Sister, soak the beans

I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion

Mama, light the stove

It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done

I'll be comin' home

I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial

Can't you hear me moan?

Set the table, I'll be there in a while Workin' on the run

Burnin' cactus down on the Rio Grande

No shade from the sun

Just wishin' I'd get done with shovelin' sand Sister, soak the beans

I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion

Mama, light the stove

It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done

I'll be comin' home

I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial

Can't you hear me moan?

Set the table, I'll be there in a while I been gone so long

Callin' cattle on the Goodnight Lovin' Line

Can't you hear my song

The canteen's dry as the dust that's in my eyes Sister, soak the beans

I'll be comin Home to Chop the Onion

Mama, light the stove

It'll take a while for the cornbread to get done

I'll be comin' home

I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial

Can't you hear me moan?

Set the table, I'll be there in a while Last time I got stuck

In a Yankee city up above the Dixon Line

I run plum out of luck

Not an inch of enchalada could I find I'll be comin' home

I've had enough, I'm done with self-denial

No Peace can I find

Set the table, I'll be there in a while