Gladys Don't Be Sad

Verse 1

Gonna find you a man with a hammer

Build you a home with his own hands

Carry you over your river of sorrow

Through the darkness of your shadow lands

Chorus

Oh Gladys don't be sad

Don't you cry your blue eyes dry

A new day's gonna come and find you

Someday soon the sun will blind you

Gladys don't be sad

Verse 2

Gonna get you a car rides like lightning

Rolls like thunder on down the road

Make room for giants there in the back seat

They will shoulder your heavy load

Chorus

Oh Gladys don't be sad

Don't you cry your blue eyes dry

A new day's gonna come and find you

Someday soon the sun will blind you

Gladys don't be sad

Bridge

Oh Gladys your sleeping

With stones for your pillows

Dreaming in silence

When you could be dancing again