american brilliance

Oh dear I'm so tired and so lonesome I wonder why mommy don't come She told me to close my blue eyes And before I woke up she'd be home She said she was going to see grandma Who lives by the river so wide …

I was a brakeman out on the Texas line I was a brakeman out on the Texas line Never had the blues I was happy all the time I met a pretty a mamma from San Antonio I met a pretty mamma from San Antonio …

I've got a pocket full of pennies the heart full of gold Though my troubles are many I have treasures untold And the shack that I live in is a palace to me For the treasure of love the treasure of love you gave to …