major blues

Singer:arlo guthrie

there's sometimes i don't believe in nothing

sometimes i do

that's why it hurts to believe in you

though i know that pain and sorrow

ain't nothing new

it really hurts to be hurt by you

lost my job to no one

lost my baby to another man

that's what i get for going to 'nam

give my life to my country

now they put me on the welfare line

no it won't be water but fire next time

sometimes i want to go back to the city

where i spent my youth

where i had nothing and nothing to lose

someday when this country needs a helping hand

and they want mine

i'll tell them buddy just get in line"

Lyric Context: major blues - arlo guthrie