Place in the Shade

(Baker Knight)



Now some folks play the whole day long

They think they got it made

But they won't get a thrill the way that I live

When I find me a place in the shade.



A poor man's word is never learned

Still I wouldn't trade

All the world and its gold all the treasures untold

I want a little place in the shade.



Too late to bed and early to rise

Makes a man weary and cuts him down the size

They come and they go and their worlds fall apart

But I'm gonna cling to the dreams in my heart.



'Cause someday I know the years gonna come

When all my debts are paid

When my work is all done I'll smile at the sun

And find me a place in the shade.



When the work is all done I'll smile at the sun

And find me a place in the shade...