The Holy Modal Rounders Follow

I can't wait until the hangin's done
I can't bear to see you gettin' strung
I can't wait until they cut you down
I can't bear to think you in the ground

Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce
Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce Sue
Well, I don't know (mm-hm)

The man you shot, he was a ship, they say
He had to come in, maybe anyway
But you-you can't do a thing like you did
And you-you can't have a life like this

Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce
Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce Sue
Well, I don't know (I don't care)

Well, you ran, you tried to get away
Yeah-yeah, you ran, you knowed you could not stay
You made me proud to see you hit that bar
You mighta known, sweetheart, they'd catch you in the bar

Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce
Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce Sue
Well, I don't know
(Hey, I don't care, now)

I sit on the corner
Had a tear in my eye and a frog in my throat
A terrible acid heartburn stomach
I watched across the street as they was takin' my poor old Sue
I couldn't imagine what they were gonna do
Now, my acid heartburn stomach, it boiled a tear in my eye, cooked the frog in my throat
I had myself a free frog leg on old Sue
And all I could do as I watched across is I could talk
And all I could say was: "please"
I said, "please don't hang" (please don't, please don't hang)
I said, "please don't hang" (please don't, please don't hang)
I said, "please don't hang" (please don't, please don't hang)
Please don't hang
Please don't hang
Please don't hang my gal
She was my good gal, y'all

The way you drank, it made me feel drunk too
The way you stank, it made me stink like you
The things you said made me a-slur like you
The things you did made me a mess like you

Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce
Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce Sue
Well, I don't know
I don't care

Well, you stuck me with the bills you didn't pay
It doesn't matter, won't pay 'em anyway
But you-you can't do a thing like you did
And you-you, my dear, can't have a life like this

Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce
Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce Sue
Well, I don't know
I don't care

All I could do was take good looks
And have good prize
And all I could say was: "please don't hang" (please don't, please don't hang)
I said "please don't hang" (please don't, please don't hang)
I said "please don't hang" (please don't, please don't hang)
Please don't hang (good gravy)
Please don't hang my baby now
Please don't hang my gal
She was my good gal, y'all

I can't wait until the hangin's done
I can't bear to see you gettin' strung
I can't wait until they cut you down
I can't bear to think you in the ground

Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce
Why'd you do it, Rotten Lettuce Sue
Well, I don't know (hey, I don't care now)