Released: September 9, 1968
Songwriter: Tom T. Hall
Producer: Bob Ferguson
[Verse 1]
The first strange town I was ever in the county was hangin' a man
And nobody cared if he lived or he died and I just didn't understand
[Chorus]
So I washed my face in the morning dew bathed my soul in the sun
Washed my face in the morning dew and kept on moving along
[Verse 2]
The second strange town I was in they were laughing at a poor crippled man
Begging for nickels and dimes on the street and I just didn't understand
[Chorus]
So I washed my face in the morning dew...
[Verse 3]
The third strange town that I was in was settled peaceful and nice
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer and to me it didn't seem right
[Chorus]
So I washed my face in the morning dew...
[Bridge]
Now someday times are bound to change it can't be very far
And each injustice that I have seen will come before the bar
[Chorus]
Then I'll wash my face in the morning dew bathe my soul in the sun
Wash my face in the morning dew and my journey will be done
The first strange town I was ever in the county was hangin' a man
And nobody cared if he lived or he died and I just didn't understand
[Chorus]
So I washed my face in the morning dew bathed my soul in the sun
Washed my face in the morning dew and kept on moving along
[Verse 2]
The second strange town I was in they were laughing at a poor crippled man
Begging for nickels and dimes on the street and I just didn't understand
[Chorus]
So I washed my face in the morning dew...
[Verse 3]
The third strange town that I was in was settled peaceful and nice
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer and to me it didn't seem right
[Chorus]
So I washed my face in the morning dew...
[Bridge]
Now someday times are bound to change it can't be very far
And each injustice that I have seen will come before the bar
[Chorus]
Then I'll wash my face in the morning dew bathe my soul in the sun
Wash my face in the morning dew and my journey will be done
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Just The Two Of Us (1968)
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton popular songs
- All I Need Is You
- Why Don’t You Haul Off And Love Me
- No Love Left
- Always, Always
- Ten Four, Over and Out
- You and Me, Her and Him
- Let’s Live for Tonight
- It Might as Well Be Me
- Love Have Mercy on Us
- Just Someone I Used to Кnow
- Love’s All Over
- Together You and I
- Home Is Where the Hurt Is
- The Party
- Closer By The Hour
- I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew
- Each Season Changes You
- Someone Just Like You
- Looking Down
- Mommie, Ain’t That Daddy
- The Last Thing on My Mind
- The Dark End Of The Street
- Silver Sandals
- Satan’s River