Its gonna
Swallow me whole
The groundll open up
And in Ill fall
Down down down
Mama set me up with a fine young thing
And he was gonna buy me everything
But he grabbed the hook
And took out for deep water
And pretty soon that fish
He pulled me in
Its gonna
Follow me home
Somewhere in the shadows theres a place for me
In the cold cold ground
Troubles right behind me
Theres hard times ahead
The devils got his hammer
Hes poundin on my bed
Lost most my money
Im on my last hand
Im knockin at hells door with no weapon and no plan
Feelin kinda timid like an egg without a shell
But if Ive been just bluffing
I aint gonna tell
Its gonna
Swallow me whole
The groundll open up
And in Ill fall

Papa set me up
With a sharp-eyed boy
And I was gonna have him
For my toy
But he stole my heart
And took out for deep water
And pretty soon that shark
He pulled me in
Skys full of lightening
The winds spitting sand
Sun burning oh so hot it gave the earth a tan
The fish have all stopped jumping
The bedbugs are asleep
Ill lay myself beside you and pray my soul to keep
I wish I had a needle
As fine as I could sew
Id stitch my baby to my side and down the road wed go
My shovel struck sorrow
And the tears came running down
My shovel struck sorrow
And the tears came running down
My shovel struck sorrow
And the tears came running down
My shovel struck sorrow
And the tears came running down

Little fishes in the brook
Papa catch them with a hook
Brother clean it like a man
Mama fry it in the pan