Butch Hancock - I Wish I Was Only Workin' lyrics

I was spending my time in West Texas Hired on as a tractor hand Out where the Yellow House Canyon Is just a low place in the land I was watching the king cotton harvest With tractors and trailers and tears And I was watchin' the four seasons changing Through days, weeks, months and years Well I been here before I been thinkin' And I'll be here again I guess But I can be gone, and will before long And might even leave you no mailing address But I know you say you can reach me You always have here before But that was then, and tomorrow is when You'll be tracing my tracks out your door Now I wish I was only workin' But you know I got tricks up my sleeve I got time on my hands, and I was making up plans Most people would never believe Well my pals all seem to be changing And I thought that some never would But it's uncertain people that stay the same Certain folks darlin' just never should Cold weather came early this winter How long it will last I can't say But I guess it'll end some summer day when You'll be tracing my tracks down the way Now I wish I was only workin' But you know I got tricks up my sleeve I got time on my hands, and I was making up plans Most people would never believe For instance, I might sail the ocean Or I might swim a wild raging stream And I might wind up dead, but I heard it said Get out of the kitchen if you can't stand the steam So I'm standing as much as I'm able And I'll take one last look and I'll leave And if it goes like it seems You can bet your sweet dreams You'll be tracing my tracks in your sleeve But who knows, I might build me a mansion Or I might live on cornbread and beans And I'll live in a tent if it makes any sense But you won't catch me living above my means What I mean is I don't need me no mansion But don't you take that for some sort of sign Cause if you're following me You just might as well be Tracing some tracks that ain't mine Now I wish I was only workin' But you know I got tricks up my sleeve I got time on my hands, and I was making up plans Most people would never believe