So I came all the way from Trenton, spent a full night at the station In a suitcase made of Calico Brown Now I'm almost out of money and I'm sleepy and hungry I wanna lay my body down I don't wanna cause trouble, I don't need a bath of bubbles Just a floorboard for the pavement on the ground I'll take a steeple or a stable or a dining room table Just to lay my body down Lay, lay my body down Lay, lay my body down So I go back to see my baby, since no other place'll take me When I stop to brush my hair back with a comb I can almost see our porch light and it's shining like a northern light God how I wanna be home To lay, lay my body down Lay, lay my body down, oh But some joke from Albuquerque with some white wine and a turkey Came to entertain my girl while I was gone This bear thinks everything is funny, he's got his paws into my honey Then he lay her body down Just as every schoolyard has a teacher, every chapel has a preacher Every angry man has 6 shells to a round Oh, I've been an honest man, I've walked as straight as I can I'm gonna lay his body down Lay, lay his body down Lay, lay his body down Lay, lay his body down Lay, lay his body down