North austin slim - Calvin Russell

We were sitting in the pool hall

On this cold and rainy day

Tellin jokes and funny stories

Just to pass some time away

The door slowly opened a

And a form crept softly in

Everyone had to stop their kidding when they saw

North Austin Slim

I’ll be damn said this dude from Waco

If it ain’t Ole North Side Austin Slim

We’re gonna have to make a brand new language

To describe the shape he’s in

One night I was drinkin in a tavern

Puttin on a mighty stew

That’s when trouble happened to wander in

And she sat beside me too

So I asked her I she wanted to have a drink

And she sweetly said she would

As I gazed into those beautiful eyes

Well I thought I understood

I ain’t sayin women are my trouble

I ain’t sayin women are no good

I’m just sayin that I can’t live with’em

But without’em I wouldn’t live

Even if I could