William Campbell Powell © 2024
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I've got the blues, I ain't worried
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I seen the last of my ol' man
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My last dollar in his pocket
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And a suitcase in his hand
Headin' down the road to Memphis
Headin' down the lonesome track
He's a leavin' me with nuthin'
And it's nuthin' I'll take back
So I followed close behind him
I never saw him look behind
But he waited at the crossroads
There was evil in his mind.
They say he shouldn't a' hit a woman
They say she shouldn't a' hit him first
They say she shouldn't a' used a breadknife
They say the two of us was cursed.
So when you get to where you're goin'
Jus' keep walkin' t'ward your fate
In that place where it ain't snowin'
'Tain't Saint Peter at that gate.
I don't wish I never killed you
Though the hangman waits for me
Soon I'll be walkin' just behind you
For the rest of eternity.