hear a song

That helps the day seem half as long

But I’m trying

I want you to see that I’m trying, babe

If you’ve lost your ticket to paradise

Or you spent your money for the bus

It’s cold coffee in the morning, slow trumpet at dusk

Now baby, catch that old midnight train

I want you to hear that I’m trying, babe

Down by the levee

Where you swear God’s got you shamed

Just cast your doubts and the mistakes that you’ve made

Into that old wishing well, well well well well

Don’t the river look lonesome at twilight?

Well, there ain’t no looking back

It’s just a broken fiddle and an old tote sack

In the morning you’ll be going south

I want you to feel like I’m trying, babe, oh yes, I want you to know that I’m

trying