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  • 4/30/2025
John Prine - Austin City Limits
At ACL Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX, USA
Jun 5, 2018 / Tour: The Tree of Forgiveness
Transcript
00:00I'm a stone slow from the mill
00:25And I'm a good walk to the river
00:28But my working day is over
00:31We'll go swim our cares away
00:33Put your toes down in the water
00:37Hit a smile across your face
00:40And tell me that you love me
00:43Lovely lady Mae
00:45Now I ain't the sharpest chisel
00:49That your hands have ever held
00:52But darling I could love you well
00:55Till the roll is called on high
00:59I've seen my share of trouble
01:03And I've held my weight in shame
01:06But I'm baptized in your name
01:10Lovely lady Mae
01:13Lord the wind can leave you shivering
01:39As the waltzes or the leaves
01:41It's been rushing through my timber
01:44Till your love brought on the spring
01:47Now the mountains all are blushing
01:51Cause you don't know what to say
01:53Except a good long line of praises
01:56For my lovely lady Mae
01:58Now I ain't the toughest hickory
02:03That your axe has ever fell
02:05But I'm a hickory just as well
02:08I'm a hickory all the same
02:11I came crashing through the forest
02:15As you cut my roots away
02:17And I fell a good long ways
02:20For my lovely lady Mae
02:22I'm a hickory all the same
02:52I'm a hickory all the same
02:54Now I have a hickory all the same
02:54I'll pull out my head
02:58Right at the sparrow
02:59I know I found my head
03:00I'm a hickory all the same
03:02I can get awesome
03:03I'm a hickory all the same
03:04As you cut my roots
03:06Babyah
03:07Happy

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