Buyin' time and payin' dues

sometimes i don't know why
sometimes i don't know why
why i stay with you
the queen of blues

someone should tell me
someone should tell me
what makes you like you is
what you is is just bad news

but who would know better'n me?
but who would know better'n me?
the way you are
'less they standin' in my shoes

on a train and cain't get off
on a train and cain't get off
here i am, solid lost
buyin' time and payin' dues

1976
a poem found in an old book