[Chorus]
Ah, the wide Missouri
Dwellers on the bluff
Across the wide Missouri
Never enough
No, never enough

[Verse 1]
Whip-poor-will
Whip-poor-will
Scissoring high
In the trees

[Refrain]
A beating would do me a world of good

[Verse 2]
Sneakin' by
Sneakin' by
I am down
On my knees

[Refrain]
A beating would do me a world of good

[Verse 3]
I took it from Saxon
I took it from dad
From Fat Johnny Friendly
From 3 vigilantes
I took it for Wild One
And then for my sin
I took it from Lizbeth
Again and again
[Chorus]
Ah, the wide Missouri
Dwellers on the bluff
Across the wide Missouri
Never enough
No, never enough

[Verse 1]
Whip-poor-will
Whip-poor-will
Scissoring high
In the trees

[Refrain]
A beating would do me a world of good

[Verse 2]
Sneakin by
Sneakin by
I am down
On my knees

[Refrain]
A beating would do me
A beating would do me