Intro verse 1 Sittin in a barroom countin’ my dough runnin out of money and places to go Sittin in a barroom drunk at night won’t get to sleep til the first daylight Baby can I crawl back to you baby can I crawl back to you verse 2 Goin to the bus station nothin in my hand gonna buy a ticket goin to the promised land I oughta be arrivin in a day or two the bus might leave me can I come back to you Baby can I crawl back to you baby can I crawl back to you Interlude verse 3 Sittin in a jail house countin’ my dough ran out of money but I got a place to go I oughta be leavin in a day or two get myself together can I come back to you Baby can I crawl back to you baby can I crawl back to you verse 4 Got me some insurance paid another prem jump in a river and I might learn to swim might learn to swim but I just might drown I got that insurance paid plumb down Turn it all over to you Baby can I crawl back to you Turn it all over to you Baby can I crawl back to you Outro