Porter Wagoner: House Of Mulberry Street

HOUSE OF MULBERRY STREET
Writer Damon Black

THERE WAS OLD DAN, AND SKIP, SCOOTER AND ME IN THE SUMMERTIME WE USED TO MEET WE WASTED OUR TIME LIKE NICKELS AND DIMES AT A HOUSE DOWN ON MULBERRY STREET WHILE OLD DAN AND SKIP WAS OFF CHASING A STICK THAT WE THREW, ME AND SCOOTER WOULD LAUGH OH SHE WAS MY GIRL, THAT WAS MY WORLD I'D GIVE THIS ONE TO GET THAT ONE BACK SHE ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUY THE NICKNAME THAT WAS GIVEN TO HER BY HER DAD HE SAID SHE ONCE CRIED FOR A SCOOTER TO RIDE AND HE BOUGHT ONE WITH THE LAST BUCK HE HAD AS IF IT WERE TODAY, I RECALL YESTERDAY OLD DAN JUST LAYED DOWN AND DIED AND THE EYES OF OLD SKIP TAUGHT ME SOMETHING I'D MISSED CAUSE I NEVER DID KNOW THAT DOGS CRIED WHEN SCOOTER GREW UP SHE WENT OFF TO WORK AS A MODEL IN SOME FASHION TOWN THAT JUST LEFT OLD SKIP, SO WE TOOK US A TRIP CAUGHT A FREIGHT TRAIN, WENT RAMBLIN AROUND HE DIED IN THE COLD AND SOMEWHERE I GOT OLD I DON'T KNOW JUST WHEN THAT OCCURRED AND MY RAMBLIN AROUND HAS BROUGHT ME BACK TO TOWN BUT I'M REALLY NOT LOOKIN' FOR WORK I JUST POKED MY HEAD INTO A FAMILIAR OLD SHED THAT TIME HAS BEEN TRYING TO PUSH DOWN THERE'S TWO LITTLE WHEELS UNDERNEATH OF SOME STEEL ON A LITTLE RED FRAME RUSTED BROWN WAS THAT SKIP OR OLD DAN I THOUGHT BRUSHED MY HAND WAS THAT SCOOTER I THOUGHT I HEARD LAUGH OR JUST MEMORIES OF THEM OUT RIDING THE WIND THAT BLEW IN TO WELCOME ME BACK CHORUS OH THE ROOF IT ALL LEAKS, AND WINDOWS THEY SQUEAK THE PAINT IS ALL FADED AWAY BUT STILL IN THE SHADE SLEEPS THE DREAMS THAT WE MADE OUR MEMORIES STILL DANCE THERE TODAY I'VE BEEN MANY PLACES, I'VE SEEN MANY FACES, IF GIVEN ONE WISH IT WOULD BE FOR OLD DAN, AND SKIP, SCOOTER AND ME, AND THE HOUSE DOWN ON MULBERRY STREET