John Wegner The Bootlegger Lyrics

Hard times have hit me like a brick in the road

I've been searching for answers, I've been looking for gold

But I'm still short on money, many good reasons why

I'm just falling down deeper in these hard times

So Yesterday afternoon I was ambling around

Near the creek in the holler beyond the edge of this town

And I was poking around John Wegner's old bootleg shack

Found me some pictures and papers and a big stack of cash

So I've been rambling this whole town, Mister Wegner ain't around

I've looked high, I've looked low, there's no heir to be found

And I've thought and I've wrestled about what I should do

I'll be keeping this money, now friend wouldn't you

You could be James Henry, you could be Grace Divine

If you're name ain't John Wegner then this money is mine

And you can say what you want to, but one thing's for sure

I'm keepin' this money, my conscience is clear

What happened to John Wegner, nobody knows

But when you're bootlegging wine, sometimes that's how it goes

Well I've got his money and his leftover wine

And it's been getting me by in these hard times

Now I'm up here where most people go

Lived me a good life but my body's all gone

And my soul was layin' 'round one lazy afternoon

Met another soul from my town, had hard times there too

His name was John Wegner, he said how do you do

Did you enjoy all that money I left down there for you

Well I saw you hurtin' and a' ambling around

You needed money, I was dying anyways so I just left town

You could be James Henry, you could be Grace Divine

If you're name ain't John Wegner then this money is mine

And you can say what you want to, but one thing's for sure

I'm keepin' this money, my conscience is clear

Yeah I'm keepin' this money, my conscience is clear

Yeah it's clear, like a cold water stream

Yeah it's clear, like a really damn good dream

Yeah, it's clear, about as far as I can see

I've got John Wegner's money, and it belongs

To me, it belongs to me, yeah to me, oh it belongs to me

I've got John Wegner's money and it belongs to me