You Can't Be Too White To Sing The Blues

The day i hit this guitar town lookin' for a deal

I was as green as the government ink

On a hundred dollar bill

Lord, i signed a lot of paper

I didn't know what i had to lose

Make no mistake about, now

You can't be too white to sing the blues

Now, some folks make it fast down here

Some folks make it slow

Comin' up the hard way's

Taught me everything i know

When that ol' blacktop is your teacher

You better believe you'll pay some dues

One thing i know for certain

You can't be too white to sing the blues

I've learned how to win, boys

I've learned how to lose

'n i've walked a mile in these lonesome highway shoes

You can laugh out loud if you want to

But you can't be too white to sing the blues

Now some day when i'm old and rich

And i don't work no more

I'm gonna' find myself a rockin' chair

And sit on my front porch

I'm gonna' watch that ol' sun setting

Then i'll howl at the risin' moon

Well, you can go out rockin'

But you can't be too white to sing the blues

I've learned how to win, boys

I've learned how to lose

'n i've walked a mile in these lonesome highway shoes

You can laugh out loud if you want to

But you can't be too white to sing the blues