Well I got me a distant story So I wrote me a distant tune Of how they used to bask in the glory And how I wished that I could too Little man, be here tomorrow They said they could change my ways But instead they tried to stone me And I been sleeping right here for a hundred days Lying, giving in Trying to get my day on through Low town, going down Ain't got nobody to save me Now you know it's hard to stop Getting down from burning up Now you know it's hard to stop Quit trying, baby Just get somebody to save you So I ran from here to El Paso And arrived about half past June Just in time for them to burn me I think I woke up a little too soon Little man, if you're a preacher Oh then why you been looking so sad? He struck a match and then he burned me Another honest man gone bad Lying, giving in Trying to get my day on through Low town, going down Ain't got nobody to save me Now you know it's hard to stop Getting down from burning up Now you know it's hard to stop Quit trying, baby Just get somebody to Now you know it's hard to stop Getting down from burning up Now you know it's hard to stop Quit trying, baby Just get somebody to