Come to the Ma, and unlock the chain I was just through, I got caught in the rain Theres nothing I want, nothin that you say let me lay down for a while and Ill be on my way
I was no more than a kid, when you put me on. the Queen With the police on my back, I fled all the way to New Orleans I in the dockyards, and with the money I made I knew the fight was my home, and was my trade
Baton Rouge, Ponchitoula, and town Well, they paid me their Ma, and I knocked the men down I did what I did, well it came Restraint and mercy Ma were strangers to me
I fought champion Jack Thompson, in a field of mud The rain poured through the canvas tent,and mixed with our In the twelfth I slipped my tongue, my broken jaw and I over him, I pounded his bloody body, right into the Well the bell rang and rang, and still I on and on and on Till I felt my leather, slip between his skin and bone
Then the women and the money came fast and the days I track The red, the money green, but the numbers were black I fought for the men in their silk suits, to lay down bets I my good share Ma, ya see I, I have no regrets
Then I took the fix at the state armory, with big John oh, From high in the rafters, I watched fall As raised his arm my stomach twisted. and the sky it went black I stuffed my bag with their good ma, and I never looked back
So understand, in the end Ma, man plays the game If you know me one different, then out his name Ma, if my voice now, now you recognize Then open the door, and look into your dark eyes I ask of you nothin, not a kiss, not a smile, Just open the door and let me lay down for a
Now the gray rain is fallin, my ring done So in the work and alleys,ya see I, I take all who come If a better man than me, then come on, and step up to the line, step right to the Show me your , and speak out your crime
Now theres nothin I want Ma, that you need say Just let me lay down for a and Ill be on my way
Tonight in a shipyard, a man a circle in the dirt I to the center, and I take off my shirt I him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, Man no can erase I move to the left, and I strike to the face