Red Bandana

Left Los Angeles a short while ago
 Flew 'cross the country back to Buffalo
 Walked around through the sleet and the snow
 With a red bandana on my head
 Saw my momma on 12th and Grand
 Standing in the alley with the junkyard man
 They were both so loaded they could hardly stand
 Talkin' 'bout going to Mexico
 I said "Momma I was born
 Out there I was born again
 Been clear to California and back
 Was out there so long many times I thought I was dead"
 She said, "Sonny what's that you got wrapped around your head?"
 It's a red bandana
 It's a red bandana
 It's a red bandana
 It's from Hollywood USA
 Looked for the woman I used to love
 Seen her in a bar off the Harlem road
 Talking in a booth with Charley Hobbs
 And this ugly little dude whom I didn't know
 She said "Honey you're back I'm so glad
 When you was gone I was so sad
 You come in here lookin' so bad
 With that red bandana on your head
 With that red bandana on your head"
 Yes! It's a red bandana
 It's a red bandana
 It's a red bandana
 And it's red just like your blood is