This particularly melancholic version of the song, accompanied just by guitar and violin, follows the lyrics of the version in the closing titles of the 1989 film Sonny Boy) with slight variations in the words and an instrumental interlude.
The lyrics have been corrected according to the booklet of...
I'm lookin' for a place
Where the dogs don't bite
Children don't cry
I'm lookin' fur a place where the dogs don' bite
Children don' cry an' everything always goes jus' right
An' brothers don' fight
Maybe it's just over that hill, maybe it ain't
Maybe there's gold at the end o' this rainbow
An' maybe it's jus' paint
An' maybe it ain't
I'm searchin' fur a land where a man can stand
Without duckin' his head
Someplace no one ever says he'd
Rather be someplace else instead
An' no one ever wishes they were dead
Maybe it's just over that hill up ahead, maybe it ain't
Maybe there's gold at the end o' this rainbow
An' maybe it's just paint
An' maybe it ain't
[Instrumental]
I'm strivin' for a time when the sun always shines
An' all night long that girl is always mine
Just her an' me, we don't need the wine
Maybe it's just over that hill down the line, maybe it ain't
Maybe there's gold at the end o' this rainbow
An' maybe it's just paint
An' maybe it ain't
An' maybe it ain't
Paint a.k.a. Maybe It Ain’t (2000's Rehearsal Version) was written by David Carradine.
David Carradine released Paint a.k.a. Maybe It Ain’t (2000's Rehearsal Version) on Thu Jan 01 2009.