Born With The Blues

From my childhood, to where I’am now

I ain’t going to worry, I’ll get by somehow

My momma had’em, lord my daddy had’em too

I, I was born with the blues

I’ll tell you something people, you know that ain’t no joke

I wouldn’t take my pass life, from my weight in gold

My momma had’em, my dear old daddy had’em too

I, I was born with the blues

I used my guitar for my pillow, hollow logs they once was my bed

Blues my only companion, I have to sing the blues for my meat and bread

I want you to know why Brownie McGhee begin to roam

Poor old me, I come from a broken home

My momma had’em, my daddy had’em too

People I, I was born with the blues

You ever been down? You should know how I feel

I feel like an engine, ain’t got no driving wheel

But I’am not ashame, ain’t that news?!

I been living with the blues

You don’t believe I’am sinking?

People look what a hole am in

If you don’t believe I love you

Look what a fool I’ve been

But I’am not ashame, ain’t that news?!

I been living with the blues

Rocks was mother and father pillow

Cold brown had to be their beds

Blue skys, blue skys was their blanket

They use the moonlight for they spread

You think I’am happy, but you really don’t know my mind

You see a smile on my face, but my heart is bleeding all the time

But I’am not ashame, ain’t that news?!

I been living with the blues

I said rocks have been my pillow

Cold brown has been my bed

Blue sky have been my blanket

I used the moonlight for my spread

I’ve work all summer, I’ve slave all the fo???

I had to take my Christmas, in my over arm

But I’am not ashame, ain’t that news?!

I been living with the blues

My momma had’em, my daddy had’em too

People I, I was born with the blues