San Francisco Mabel Joy Lyrics

San Francisco Mabel Joy lyrics

By Mickey Newbury







MY DADDY WAS AN HONEST MAN, JUST A REDNECK GEORGIA FARM BOY







MY MOMMA SPENT HER SHORT LIFE RAISIN' KIDS AND BAILING' HAY







AND I WAS JUST FIFTEEN WHEN I ACHED INSIDE TO WONDER







SO I HOPED A FREIGHT IN WAYCROSS AND I RODE IT TO L.A.







WELL, I MET A GIRL KNOWN ON THE STRIP AS SAN FRANCISCO'S MAYBEL JOY







DESTITUTIONS CHILD, BORN ON A L.A. STREET CALLED SHANE







AND SLEEP CAME AND LEFT THIS LITTLE WAYCROSS, GEORGIA COUNTRY BOY







MAYBEL JOY WAS GONE, LORD, ID NEVER SEE HER AGAIN







GROWING' UP CAME QUIETLY IN THE ARMS OF MAYBEL JOY







LAUGHTER FOUND OUR MORNING'S, BROUGHT NEW MEANING TO MY LIFE







I WOKE UP ONE DAY, LORD, TO FIND THAT I WAS BY MYSELF







WITH DREAMS OF GEORGIA COTTON AND CALIFORNIA WINE







 







SUNDAY MORNING' FOUND ME STANDING' NETH THE RED-LIGHT OF HER DOOR







RIGHT CROSS SENT ME REELING', LAID ME FACE DOWN ON THE FLOOR







IN PLACE OF MAYBEL JOY I FOUND A MERCHANT MAD MARINE







WHO SAID, " YOUR GEORGIA NECK IS RED, BUT, SON YOUR STILL GREEN!"







WELL, I TURNED TWENTY ONE IN GREY ROCK FEDERAL PRISON







THE JUDGE, HE HAD NO MERCY ON THIS WAYCROSS, GEORGIA BOY







SOMETIMES AT NIGHT IN SILENCE, LORD, I'D LISTEN







THAT SAME OLD FREIGHT TO TAKE ME BACK TO MAYBEL JOY







 







COLD NIGHTS HAD NO PITY ON THIS WAYCROSS, GEORGIA FARM BOY







SPRINGTIME TURNED TO SUMMER, AND THEN THE WINTER CAME







STARING' AT THOSE FOUR GREY WALLS IN SILENCE, LORD, I'D LISTEN







SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCETO THE WHISTLE OF THE TRAIN







SUNDAY MORNING FOUND ME LYING NEATH THE RED LIGHT OF HER DOOR







WITH A BULLET IN MY SIDE I CRIED "HAVE YOU SEEN MAYBEL JOY?"







STUNNED AND SHAKEN SOMEONE SAID ,"SON, SHE DON'T LIVE HERE NO
MORE"







SHE LEFT THIS TOWN TEN YEARS AGO, I HEARD SHE'S LOOKING FOR...







SOME GEORGIA FARM BOY"