I got roughed up by them mustangs
Down in Memphis, Tennessee
Where the river runs dry
And the women all livin'
Off of OxyContin dreams.
Well, I said "Maybe, Baby, it's just me,
But there's a prowler down by the stream."
I'm going down to the river just to was myself clean.
I'm going down on the banks of Galile.
I struck out of luck in Washington
With a gun against my throat.
I said, "Maybe she's a poet
But it's all murder that she wrote." She left me with a five dollar bill
And a rabbit overcoat.
I'm going down in the Pines,
In the Pines.
Gonna let it shine on down,
Gonna let it shine.
I bought some $10 boots in Houston
From a speed freak named Suzanne.
She was jumping up into the chimney,
Coming back down in the frying pan.
Well, I said, " maybe, baby, you should lay off
The tinfoil and the match
And clean up all that garbage
You got land out round back.
Well, I'm going down
East Colfax for a bag and some gin.
I'm going down just to see what kind of shape I'm in.
I got robbed by a federal policeman
Down in southern Mexico.
He thought I was drunk,
But I was just on a mescaline roll. Now, if you can't find the truth
That I buried deep in this song,
You can go down
To the river just to prove me wrong,
You can go down to the river just prove me wrong.