Make Me a Pallet on the Floor

Make me down a pallet on the floor
Make me down a pallet on the floor
Make me down a pallet, baby, soft and low
So when I’m broke I have someplace to go

Been hangin’ ‘round with good times friends of mine
Been hangin’ ‘round with good times friends of mine
Oh they treat me nice, they treat me nice and very kind
When I’ve got a dollar baby, a bottle of beer, and a dime

Wearin’ the blues everywhere I see
We’re right here stuck in the blues everywhere I see
Wearin’ the blues, honey, everywhere I see
I bet you never had the blues like me

Why don’t you make me a pallet on the floor
Make me down a pallet on the floor, well
Make me down a pallet, soft and low
So when I ain’t got no money, I have somewhere to go

Way I’m sleepin’, my back and my shoulders tired
Well, the way I been sleepin’ my back and my shoulders all tired
Come tomorrow, and I’ll be satisfied
If I catch a train, that fast train, with you and ride

Why don’t you make me a pallet on the floor
Why don’t you make me, baby oh Lord, a pallet down on the floor
Make me down a pallet, on the floor
When I’m broke
When I’m broke, baby oh
Because when I’m broke, I got nowhere to go