John Wesley Harding - Ordinary Weekend Lyrics
I lost my job on friday, I went drinking to forgetMy luck it had been down so long but I could change it yetSat down and strted talking with some guy sitting thereHe bought me drinks all afternoon until I didnt careHe said was I in need of work, some money could be foundI said is it above the law? he said its undergroundI said I need the paycheck now, I got debts here and thereHe smiled and asked if I could drive and I said anywhereAnywhere...In this weekend of ordinary dreamsEverything was not just as it seemsTake a look around at the faces in the crowdAnd youll see wehre Ive beenWe met up on the saturday, I thought it was us twoBut I had not asked quetions not knowing what to doTwelve of them were in the van, thirteen including meTwelve pairs of eyes were staring back at me, suspiciouslyAnd so I just sat down and drove, took them to some trackAnd drove past the security guard while they hid in the backThey made me stop, and got out there, and I heard a couple of shotsI hoped they were in self-defense but I knew that they were notThey were not...Not in this weekend of ordinary dreams...I drummed my fingers on the wheel and waited for the boysHad a smoke, I had a few, I got very paranoidAnd still they hadnt come back there, so I just drove awayDeciding to play safe and get my share another dayOn sunday, he came round my place, I asked him where theyd beenHe said theyd left another way and only I was seenHe said that we should cash the van and did I want my shareI didnt like the way theyd left but by now I didnt careDidnt care...Didnt care for this weekend of ordinary dreams...He drove me to a back room with a single swinging lightSomeone said the fish are starving, aint it time they had a biteAnd I felt sick and stupid and damned my own brown hairForgetting that the price you pay must far exceed the shareSomeone pulled a knife out and they stabbed me in the backThey tied my hands and bound my feet and threw me in a sackThey took me to a lakeside and they threw my body inI could hear them laughing, they said you can sink or swimSink or swim...So hear you desperate women and hear you desperate menDont take your life for grantedDont live your life in vainBut if you think that you can cahnge it,Hope you know you ant go backJust go down to the lakesideWatch me floating in a sack,In this sack.
