Some of the lyrics may be off as they were hard to hear. Corrections encouraged. Capo 5th fret FC(maj7) F C F C When I was a child, my mother said to me F C F C You cant spend all your days alone In the shade of a cherry tree F C F C C7 My brother cut the roof off a Lincoln, cause his doctor said lose some weight F C And the tape of Buck Owens, my hair was blowing, C F G C F C C7 as they drove from the garden state to the lights of the golden gate F C G Ive been missing you, so listen, id like to ask you could you drive to town? F C G And Ive been thinking about your Lincoln continental with the sunroof down F C F C When the kid came down from Lennox, yeah, yawning was the talk of the town F C F GC A real high roller, a self-promoter, said the band was the best around FF C C7 He said I got a little money from the performing; I bought a new suit and hat FG C I said, "Performing what?," you said, "Classic stuff Ricky Hayes and Virginia scat." F C C7 I said, "Who the hell is that?" FC G But I can play a little old time fiddle; we can start a little country band. FC G And I was thinking in your Lincoln we can bum around the promise land Am C Am G And the world will open up for us Am C Am G at least I brought our broken cup(?) F C F C Probation officer john Collins was a paranoid psychopath FG C C7 He had to paint the fence by the roller rink for the committee of industrial trash F C You cant find the business end of a rifle F C Youre the devil from an Irish saint FCG C I said I got no cares in those affairs what I was, what I am, or ain't F C C7 I got a lot of fence to paint F C G I've got no loving all because I got in from crossing lines F C G You got me thinking, even Lincoln, must have felt a little lost sometime Am C Am G And the world will open up for us Am C Am G at least I brought our broken cup(?) C