Track : Po' Lazarus
Artist : James Carter
Album : Bob Dylan & The Band's Basement Tapes Influences
Po' Lazarus by James Carter from album Bob Dylan & The Band's Basement Tapes Influences
Duration : 4 minutes & 30 seconds.
Listener : 688 peoples.
Played : 1773 times and counting.
Well the high sheriff, he told his deputy
Won't you go out and bring me Lazarus
Well the high sheriff told his deputy
Won't you go out and bring me Lazarus
Bring him dead or alive
Lord, Lord
Bring him dead or alive
Well the deputy, he told the high sheriff
I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus
Well the deputy, he told the high sheriff
Says I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus
Well he's a dangerous man
Lord, Lord
He's a dangerous man
Well then the high sheriff, he found Lazarus
He was hidin' in the chill of a mountain
Well the high sheriff found Lazarus
He was hidin' in the chill of the mountain
With his head hung down
Lord, Lord
With his head hung down
Well then the high sheriff, he told Lazarus
He says Lazarus I come to arrest you
Well the high sheriff told Lazarus
Says Lazarus I come to arrest you
And bring you dead or alive
Lord, Lord
Bring you dead or alive
Well then Lazarus, he told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
Well Lazarus told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
By no one man
Lord, Lord
By no one man
And then the high sheriff, he shot Lazarus
Well, he shot him mighty big number
Well the high sheriff shot Lazarus
Well he shot him with a mighty big number
With a forty-five
Lord, Lord
With a forty-five
Well then they taken old Lazarus
Yes they laid him on the commissary gallery
Well they taken poor Lazarus
And the laid him on the commissary gallery
He said my wounded side
Lord, Lord
My wounded side
