Cornelis Vreeswijk - Ballad in the dust lyrics

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Cornelis Vreeswijk - Ballad in the dust lyrics

Oh citizen hear me sing as sitting in the dust It's the wrong time for music but I feel like I must I'm filled up with sadness, I'm in a dirty mood Tomorrow it might be better but it never be good Tomorrow it might be better but it never be good If I call my sweet honey, she sure give me all the news And we'll handle love business, hell it gives me the blues I don't think I can make it, but maybe I should After all, I might feel better though I never feel good After all, I might feel better though I never feel good So long pretty baby if I see you no more I might drop you some letter from a far away shore Don't you cry then, sweet baby, you were doing real fine Though your coffee might have been bitter but your love was like wine Your coffee might have been bitter but your love was like wine Sometimes I get a headache or my stomach is ill Man, I go to the doctor and he gives me a pill But if radio-active ashes fall down from the sky Boy, you'll never get any better, you'll be dead by and by You'll never get any better, you'll be dead by and by Lord, I don't understand, it is a sin and a shame I don't know what keeps people fighting, I don't know who to blame I'm just sittin' in the dust and I don't see the light I don't think it'll be better, still maybe it might I don't think it'll be better, still maybe it might