Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Blind Willie McTell
Canonical path: /blind-willie-mctell/last-dime-blues
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Last Dime Blues
Read Last Dime Blues lyrics by Blind Willie McTell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Last Dime Blues
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Broke and ain't got a dime (repeat)
everybody get in hard luck sometime.
Standin' on Cairo Street one day (repeat)
one dime was all I had.
Mama, don't treat your daughter mean (repeat)
you're the meanest woman I have most ever seen.
Do you want your friend to be buried like Jesse James (repeat)
give me two big pistols (on the way?) and a passenger train.
One dime was all I had (repeat)
tryin' to be a sportin' man.
I bought the mornin' news (repeat)
and I bought a cigar too
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Blind Willie McTell performs "Last Dime Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Blind Willie McTell catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to B & O Blues #2 and Broke Down Engine with a short reason for opening each page next.
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