- Mm, I woke up this mornin',
Got the blues, walkin' like a man.
I woke up this mornin',
Got the blues, walkin' like a man.
Worried blues,
Give me your right han'.
And the blues fell, mama's chil'
Tore me all upside down
Blues fell, mama's chil'
And it tore me all upside down.
Travel on, poor Bob,
Just can't turn you 'roun'.
The blu-u-u-u-ues
is a lowdown shakin' chill.
(spoken: Yes, preach 'em now).
Mm,
is a lowdown shakin' chill.
You ain't never had 'em, I
Hope you never will.
Well, the blues
is a achin' old heart disease
(spoken: Do it. now. You gon' do it? Tell me all about it.)
Let the blues
is a low-down achin' heart disease.
Like consumption
killin' me by degrees.
I can study rain
oh, oh drive, oh, oh, drive my blues.
I been studyin' the rain and (or: I been stutterinin'?)
I'm 'on drive my blues away
Goin' to stay away (or: Goin' to the 'stil'ry?),
stay out there all day.