Karaoké Better Times A Comin Derek Ryan

Well the cows went dry the hens don't lay there's no place I can borrow

Give the landlord all the news the rent comes due tomorrow

Lot's of money in the bank they say that's where they keep it

Not only wouldn't they lend me some they wouldn't let me see it

So pick away on the old banjo keep that guitar strumming

Put more water in the soup there's better times a comin

Well Mary-Lou could pull a plough if only I would let her

She's twice as strong as any ox and looks a little better

I didn't kiss that Mary-Lou but once and then

I had to leave her

She made my collar get so tight

I started to burn with fever

So pick away on the old banjo keep that guitar strumming

Put more water in the soup there's better times a comin

Yeah

My rooster used to chase the hens he just kept getting thinner

He nearly ran himself to death so I brought him in for dinner

The cotton crops are mighty poor the weeds are surely growing

I need a woman pretty fast to help me with the hoeing

So pick away on the old banjo keep that guitar strumming

Put more water in the soup there's better times a comin

So pick away on the old banjo keep that guitar strumming

Put more water in the soup there's better times a comin

Hee ooh

Hee ooh

Oh yeah

Ooh ooh

Ooh ooh

Better times a comin