HURRY, TUESDAY CHILD
(Bobbie Gentry)


Bobbie Gentry - 1967
Deena Webster - 1968


Hurry, Tuesday child, its time to be a-goin'
Your good news day, child, has come at last
Hold your chance in your dusty hand
One way ticket to a promised land
I understand

No more blues day child, hard time is far behind you
Hurry, Tuesday child, your fortune's gonna find you
Oh, the good life is just ahead
Satin shoes and a feather bed
Instead of

Yes ma'am, no sir, yes sir, right away sir
No more week's done, may I have my pay, sir
No more have to do, can't do, don't do
Here's your chance to do anything you want to do

Hurry, Tuesday child, go on before its too late
Dream comes trues-day child comes once and it won't wait
Put all you own in a paper sack
Got nothing to hold you, got nothing to pack
You won't be back, Tuesday child






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2015)