Sister Soak The Beans - Joe Ely

Sister, soak the beans

I’ll be comin Home to Chop the Onion

Mama, light the stove

It’ll take a while for the cornbread to get done

I’ll be comin’home

I’ve had enough, I’m done with self-denial

Can’t you hear me moan?

Set the table, I’ll be there in a while

Workin’on the run

Burnin’cactus down on the Rio Grande

No shade from the sun

Just wishin’I’d get done with shovelin’sand

Repeat CHORUS

I been gone so long

Callin’cattle on the Goodnight Lovin’Line

Can’t you hear my song

The canteen’s dry as the dust that’s in my eyes

Repeat CHORUS

Last time I got stuck

In a Yankee city up above the Dixon Line

I run plum out of luck

Not an inch of enchalada could I find

I’ll be comin’home

I’ve had enough, I’m done with self-denial

No Peace can I find

Set the table, I’ll be there in a while