Mickey Newbury - A Weed is a Weed lyrics

Ah when I was a boy I was wild I was lazy I was the shame of my Dad Yes the women and the wine They were drivin' me crazy It was so good to be bad And I got a job Runnin' cheap bootleg whiskey Down on the Arkansas line From Memphis to Pine Bluff in a hopped up ole Jimmy I had to be out of my mind Well you'll know the crop By the seeds that I sow Do all your plantin' with care Water and ground Will make anything grow But a weeds still a weed anywhere I met a girl In a bar down in Memphis She was the good lookin' kind She told me How she was drawn to the misfits Trouble was all I did find Ah when I was a boy I was wild I was lazy I was the shame of my Dad Oh the women and the wine They were drivin' me crazy But it was so good to be bad Yes and you'll know the crop By the seeds that I sow Do all your plantin' with care Water and ground Will make anything grow But a weeds is a weed anywhere Yes well you'll know the crop By the seeds that I sow Do all your plantin' with care Water and ground Will make anything grow But a weeds still a weed anywhere Yes it is...