You don't have to hide your baby you don't have to go get no gun
Oh, how can you blame me for things I ain't never done
I used to live here and now I've come back again
Just to stop for awhile and think how things might have been
I had to come back to remember the joy and the pain
And if it's alright with you, before I get back on the train
I just want to see Montgomery in the ra-in
Around these streets and old houses a whole lot of changes I've been thru
From the top of the town to feeling down, washing cars and shining shoes
I once met a woman here with ways like I've never seen
And we use to ramble from here to old New Orleans
I had to come back to remember the joy and the pain
But it won't be long till I'm gone cause it ain't the same
But I did want to see Montgomery in the ra-in
I've just came back here to stare at an old window pane
For one last look before you tear it all down with your crane
You don't have to hide your baby, You don't have to go get no gun
Don't you stare like I'm crazy just cause I am Hank's only son
I had to come back to remember the joy and the pain
But it won't be long till I'm gone cause it ain't the same
So if its alright with you before I get back on the train
I'm gonna go out to Hank's tombstone and cry up a thunderstorm chain
Cause I've got to see Montgomery in the ra---in
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