I got the blues You damn right I got the blues You damn right All right now All right now Mama left me, I was young Papa left me, too damn young Down in texas Dirty south texas On my own In a bad place In a bad way Got damn blues There's a rattlesanke, with some bad blood Bit'in me Out on the road I'm all alone out here Got damn blues There's a young child, locked in a bird cage On a border town Out on the road I'm all alone out here Got damn blues There's a grown man, sweatin' methadone Killin' me Go down the road Well, go down the road from here and do not lose the way Got damn blues There's a whole town, of righteousness Hate'in me Go down that road Go down the road from here and do not lose the way Got damn blues Down at the crossroad, with a broke leg Which way do I go I'm go'in down that road I'm gettin' down that road from here, I will not lose my way Got damn it blues There's a racist man, in the whitehouse Up on the hill Get down the road Get down the road from here and do not lose your way Got damn it blues On a shoe string, with some chicken bone Must be hoodoo I'm gettin' down the road I'm gettin' down the road from here, I know by now I will not lose my way Well, I'm walkin' down this staright and narrow road Shakin all these got damn blues My head's held high but I'm feelin' so low Shakin' all these got damn blues Well, I'm walkin' down that staright and narrow road Shakin all these got damn blues My head's held high but I'm feelin' so low Shakin' all these got damn blues Well, I'm walkin' down that staright and narrow road Shakin all these got damn blues My head's held high but I feel so low Shakin' all these got damn blues