3. Sally Ann Blues

I wouldn't want a palace; I'd live in a railroad van,
No, I wouldn't want a palace; I'd live in a railroad van,
If I could get me a decent kind of man.

Workin' in that old hash shop, ain't no lousier dive in town,
Workin' in that old hash shop, ain't no lousier dive in town,
Dirty old boss won't let me be, always smellin' aroun'.

Don't know where I'm goin' to lay my head tonight,
Don't know where I'm goin' to lay my head tonight,
All day drinkin' by myself, and still I don't get tight.

Don't know why the flowers grow, why the moon keeps shinin',
Don't know why the flowers grow, why the moon keeps shinin',
All day drinkin' by myself, I can't keep from cryin'.

I wouldn't want a palace; I'd live in a railroad van,
No, I wouldn't want a palace; I'd live in a railroad van,
If I could get me a decent kind of man.

James K. Baxter