the way the whole thing ends

Lyrics

say you wanna see my garden, and you wanna make it shine, say you wanna see my blue jeans, hanging on your old clothesline, standing in the backdoor crying, now you wanna be my friend, that's the way the cornbread crumbles, that's the way the whole thing ends, now what's a little baby doing, dressing up in banker's clothes?, what's a little sweetheart like you, doing with a bloody nose?, standing in the backdoor crying, now you're gonna need a friend, that's the way the cornbread crumbles, that's the way the whole thing ends, now once you had a hook and ladder, up into the headless night, and once you had a motorcycle, but you couldn't ride it right, standing in the doorway crying, now you're gonna need a friend, that's the way the cornbread crumbles, that's the way the whole thing ends, someone said something one time, but daddy didn't talk too loud, people oughta stick together, that's the way to make a crowd, but here you come alone and crying, now you wanna be my friend, that's the way the cornbread crumbles, that's the way the whole thing ends, momma's in the beauty parlor, and daddy's in the baseball pool, sister's in the drive-in movie, brother's in the old high school, now here you come alone and crying, once, you know, you were my friend, that's the way the cornbread crumbles, that's the way the whole thing ends, standing in the backdoor crying, now you wanna be my friend, that's the way the cornbread crumbles, that's the way the whole things ends