If You Wanna Know My Name

Let me tell you

Well I made easy money

Signed checks I could not bank

Rambled round from town to town

Covered half the state

They called me down in Jackson

Paper trail went up in flames

So it depends on who you're askin'

If you wanna know my name

The warden calls me by a number

And my best friend calls me Dave

The state of Mississippi

Calls me a thief that just won't change

I'm a mystery man with a broken plan

That almost got away

So it depends on who you're askin'

If you wanna know my name

Mama sent me a Bible

On the day they threw me in

Slipped me some blank checks

And Psalms 22 and 10

Paid off the prison guard

He even brought me change

Now they're all scratchin' their heads

Wonderin' how I got away

The warden calls me by a number

And my best friend calls me Dave

The state of Mississippi

Calls me a thief that just won't change

I'm a mystery man with a broken plan

That almost got away

So it depends on who you're askin'

If you wanna know my name

Yeah, I'm a mystery man with a brand new plan

That somehow got away

So it depends on who you're askin'

If you wanna know my name

My name

Ooh

My, my name

My name