Pokey LaFarge - Cairo, Illinois lyrics

If it's not where you're from But what you had where you happened to come from More or less I'd say that I had none Eatin' and drinkin' would be all that I do And if it's not what you do But what you got, then I got less And out of loving or playing, I like loving the best Now baby, take me with you when you go Take me to the bridge where the rivers collide Down in Cairo, Illinois on a Saturday night I might jump in Everyone wants to hear a song That helps the day seem half as long But I'm trying I want you to see that I'm trying, babe If you've lost your ticket to paradise Or you spent your money for the bus It's cold coffee in the morning, slow trumpet at dusk Now baby, catch that old midnight train Take me to the bridge where the rivers collide Down in Cairo, Illinois on a Saturday night I might jump in Everyone wants to hear a song That helps the day seem half as long But I'm trying I want you to see that I'm trying, babe Down by the levee Where you swear God's got you shamed Just cast your doubts and the mistakes that you've made Into that old wishing well, well well well well Don't the river look lonesome at twilight? Well, there ain't no looking back It's just a broken fiddle and an old tote sack In the morning you'll be going south Take me to the bridge where the rivers collide Down in Cairo, Illinois on a Saturday night I might jump in Everyone wants to hear a song That helps the day seem half as long But I'm trying I want you to see that I'm trying, babe I want you to feel like I'm trying, babe, oh yes, I want you to know that I'm trying