Grateful Thief

I WAS A TINY LITTLE MAN IN A PREVIOUS LIFE, I LIVED UNDERNEATH OF A FLOOR
IN A BIG OLD HOUSE DOWN UNION STREET WHERE I COULD WALK UNDER ANY DOOR
I WAS GIVEN MY TALENT BY A CHEROKEE DWARF WHO HAD SEX WITH A TURTLE DOVE
AND I WAS BORN IN THE PALM OF A MEDICINE WOMAN WHO KEPT ME IN A BUCKSKIN GLOVE
SHE TAUGHT ME THE TRICKS OF THE GRATEFUL THIEF
NEVER TAKE MORE THAN YOU NEED
AND I’M DOING ALRIGHT, I WOKE UP TODAY
TO KEEP ON SINGIN’ IN A DREAM …TO KEEP ON SINGIN’ IN A DREAM

I WAS A SHERIFF ONCE IN A LITTLE TOWN I CUT MY FOOT OFF BY MISTAKE
I FINED MYSELF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS; I GOT A NEW ONE FROM THE STATE
JENNY TWO CROWS WAS MY LOVER, WE HAD A BABY NAMED HIM BOB
I RAISED THAT BOY IN A POLICE CAR, NOW HE’S MY SERVICE DOG
I TAUGHT HIM THE TRICKS OF THE GRATEFUL THIEF
NEVER TAKE MORE THAN YOU NEED
AND I’M DOING ALRIGHT, I WOKE UP TODAY
TO KEEP ON SINGIN’ IN A DREAM
TO KEEP ON SINGIN’ IN A DREAM

BROWNIE OF LOVE, BROWNIE OF LOVE
AH THIS LIFE IS SWEET
I KNOW I TAKE TOO MUCH SOMETIMES
BUT I’M A GRATEFUL THIEF

IN THE ORANGE LIGHT OF THE EVENING I WALK NAKED IN A FIELD
AND I LOOK AT ALL MY BLESSINGS, THERE’S NOTHING I NEED TO STEAL
YOUR LOVE IS A DRUG I CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF, BUT I DON’T WANNA USE IT UP
SO I GO EASY ON YOUR TENDER GIFTS, DON’T WANNA BREAK YOUR LOVING CUP
‘CAUSE I KNOW THE TRICKS OF THE GRATEFUL THIEF
NEVER TAKE MORE THAN YOU NEED
AND I’M DOING ALRIGHT, I WOKE UP TODAY
TO KEEP ON SINGIN’ IN A DREAM
TO KEEP ON SINGIN’ IN A DREAM

BROWNIE OF LOVE, BROWNIE OF LOVE
AH THIS LIFE IS SWEET
I KNOW I TAKE TOO MUCH SOMETIMES
BUT I’M A GRATEFUL THIEF
I’M A GRATEFUL THIEF

@Ben Mason 2019