Jerry Jeff Walker Let `er Go Lyrics

Let `er Go Lyrics

Last night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigar



Let my
mind drift back along the road of life 

I’ve traveled down so
far

Started out a dreamer with a suitcase in hand

A guitar on my back
without a care or a plan

A gypsy boy hitchhiking down the road

Ah here
I go



I fell in love at nineteen and 

I thought the world lay there
in her eyes

But the kind of life i talked about 

Was not the kind that
she had in mind

I was just a skinny kid who played the guitar

One day i
looked up and she went by in a car

Driven by some guy i didn't know

I
let 'er go



I went down to New Orleans, 

I’d never been to that
locale

Found some work bartending 

And I started running with some
pals

We had guitars and followed babe Stovall around

We met some Cajun
girls who had just drove into town

They said that they were headed for the
coast, 

We all said let's all go



We were on life's adventure now,


Traveling cross the great southwest

When I first saw Texas 

I
thought man this must be the best

When I got to LA I just turned it
around

Their heads are up among the stars, 

There’s cracks in the
ground

I really couldn't care less if it blows, 

I said let 'er
blow



When I got back to Texas 

I thought man I finally found my
place

The people are so friendly 

And they always have a pleasant
face

The women all are pretty with a wink in their eye

The cowboys at
the bar are all so polite and shy

Except when they ride the bulls at the
rodeo, 

They say let 'er go



Well I put a band together 

And we
sat around and played songs that i like

We sat around and worked them up


'Till I thought we played them all just right

The first gig that we
ever played 

I stayed out too long

Then we went out and partied


And we stayed up 'till dawn

The next night at the club I didn't show,


The bartender said hey let 'em go



I got lucky with some songs


And they were hits on the radio

Promoters said they needed some gonzo
stuff 

For the country package show

The record company said that they
were caught by surprise

They said you guys are really hard to
categorize

I don't think that they ever caught our show

They just let
us go



Well I’ve traveled round the world 

And sang my songs for
people that I’ve met

I’ve made a lot of people smile 

And all in
all I still have no regrets

I’ve got a family that I love and they love
me too

I’ve got a band I travel with 'cause that's what we do

And I
see how quickly all the years have flown, 

I say let 'em go



Last
night I sat out on the boat dock 

And smoked a big cigar

And let my
mind drift back along the road of life 

I’ve traveled down so far

I
thought of all the places I have been in my life

And all the places that I
have to see 'fore I die

I looked over at the boat tied to the dock, 

I
said got on and let 'er go