[Verse 1] Dear Heavenly Father, what have I done? Used to have it all, now Im left with none The Great State of Georgia took the farm away Because of the bills that I could not pay [Verse 2] My familys name has been here since 1833 A hundred years of sweat and blood handed down to me So every day I work these fields and every night I pray The rain, the rain dont ever come and I doubt anys on the way [Chorus] Oh what will I do when all else fails? What will I do when no waters in the well? Oh what will I do when theres nothing left to sell? Oh, what will I do? Only time will tell [Verse 3] I hear theres work in Richmond and some in New Orleans But outside that Clarke County line is a world Ive never seen The papers say that the times are tough and moneys runnin low But the bottom doesnt look so bad when the bottoms all you know [Chorus] Oh what will I do when all else fails? What will I do when no waters in the well? Oh what will I do when theres nothing left to sell? Oh, what will I do? Only time will tell [Verse 4] Dear Heavenly Father, Ive come before you now A bottles in my left hand, a pistols to my brow The preacher says salvation will cleanse all my bad deeds But I could never forgive myself for failin my family [Chorus] w What will I do when all else fails? What will I do when no waters in the well? Oh what will I do when theres nothing left to sell? Oh, what will I do? Only time will tell
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