There is a house in charming town
they call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
And me oh god I'm one
If I'd listened to my mama
Lord I'd be home today
But I was young and foolish
And some rider led me astray
Never do what I have done
To shun the house in charming town
They call the rising sun
My mother she's a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My sweetheart he's a rambler
Lord he rides an old machine
SOLO
Now the only thing a rambler needs
is a suitcase and a gun
The only time he's satisfied
is when he's on the run
He fills his chamber up with lead
And takes his pain to town
The only pleasure he gets out of life
is bringing another man down
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He's got one hand on the throttle
the other on the brake
He's riding back to Redwood
to own his fathers' stake
And here I wait in charming town
to gain my lovless one??
I'm staying here to end my life
down in the rising sun
I'm staying here to end my life
down in the rising sun