Salvation Blues

Salvation Blues You don't miss your papa Until he is slamming the gate You don't weep for your mama Until she lying in the grave You don't stop drinking whiskey Until the funds have all gone You don't pray to Jesus Until there's something to be won You don't laugh Until you fall on to your face And all of God's children Carry a sack of chains You don't sing, Until your full to the brim You don't feel free Until your tied to a chair In the county jail You  can't dream Unless you sleep On a bed of nails O God what have you done To the girl that kept me sane Lost in some town Sticking needles in her veins O lord can I swap my barrel of sorrows For a bucketful of woes And all Gods children say amen