James Alley Blues Lyrics & Chords By David Johansen And The Harry Smiths

Times ain't now nothin' like they used to be
Oh, times ain't now nothin' like they used to be
And I'm tellin' you all the truth, oh, take it for me

I've done seen better days but I ain't puttin' up with these
I've done seen better days but I'm puttin' up with these
I had a much better time with you girls now I'm so hard to please

'Cause I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to know
'Cause I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to know
She tried to hitch me to a wagon, wanna drive me like a mule

You know I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
Yeah, I bought the groceries and I paid the rent
She tried to make me wash her clothes but I got good common sense

I said if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?
You know if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?
I'll go to hell like a man that ain't got nowhere to go

I've been giving you sugar for sugar but you give salt for salt
I give you sugar for sugar but you give salt for salt
And if you can't get along with me, it's your own fault

Ah, do you want me to love you, will you treat me mean?
Ah, do you want me to love you, you keep on treating me mean
You're my very last thought in my nightly dream

Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
Sometimes I think that you're too sweet to die
And then other times I think you ought to be buried alive