Bertha (Live at Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO, December 10, 1971)

[Verse 1]
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running
Lord, I wonder if you care
I had a hard run
Run around and a-run down
Run around a corner
Lord, I run smack into a tree

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore

[Verse 2]
Dressed myself in green
I went back under the trees
Try to see what's going down
Lord, and read between the lines
I had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling
I turned around to see
Heard a voice calling
You was running back to me

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore

[Verse 4]
Ran into a rainstorm
I ducked back into a bar door
It was all night pouring
Not a drop on mе
Test me, test mе
Why don't you arrest me?
Throw me in the jail house, jail house
Lord, until the sun goes down
'Til it go down

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore
I had to move
Really had to move
That's why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don’t you come around here anymore

[Outro]
I had to move
Really had to move
That’s why if you please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha, don't you come around here anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore

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