Up In Arkansas Lyrics

Tony Joe White Up In Arkansas

Got me a rocker without no arms ol' wood stove to keep me
warm
My firewood out of the rain I sit and watch the seasons
change
There's a woman in Little Rock got plenty of money down
in her sock
She come to see me time to time we sit on the porch and
sip our wine
A man ought to know when he's got it all holding it down
up in Arkansas

Coyotes howl in the night the rats ate my food but that's
alright
Must have needed it more than me ain't no sweat I'll eat
their cheese
Way back in the woods a hoot-owl calls making his rounds
up in Arkansas

The eagle flies wild and free catches fish down in my
creek
I watch him rise on the breeze I don't bother him he
don't bother me

Walmart moves into town progress can't keep it down
Tourists come from miles around I sit on the porch the
sun goes down
But I live way back from it all keeping it cool up in
Arkansas in Arkansas