So I came all the way from Trenton, spent a full night at the station   In a suitcase made of Calico Brown   Now I'm almost out of money and I'm sleepy and hungry   I wanna lay my body down      I don't wanna cause trouble, I don't need a bath of bubbles   Just a floorboard for the pavement on the ground   I'll take a steeple or a stable or a dining room table   Just to lay my body down      Lay, lay my body down   Lay, lay my body down      So I go back to see my baby, since no other place'll take me   When I stop to brush my hair back with a comb   I can almost see our porch light and it's shining like a northern light   God how I wanna be home      To lay, lay my body down   Lay, lay my body down, oh      But some joke from Albuquerque with some white wine and a turkey   Came to entertain my girl while I was gone   This bear thinks everything is funny, he's got his paws into my honey   Then he lay her body down      Just as every schoolyard has a teacher, every chapel has a preacher   Every angry man has 6 shells to a round   Oh, I've been an honest man, I've walked as straight as I can   I'm gonna lay his body down      Lay, lay his body down   Lay, lay his body down      Lay, lay his body down   Lay, lay his body down