I wish I was a mole in the ground (2x)
If I’s a mole in the ground
I’d root that mountain down
I wish I was a mole in the ground.
I wish I was a bird in a tree (2x)
If I’s a bird in the tree
I’d see what I could see
I wish I was a bird in a tree.
Tempie, let your bangs hang down (2x)
Let your bangs hang down
Let them curl all around
Tempie, let your bangs hang down.
Tempie wants a 2-dollar shawl (2x)
I come over the hill
with a 20-dollar bill
And it’s “Honey, where you been so long?”
Honey, where you been so long? (2x)
I been in the bend
with the rough and rowdy men,
And it’s Honey, where you been so long?
I don’t like a railroad man (2x)
A railroad man
will kill you when he can
And drink up your blood like wine.
I wish I was a hole in the ground (2x)
If I’s a hole in the ground,
I’d be a mountain upside down,
I wish I was a hole in the ground.
I wish I was a lizard in the spring (2x)
If I’s a lizard in the spring
I’d hear my darling sing
I wish I was a lizard in the spring.