PICKIN' WILD MOUNTAIN BERRIES
(Cliff Thomas / Ed Thomas / Robert McRee)


Lawanda Lindsey & Kenny Vernon - 1970



Where've you been, where you been
It's the same old question again
What's the use, baby, what's the use
They ain't never gonna turn us loose
You got dirt all over your face
Oh, and your lipstick is way out of place
Are we gonna tell 'em what we tell 'em every time before

They won't leave us alone
They want us to come home
We been busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries
We're pickin' wild mountain berries
That's our excuse every time
But we've been busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries

(Instrumental Break)

I don't know, oh, I don't know
If I can keep, honey, from lettin' it show
What's our plan, tell me what's our plan
You know they won't understand
If my hair is a-drippin' wet
And my clothes are soakin' wet
And we didn't go skinny dippin' in a cement pond

You're my baby, you're my man
Though your hair is sure gettin' to be a mess
There ain't no berries in your bucket
We'll explain it, honey, as best as we can

They won't leave us alone
They want us to come home
We been busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries
Just pickin' wild mountain berries
That's our excuse every time
Let's keep in busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries

Just pickin' wild mountain berries
That's our excuse every time
Let's keep in busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2019)