There is a house in charming town they call the rising sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl And me oh god I'm one If I'd listened to my mama Lord I'd be home today But I was young and foolish And some rider led me astray Go tell my baby sister Never do what I have done To shun the house in charming town They call the rising sun My mother she's a tailor She sewed my new blue jeans My sweetheart he's a rambler Lord he rides an old machine SOLO Now the only thing a rambler needs is a suitcase and a gun The only time he's satisfied is when he's on the run He fills his chamber up with lead And takes his pain to town The only pleasure he gets out of life is bringing another man down -- Instrumental -- He's got one hand on the throttle the other on the brake He's riding back to Redwood to own his fathers' stake And here I wait in charming town to gain my lovless one?? I'm staying here to end my life down in the rising sun I'm staying here to end my life down in the rising sun