Bill Rhoads

Lyrics

9. I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM
(AN’ I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY’RE GONE)
Bill Rhoads 1995

Old Boozer was a good ol' dog, he treed many a 'coon
Spent his nights carousin' an' howlin' at the moon
Sometimes he'd leave 'fore evenin' an' not get back 'til dawn
Well I don't know where he came from
An' I don't know where he's gone

My daddy was a rounder, he broke too many hearts
They found him out on Caney Fork all cut up into parts
It coulda been a jealous man or the gal they blamed it on
I don't know where he came from
An' I don't know where he's gone

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No, I don't know where they came from
An' I don't know where they're gone
I only know I'll have to live without 'em or pass on
They were part of all that mattered,
Good an' bad an' right an' wrong
But, I don't know where they came from
An' I don't know where they're gone

My woman done got weary, got tired of me I guess
She left my head, my house, my heart all in an awful mess
Her eyes said she had somethin' comin' off an' goin' on
I don't know where she came from
An' I don't know where she's gone

Well friends, that's my story, I don't care what you believe
I don't know if I'll miss this world but I know I hate to leave
Don't you ever grieve me tho' too much or much too long
'Cause you don't know where I came from
An' you don't know where I'm gone

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