Bertha

I had a hard run, runnin' from your window

I was all night running, running, Lord, I wonder if you care

I had a run in, run around and run down

Run around the corner, corner, Lord, run smack in to a tree

I had to move, really had to move

That's why if you please, I am on my bendin' knees

Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

Dressed myself in green, I went down unto the sea

Try to see what's goin' down, try to read between the lines

I had a feelin' I was fallin', fallin', fallin', I turned around to see

Heard a voice al callin', Lord, you was comin' after me

I had to move, really had to move

That's why if you please, I am on my bendin' knees

Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

Ran into a rainstorm, I ducked back into a bar door

It's all night pourin', pourin', pourin', Lord, but not a drop on me

Test me, test me, test me, test me, test me

Why don't you arrest me? Throw me in to the jail house

Lord, until the sun goes down, 'til it goes down

I had to move, really had to move

That's why if you please, I am on my bendin' knees

Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

I had to move, really had to move

That's why if you please, I am on my bendin' knees,

Bertha, don't you come around here anymore