Lyrics

[Verse 1] Fast Willie's on the corner Tryin' to make a kill He's got this inclination She wants a fifty-dollar bill [Chorus] Life can be hard trackin' When you're runnin' out on a twisted rail And I keep hopin' that that mornin' wind Come blow my blues away [Verse 2] Well Malcolm's got a razor and a Jack-knife up his leg He's a friend of crooked Louis Who can't lay straight in bed [Chorus] Life can be hard trackin' When you're runnin' out on a twisted rail And I keep hopin' that that mornin' wind Come blow my blues away [Verse 3] Well, I work all week for money Skippin' meals to get ahead I find the Federal Taxman Come and eats up all my bread [Chorus] Life can be hard trackin' When you're runnin' out on a twisted rail And I keep hopin' that that mornin' wind Come blow my blues away [Verse 4] Blind Arnold's highly anxious It's a sad predicament He made it to the pay-loo door And he found his penny bent [Chorus] Life can be hard trackin' When you're runnin' out on a twisted rail And I keep hopin' that that mornin' wind Come blow my blues away [Verse 5] The magistrate is constipated This ain't my lucky day He slammed me in the prison cell And he throw'd the key away [Chorus] Life can be hard trackin' When you're runnin' out on a twisted rail And I keep hopin' that that mornin' wind Come blow my blues away [Verse 6] Sexy Sandra drives me crazy She keeps begging me for more I see nothin' through her key-hole 'Cept her old man's pug-nosed 44 [Chorus] Life can be hard trackin' When you're runnin' out on a twisted rail I keep hopin' that that mornin' wind Come blow my blues away [Verse 7] While I staggers home this evenin' She meets me at the door With a rollin' pin and Pinscher dog She pounds me to the floor [Chorus] Life can be hard trackin' When you're runnin' out on a twisted rail And I keep hopin' that that mornin' wind Come blow my blues away