Grew up in the mississippi delta

In a shotgun shack

Washboard for my pillow

til the tax man took that back

Moved out on my own

I was just eight years old ... top that



You think you got the blues

Look at my life

Ive got the blues more than you do ... blues



When I was an itty-bitty baby

I was my mamas only surviving son

She used my head as a washrag

I thought it was fun

Walked to school upway both ways

With no legs ... top that



You think you got the blues

Look at my life

Ive got the blues more than you do ... blues







Got so drunk the other night I couldnt find my way home

Had to have a blind man show me

When I finally did get there,

My own dog had disowned me

A womam in a bar just looks at me and coughed and said

"i dont even know you, but I wish youd die off" ... top that



You think you got the blues

Look at my life

Ive got the blues more than you do ... blues