Up in Arkansas

(Tony Joe White - Ricky Ray Rector)



Got me a rocker without no arms

Ol' wood stove to keep me warm

My firewood out of the rain

I sit and watch the seasons change.



There's a woman in Little Rock

Got plenty of money down in her sock

She come to see me, time to time

We'd sit on the porch and drink our wine.



A man ought to know

When he's got it all

Holding it down

Up in Arkansas.



Coyotes howl in the night

The rats ate my food but that's alright

They must have needed it more than me

Ain't no sweat I'll eat their cheese.



Way back in the woods

A hoot-owl calls

Making his rounds

Up in Arkansas.



The eagle flies wild and free

Catches fish down in my creek

I watch him rise on the breeze

I don't bother him, he don't bother me.



Walmart moves into town

Progress can't keep it down

Tourists come from miles around

I sit on the porch, the sun goes down.



But I live way back from it all

Doing alright up in Arkansas

Keepin' it cool

Up in Arkansas, alright...