You Cannot Win (If You Do Not Play)/Polk Salad Annie Songtext
von Steve Forbert and The Rough Squirrels

Take a little break and we′ll be back
Don't go away
I was sitting by the road
My head in a cloud
Wishing less and weighing
Wishing for a scooter
Wishing for a train-o
Any kind of moving fun
Well, I looked at the trees
Looked at the sky
Said, "What a lovely day"
Looked up the road
Looked at my feet
I picked it up and walked away
You cannot win
If you do not play
You cannot win
If you do not play
Well, I went to the fair
Looking for fun


Thinking all the world was there
I saw a fat man
Saw a thin man
Saw a little teddy bear
Well, I said to myself
"I know what I want
I gotta get a bear, no way"
I heard a loud voice
Said a few words
It said, "You gotta take a chance and you pay"
You cannot win
If you do not play
You cannot win
If you do not play
Now, down in Louisiana
Where the alligator got some man
Pretty little girl, people, swear to the world
She made alligator look tame
Polk salad Annie
Gator got your granny, baby
Everybody said it′s such a shame
Because her mama's working on the chain gang
Chain gang
Her daddy was so lazy, no account
Claimed that he had a bad back
Only thing her papa says is good for y'all
Is stealing watermelons out of mama′s own tote patch
Polk salad Annie
Gator got your granny, baby
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her mama′s working, working on the chain gang
Yes, that ugly thing
Every day before supper time
She go down by the tote patch
Pick it up and put some on her mama's polk salad plate
Then she carry it home in this tote sack
Polk salad Annie
Gator got your granny, baby
Everybody said it′s such a shame
Because her mama's working the chain gang
Yeah, I know it
Pretty young thing
Bring me down, baby
All you did is make me blue
I′m under the trees
Waiting alone
Trying to sing a song to you, baby
Well, the night is so clear
Moon is so bright
And you wasted all the work
You up on the hill
I'm down here below
Turn my day around, but ain′t no cake
You cannot win
If you do not play
You cannot win
If you do not play
You cannot win
If you do not play
You cannot win
If you do not play