Ravanna

I was born down by the missouri river

where the copperheads and the catfish play

just up the hill there out in jackson county

they brought me home in a chevrolet

I always wanted to be just like my daddy

he wrapped me up there in the traveler's joy

I spend a great deal of my life out on the highway

and there's several devils there that I must employ

I'm a long way from Ravanna

where as a child I used to roam

along the line there where the wild blackberry grow

I'm not sad to think about it

those old memories just make me strong

and they shine a mighty light wherever I go

My mama raised me on a switch and some cornbread

a kiss on my face when I lay down to dream

she taught me how to hear the world while it's turning

it's been too long since I heard her sing

Lord knows I try to keep my spirits in the velvet but it's tough

I will take what I inherit friend and that should be enough

that should be enough

now I don't believe that I was born a sinner

but I've been working hard to catch up there just the same

Lord lord lord good god almighty I am only human

isn't that a burden and ain't that a shame?