You You You On the banks of the river Where the willows hang down And the wild birds all warm up Where the low morning sound Down in the holler Where the water runs cold That's where I first listened To the lies that you told Now I lie on my bed And I see your sweet face The last I remember Time cannot erase The letter you wrote me It was written in shame And I know that you're conscious Still echoes my name The nights are so long And sorrow runs deep And nothing is worse Than a night without sleep I walk out alone And look at the sky Too empty to sing Too lonesome to cry I walk out alone And look at the sky Too empty to sing Too lonesome to cry I walk out alone And look at the sky Too empty to sing And I know that you're conscious Still echoes my name The nights are so long And the ladies look precious I lie there for hours And the chilly cold marshes If the ladies would squirt With their high bushy tails I'd load up my shotgun With rocks of open hail Guitar Solo The nights are so long And sorrow runs deep And nothing is worse Than a night without sleep I walk out alone And look at the sky Too empty to sing Too lonesome to cry