LowDown - Charlie Parr

Lowdown lived down in Memphis town

Walking them streets, up and down

Lowdown he had a place downtown

Where women would come from miles around

And say «Lowdown won’t you dance for awhile»

They’d shake their cans all the while

Lowdown they called him sweetie pie

They called him naughty guy

They called him all the time

I’m never gonna see my home again

Lowdown he liked to dress up fine

He wore his suit and tie

All the time

Lowdown liked his shoes shined right

Every night when he’d get tight

Lowdown he woke up at noon

Walked off the swoon

And hit the saloon

I’m never gonna see my home again

Lowdown had him an Oldsmobile

Had the big mag wheels

Had a bad main seal

Lowdown he was a gamblin man

His cards in his right hand

And his gun in his lap

Lowdown took his friends' money away

He took that eighty-eight

He took the King’s Highway

I’m never gonna see my home again

Lowdown they found his body now

Far from Memphis town

He was dead on the ground

Lowdown had no family

Had no used-to-be

Had no babies three

Lowdown had no old time hack

Had no Cadillac

Lowdown they buried his body now

Down in Memphis town

But there was no one around to say

I’m never gonna see my home again