Meet Me In The Alleyway Lyrics - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Steve Earle

I had a melancholy malady 

Wen to see the doctor and the doctor say 

Too bad nothin' he could do he 

Knew a man in Louisiana if I'm willin' to pay 

Laid my money on the barrelhead 

Man behind the bar began to shimmy and shake 

Can't lie I reckoned I was dead 

When he picked up my money up and I heard him say 

Meet me in the alleyway 

Minute to midnight don't be late 

Meet me in the alleyway 

Better come runnin' the spirits won't wait 

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Thirteen tiger teeth in my talisman 

St. John The Conqueror and a black cat bone 

Been seen walkin' with the Guardians 

Now I'm in the alley and I'm all alone 

Can't run can't hide from destiny 

Knew this day was comin' nearly all of my life 

Been done ain't the only boy from Tennessee 

To carve his name in cypress with a jawbone knife 

Meet me in the alleyway 

Minute to midnight don't be late 

Meet me in the alleyway 

Better come runnin' the spirits won't wait 

So you wanna be the king of America 

Say you wanna know the oracle's mind 

Say you wanna see the Marquessess of Mardi Gras 

Dancin' with the devil at the end of the line 

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Meet me in the alleyway 

Minute to midnight don't be late 

Meet me in the alleyway 

Better come runnin' the spirits won't wait 

Meet me in the alleyway 

Don't be late 

Meet me in the alleyway 

Better come runnin' the spirits won't wait