High on a mountain where the sun still shines   And the water runs a little lazy   Wild-eyed and lonely, runnin' out of time   Some will say I died half-crazy      One time a hustler took me for a ride   All because I tried to deceive her   She broke me down and laughed and left me weak inside   The more I lost my pride, the more it pleased her      Carry me 'cross the water   I've been over there once before   Stayed with a poor man's daughter   I can't live in this country no more      Death beds and ragged threads are my last home   Someone should have known of my endin'   Born bad, I killed a man for sympathy   Ain't much left of me worth defendin'      Carry me 'cross the water   I've been over there once before   And I stayed with a poor man's daughter   I can't live in this country no more