Sweet Lucy lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, when we left, you know, it got very cold
Each other's hands, we had to hold
I got very drunk down in Tennessee
She got drunk, at least as drunk as me

[Pre-Chorus]
I run up the hill, and as she cried and cried
I run down the other side

[Chorus]
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy, let me go

[Verse 2]
Policeman come, and took away my wine
They threw us in jail, with a hundred-dollar fine
I could hear my baby cryin' over the wall
In the women's detention hall

[Pre-Chorus]
I got on the phone and my mama, she spoke
"Sorry, my son, but your mama is broke"

[Chorus]
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, my sweet Lucy, let me go
[Verse 3]
Wherever I go, it seems I got to get sad
Just like sorrow, it's balmy in the air
In the wide-open skies of California
I found sorrow way out there

[Pre-Chorus]
Five gets you ten that you better move fast
You know, five gets you ten, you ain't gonna get past, no, no

[Chorus]
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy, let me go

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Oh, Harry Hubcaps and his buddy Jack the Fluke
They bought a bottle, they were trying damn to get loose
They were buddies, but they had a fight
They broke the jukebox, Lord, they broke the light

[Pre-Chorus]
Big ol' Fluke weighed three-hundred pounds
And he fell on Harry and Harry went down
[Chorus]
Oh, my sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy, let me go

[Verse 5]
Oh, my old lady says, "Gimme that wine"
I says, "Honey, you better stop drinking sometime"
She said, "Silly boy, it ain't my fault
Had to eat my porkchop without no salt"

[Pre-Chorus]
She run up the hill, she cried and cried
And I run down the other side

[Chorus]
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy
Oh, sweet Lucy, let me go