Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Texas Tornados
Performer
Doug Sahm
Vocals
Flaco Jimenez
Accordion
Augie Myers
Piano
Freddy Fender
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Doug Sahm
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jim Dickinson
Producer
Lyrics
Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread
Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
You truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Please give me back my rain
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Ain't gonna let you keep on playin', yay, yay
Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread
(Take it, Augie)
(Texas, baby)
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Please give me back my rain, yeah
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Ain't gonna let you keep on playin', yay, yay
Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread
Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
With the Grateful Dead
A box of rain
A case in Georgia
Hangin' overhead
(That's my boy)
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Please give me back my rain
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Ain't gonna let you keep on playin', yay, yay
Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread
Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
With the Grateful Dead
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread
Yeah, hangin' on by a thread
(Yeah, take it out)
(Yeah, yeah-yeah)
Written by: Doug Sahm
