Mance Lipscomb - Charlie James lyrics

If you see Charlie James comin' down the road Say you, please don't tell him which a-way you see me go In the mornin' soon, in the mornin' soon Yes, I'm goin' back to Houston in the mornin' soon Had a whole lotta money one day, one day Next day I didn't have a dime Look down the road just as far as I could see And I thought I spied my old-time used-to-be In a whole lot of trouble one day, one day Next day I didn't know what to do Look down the road just as far as I could see And I thought I spied my old-time used-to-be When a man gets in trouble, everybody throws him down A k**ing for his friends and they won't come around Nobody ever knows you when you're down and out Ask 'em for a favor, they don't know what's all about Well, you may go, you may try to stay But you'll be back some old rainy day