i stopped to lean at the entrance to the highway on a leg of an underpass and it was there that george caught up with me we drank his pint of freedom down the dream i invest my soul in company i bet the big exchange first of all for love of thee and seconal deranged there oughta be somethin to fall back on like a knife or a career oh heavy is a heart that bears a started life in the dyin time of year in the dyin time of year left my pots and plans on the landlord s stove was drove down through the texas heat threw my love out in the street george is colored and i m white but george could go for me george was wonderin if i might go for him go to louisiana rockin a banjo on my knee after a man that said he d go for me george i m all gone down the dream george i m all gone down the dream george i m all gone down the dream