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mickey newbury - apples dipped in candy [lovers version] lyrics

[intro]
well, jake laid down his fiddle and he poured himself a drink
sat down at the table, or he tried
cussin’ as he stumbled to the back door
said “i think i’ll have a smoke, sit a spell outside.”
staring at the flashing neon signs lightly dancing
off down on jackson city st
let’s his memory slowly take him to the day in ‘44
on board the robert e. lee
now he’s steaming down the river just outside memphis
breathing in the sweet southern sea
and he’s leaving all his troubles in the present
bound down to ol’ new orlеans
[instrumental break]
apples dipped in candy
sweet potato wine
onе is for your belly
the other’s for your mind
day off on sunday when the rest are behind
that’s the way it goes
lazy mississippi moving mighty slow
like that ol’ black bird standing by the road
able when the times get rough to just pick up and go
further on down the line
rich man, poor man
beggar or thief
first will get you down the road
the others get you grief
last one gets you ninety days of cotton picking peace
on a captains farm
apples dipped in candy
sweet potato wine
one is for your belly
the other’s for your mind
day off on sunday when the rest are behind
well that’s the way it goes
[instrumental break]
[outro]
i’d be d+mned if i could understand just what life’s all about
he’s had years and his thoughts are running wild
he’s worked and sweated all these years to finally find it out
he was once a man
but twice a child

- mickey newbury lyrics

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