Various Artists
Bertha (Live at Golden Hall, San Diego, August 7, 1971)
[Verse 1]
I had a hard run
Running from your window
I was all night running
I wonder if you care
I had a hard run
Run around and 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 down on to the sea
Try to see what's going down
Lord, try to read between the lines
Had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling
I turned around to see
Heard a voice calling, calling
You was running me 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 3]
Ran into a rainstorm
I ducked back into a bar door
It was all night pouring
But not a drop on me
Test me, test me, test me, test me
Why don't you arrest me?
Throw me in the jail house
Until the sun goes 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 break]
[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
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
Message, message: Would Ron Bowman go talk to the folks at the front door. Ron Bowman to the front door, please