Ely Joe Because Of The Wind Lyrics

Because Of The Wind Lyrics

Do you know why the trees bend



At the west Texas border?



Do you know why they bend



Sway and twine?



The trees bend because of the wind



Across that lonesome border



The trees bend because of the wind



Almost all the time.



Have you seen my Caroline



Up in Amarillo



Have you seen my Caroline



The one that I call mine



Well, if you see my Caroline



With her hair of yellow



If you see my Caroline



Tell her I'm doin' fine.



She is to me like the breeze



That blows from Corpus Christi



She is to me like the breeze



That blows up from the sea



Now if she is like the breeze



That blows from Corpus Christi



Then I must be like the trees,



Cause Caroline blows through me.



Do you know why the trees bend



At the west Texas border?



Do you know why they bend



Sway and twine?



The trees bend because of the wind



Across that lonesome border



The trees bend because of the wind



Almost all the time.



er hide.



Crawdaddy opened his pintchers wide.



Lord, he opened his pintchers wide.



Whistle Man, Whistle Man, wasn't he brave?



A little crawdaddy tried to whoop this train.



He was brave all right, brave as any man,



But his judgement, Lord, wasn't worth a damn.



Whistle Man, Whistle Man, blow it low,



Crawdaddy ain't in this world no more.



Whistle Man, Whistle Man, Whistle Man,



Blow it for the crawdaddy in the promised land.



Blow it for the crawdaddy in the promised land.



(Train whistle) Blow it for the crawdaddy in the promised land.