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Artist: Papa Charlie Jackson
Canonical path: /papa-charlie-jackson/maxwell-street-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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Maxwell Street Blues
Read Maxwell Street Blues lyrics by Papa Charlie Jackson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Maxwell Street Blues
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I was walking down morgan: Stopped on maxwell street
I asked the desk sergeant police force: My gal ain't
Off of the street
I couldn't talk to the desk sergeant: Tell him *when
And* where it took place
Because I knew my mama: Got arrested on maxwell street
Lord I'm talking about the wagon: Talking about the???
Car too
Because maxwell street's so crowded on a sunday: You can
Hardly pass through
There's maxwell street market: Got water street market
Too
If you ain't got no money: The women got nothing for you
To do
I got the maxwell street blues: Mama and it just won't
Pay
Because the maxwell street women: Going to carry me to
My grave
I live six twenty‑four maxwell: Mama and I'm talking
About you
Because I swear I don't walk: Said buly buly buly how do
You
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Papa Charlie Jackson performs "Maxwell Street Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Papa Charlie Jackson catalog on LyroVerse.
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