Song

Matchbox

Release date: 07 March 1988

I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes

I ain't got no matches
But I sure got a long way to go

I'm an ol' poor boy
And I'm a long way from home
I'm an ol' poor boy
And I'm a long way from home

I've never been happy
'Cause everything I ever did was wrong

Well if you don't my peaches honey
Please don't shake my tree
If you don't want any of those peaches honey
Please don't mess around my tree

I got news for you baby
Leave me here in misery
Alright

(Instrumental/solo)

Well let me be your little dog
'Til your big dog comes
Let me be your little dog
'Til your big dog comes

And when your big dog gets here
Watch how your puppy dog runs

Well I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes

I ain't got no matches
But I sure got a long way to go

"Matchbox"
Single by Carl Perkins
from the album 'Dance Album of Carl Perkins (1957)
B-side "Your True Love"
Released 1957
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