You never get too big, you never get too heavy   You never get too cool that you stop payin' your dues   Yeah, what can a poor boy do   Better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you      Lost your wife, lost your son   Stay out drinking till the morning comes   Yeah, what can a poor boy do   Better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you      Country girl, take my hand, lead me through this diseased land   I am tired, I am weak, I am worn   I have stole, I have sinned, oh, my soul, it's unclean   Country girl, got to keep on keeping on, yeah      Crazy women mess your head   Wake up drunk and beaten in some strange bed   Yeah, what can a poor boy do   Better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you      Country girl, take my hand, lead me through this diseased land   I am tired, I am weak, I am worn   I have stole, I have sinned, oh, my soul, it's unclean   Country girl, got to keep on keeping on, yeah      Gotta keep on keeping on   Gotta keep on keeping strong   Gotta keep on keeping on   With you, got the riot city blues      One thing I have to say before I have to go   Be careful with your seed, you will reap just what you sow   Yeah, what can a poor boy do? What can I do?   You better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you   One last time      Country girl, take my hand, lead me through this diseased land   I am tired, I am weak, I am worn   I have stole, I have sinned, oh, my soul, it's unclean   Country girl, got to keep on keeping on      Country girl, take my hand, lead me through this diseased land   I am tired, I am weak, I am worn   I have stole, I have sinned, oh, my soul, it's unclean   Country girl, got to keep on keeping on   Country girl, got to keep on keeping on