Scraping Dixie

I heard he was scraping dixie
 Looking for a job
 Looking for some work to get him by
 Steering clear of all the jails
 He was skinny as a rail
 And his face would hardly move from day to day
 His face would hardly move from day to day
 Chorus:
 Don't you set your mouth on me
 Don't you set your mouth on me
 Don't you set your mouth and jump salty as the sea
 Even though she was the one
 Even so I'll overcome
 Don't you set your mouth on me like I belonged
 He learned to cook short order
 Was a pour man in a bar
 And a bubble dancer till his face got steamed
 And I know that he was bugged
 Dishing out those slops and slugs
 He said that grease got all up in his dreams
 Bridge:
 A VFW from somewhere
 With the 1000 yard stare
 The VA kept him hanging on a line
 His disability was pending
 I'd get these scribes that he was sending
 He'd be scraping by till the weather warmed this way
 Scraping dixie till the weather warmed this way
 He said he'd be scraping dixie
 Maybe Carolina way
 Looking for some cash to pass him through
 Well what you gonna do
 We all have to line the flue
 But I'll fight untill they put that tree suit on
 I'll be fighting till they put that tree suit on
 Chorus