Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Bonnie Raitt

I lay my head on the railroad tracks I'm waiting for the double E The railroad don't run no more Poor, poor, pitiful me Poor, poor, pitiful me Poor, poor, pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me, woe is me Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood Well, I ain't naming names But she really worked me over good She was just like Jesse James She really worked me over good She was a credit to her gender She put me through some changes Lord Sort of like a waring blender Poor, poor, pitiful me Poor, poor, pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me, woe is me Woo! Poor, poor, pitiful me Poor, poor, pitiful me These girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me, woe is me I met a girl at the rainbow bar She asked me if I'd beat her She took me back to the hired house I don't wanna talk about it (hut!) Poor, poor, pitiful me (woo) Poor, poor, pitiful me (Hut! Never mind) Poor, poor, pitiful me (Woo-hoo, yeah) Poor, poor, pitiful me

Well, I lay my head on the railroad track Waitin' on the double E But the train don't run through here no more Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Oh, these boys won't let me be Lord, have mercy on me Woe, woe is me Well, I met a man out in Hollywood And I ain't namin' names But he really worked me over good Just like Jesse James Yes, he really worked me over good He was a credit to his gender He put me through some changes, Lord Sorta like a wearing blender Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Oh, these boys won't let me be Lord, have mercy on me Woe, woe is me Well, I met a boy in the Vieux-Carré Down in Yokohama He picked me up, and he threw me down Sayin', "Please, don't hurt me, mama" Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Oh, these boys won't let me be Lord, have mercy on me Woe, woe is me Poor, poor, poor me Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor, poor me Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor, poor me Poor, poor pitiful me

I got the check in the bank account The weekend's finally rolled around Drop a line to my party crowd Gettin' over it, gettin' over this Working just to make a buck I swear I never have enough But we show up, and we show out And now we're 'bout to get loud Take one down, pass it around 'Cause damn we need another round Drinks on ice and the Friday night lights The boys and me we shut it down We say hey yeah, living like we're small town famous Out here we just take one down, pass it around Oh poor me, pour me up another round A couple down we're feeling fine Check the clock, yeah it's Miller time Oh the good ol' boys are back in town When we take it out, we burn it down Take one down, pass it around 'Cause damn we need another round Drinks on ice and the Friday night lights The boys and me we shut it down We say hey yeah, living like we're small town famous Out here we just take one down, pass it around Oh poor me, pour me up another round We say hey yeah Living like we're small town famous 'Round here we say hey yeah Living like we're small town famous Take one down, pass it around 'Cause damn we need another round Drinks on ice and the Friday night lights The boys and me we shut it down We say hey yeah, living like we're small town famous Around here we just take one down, pass it around Oh poor me, pour me up another round Pour me up another round Pour me up another round

Yeah baby, I've been drinking, And I shouldn't come by I know But I found myself in trouble darling, And I had no place else to go Got some whiskey from a bar man, Got some cocaine from a friend I just had to keep on moving, Till I was back in your arms again ---- Well I'm guilty, yeah I'm guilty, I'll be guilty for the rest of my life How come I never do, What I'm supposed to do Nothing that I try to do ever turns out right ---- Well you know how it is with me baby, You know I just can't stand myself It takes a whole lot of medicine, For me to pretend to be somebody else.

Nobody else could make me happy No one could hurt me like you do You were the only one that mattered Then you were gone, love had moved on Left me alone thinking of You, there was never any other You, and I were created to be true Isn't it love that keeps us breathing Isn't it love we're sent here for Wasn't that love that we were feeling (That was something baby) Deep in our soul, deeper than we know Keeping me holding out for You, there was never any question You'll be forever on my mind You and I, we were meant to be together True hearts in a world where love is dyin' And I might as well have been dyin' when We were apart When you came back I felt the beating of my heart You, there was never any question You'll be forever on my mind You and I, we were meant to be together You, and only you It was you, only you You, always you

As I walk along I wonder what went wrong With our love a love that was so strong And as I still walk on I think of the things We've done together while our hearts were young I'm a walking in the rain to the bone I feel the pain Wishing you were here by me to end this misery And I wonder I w-w-wonder why you ran away And I wonder if you will stay my little runaway my runaway I'm a walking in the rain to the bone I feel the pain Wishing you were here by me to end this misery And I wonder I w-w-wonder baby yeah you know why you ran away And I wonder if you will stay my little runaway my little runaway Come back baby (Run, run, runaway) You left me standing in the rain (Run, run, runaway) Come back baby (Run, run, runaway) Standing in the rain (Run, run, runaway)