The Ballad of Cletus - Guntersville, Alabama
Channel: Jp Wilson
Date: 2011-11-24

Here's the lyrics for the The Ballad of Cletus

Verse 1:
There's a chip in the left roller of my 'Merican Tourister,
and it makes me have to drag it half the time.
So thank you for stoppin' mister, 'cause I got these awful blisters,
let me tell you the sad story of my life.

I can feel the storm a'comin' in my arthritic bones,
that what come from my pro-rasslin' for years...
and the throbbin in my body's like the throbbin in my heart
'cause my wife just threw me out and kicked my rear!

After 12 long years of marriage to that woman, cruel as hate,
I cain't work no more construction, I cain't rassle with my fate.
First she burned all mama's pictures that she gave me 'fore she died,
then she beat me with her handbag made of fuchsia immitation Naugahyde!

Chorus:
Guntersville! Oh Alabama!
I'm hangin' on, but losin' hold...
The worst is always yet to come!
an' that Crimson Tide is rollin' o'er my soul.

Verse 2:
Now I'm limpin up the rural route, with blood drippin' down my arm.
Wish I could get up to Meridian, afore Daddy's dead and gone.
My back surgery left me busted, and my wallet's bare and worn,
but if I make it to my brother's then at least I can stay warm.

He's the only one who helps me, out of all the kin I got.
And his trailer's got a satellite, and his wife is purty hot.
Now I know that I cain't stay there, 'cause he told me that 'afore.
But if he gives me some bus fare then he might let me spend one night on the floor.

Chorus

Verse 3:
I got a thumb that's good for hitchin'.
I got a suit case what can roll.
I got a brother that still loves me.
I got a weary, broken soul.

I got a daddy full of cancer.
I got a future black as coal.
I wish to God I had the answer for why these 25 long years I've paid a toll.

Chorus

Final Chorus:
Guntersville! Oh Alabama!
My blood runs red like Crimson Tide.
If there really is a heaven,
I hope that Jesus will provide a double-wide.
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