LORD, I TREMBLE

Bartender, pour my whiskey.
Scotty, light my smoke.
Somebody crack a window.
I think I'm gonna choke.
There's something in the air.
Poison's what I breathe.
Somebody slide me a chair.
My little girl just lied to me.
And I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me.
Lord, I tremble so inside.
My little girl just lied to me.

Don't say I'm goin' crazy.
Don't say I'm goin' mad.
Just like my old lady
When we were deserted by my dad.
She took to poppin' pills
And Tanqueray with a lemon squeeze.
She took to a mean old preacher
Who'd tar the shit out of me.
And I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me,
"Lord, I tremble so inside.
I can't believe what's become of me."

My baby come home with the dawn
Barefoot up the walk,
Carryin' her shoes by the straps,
A little stutter in her talk.
She said she'd been with a friend
Who had to blow a little steam.
They talked over gin and smokes,
Danced downtown at Lee's.
But I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me.
Lord, I tremble so inside,
My baby ain't true to me.

I don't know what to do.
I don't know where to go.
I don't know what to feel,
Don't trust the anger in my soul.
I don't know where to start.
I don't know what to say.
I don't know if I've done somethin'
That's driven her away.

But I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me.
Lord, I tremble so inside,
I can't live if my baby's leavin' me.