Rock Bottom Blues

I’ve been in every kind of band and show

From Bangor, Maine to Boise, Idaho

I’ve had my troubles and I’ve paid my dues

But still I’m saddled with these same old blues

I started out when I was young and green

Been on the road since I was sweet sixteen

Somehow I haven’t sold a single song

Somebody tell me where did I go wrong

Sittin’ dreamin’ on a street corner

Wondering how to keep warm

I’m so darn broke

I’m down to my last toke

I’m a child of the windy storm

I took my story to a man who knew

He told me: I can make a star of you

Took me for everything that I called mine

Now I’m stranded on the dotted line

I spent a summer in the county jail

My local voted not to pay my bail

They’re never with you when the times are hard

I feel like tearing up my union card

Sittin’ dreamin’ on a street corner

Wondering how to keep warm

I’m so darn broke

I’m down to my last toke

I’m a child of the windy storm

Rock Bottom blues got me down

I’ll keep on rolling like the stone of old

Through rain and fire and the freezing cold

I’m bitten by the rock and roll disease

So, won’t you help me make a record please?

Sittin’ dreamin’ on a street corner

Wondering how to keep warm

I’m so darn broke

I’m down to my last toke

I’m a child of the windy storm