DOWN TO MY LAST COME AND GET ME
(Shel Silverstein)


Bobby Bare - 1979





Here I sit in this gin mill, an empty in my hand
The telephone's three steps away, but I can hardly stand
Got five pennies in my pocket, but Lord, I'm gonna need ten
'Cause I gotta phone my baby to come and pick me up again

And I'm down to my last come and get me
Just the way she said I'd be so many times before
Hey, I'm down to my last come and get me
But I wonder if I'm worth the come and get me anymore

(Instrumental Break)

The promises I made to her, Lord knows I try to keep
But there's always somethin' somewhere makes the strongest man get weak
And there ain't no use in runnin' and there's nowhere left to hide
When you've drunk up all your promises and passed away your pride

And I'm down to my last come and get me
Just the way she said I'd be so many times before
I'm down to my last come and get me
But I wonder if I'm worth the come and get me anymore
Well, I wonder if I'm worth the come and get me anymore






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)