| I was born in the | |
| SouthlandGrew up a rollin' stone | |
| Workin' all day and night for weeks | |
| Was a-livin' it all alone | |
| I got no friends to call my own | |
| No woman to love me | |
| Now I just seem to be slippin' away | |
| Think I'm gonna jump in the sea | |
| Ahh, I'm gonna keep prayin' | |
| Everything's gonna be all right | |
| Keep prayin' everything's gonna be all right | |
| About a month or so ago | |
| I was workin' in | |
| TennesseeTried to make time with another man's woman | |
| And he turned around and tried to shoot me (yeah, he did) | |
| I guess I'll be on the next train home | |
| Or maybe I'll catch a plane | |
| For my life seems to be slippin' away | |
| Think I'm gonna go insane | |
| Ahh, I'm gonna keep prayin | |
| Everything's gonna be all right, | |
| Keep prayin' everything's gonna be all right, | |
| Yes I doYes | |
| I doYes I do | |
| Keep prayin' everything's gonna be all right | |
| Keep prayin' everything's gonna be all right | |
| All right |