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Artist: Blind Willie McTell
Canonical path: /blind-willie-mctell/death-room-blues
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Death Room Blues
Read Death Room Blues lyrics by Blind Willie McTell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Death Room Blues
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Tombstones is my pillow, cold grounds is my bed
Tombstones is my pillow, cold grounds is my bed
The blue skies is my blanket, and the moonlight is my spread
Early one morning, death walked into my room
Early one morning, death walked into my room
Oh well it took my dear mother, early one morning soon
She left me moanin' and cryin', moanin' like a turtledove
She left me moanin' and cryin', moanin' like a turtledove
Death walked in and got my dear mother, and the only friend I loved
Mmm, eehh, cryin', Lord have mercy, and she was the only friend I loved
Ever since my mother died and left me all alone
Ever since my mother died and left me all alone
All my friends have forsaken me, people I haven't even got no home
Mmm, feel like moanin' and cryin'
Mmm, feel like moanin' and cryin'
Death walked in a got my mother, and that was the only dear friend of mine
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Blind Willie McTell performs "Death Room Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Blind Willie McTell catalog on LyroVerse.
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