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Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor

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Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet soft and low
When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go

Been hangin' around with good time friends of mine
Hangin' around with a good time friends of mine
Oh they treat me very nice and kind
When I've got a dollar and a dime

Weary blues are everywhere I see
Weary blues and they're everywhere I see
Weary blues, honey, everywhere I see
No-one's ever had the blues like me

Way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tired
Way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tired
Come tomorrow, I'll be satisfied
If I can catch that fast train and ride

So make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me down a pallet soft and low
When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go

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smallwonderrobot On Sep 20, 2006

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Cover art for Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor lyrics by Gillian Welch

by mntecky

14y ago

This is a great song...I first heard it while roaming around the country a while back. To me this song sounds a lot like someone who is unemployed and looking for work all over, but maybe that's just my personal experiences coming through.

A note/hunch regarding the second verse: I'm interpreting the "dime" not as money, but a dime bag of pot. Sounds like some "good-time friends" I've known.

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