Delta Getaway
๐ต 793 characters
โฑ๏ธ 2:37 duration
๐ ID: 10829669
๐ Lyrics
Heart full of trouble
Weighin' down like lead
Prayin' to Jesus
I don't wake up dead
Saw a man hangin' from a cypress tree
I seen the ones who done it
Now they comin' after me
With a razor in my hand
I don't wanna use
Got a song in my bones
Call it the blues
Runnin' an' hidin'
Did I hear a hound bark?
Sleepin' by day
Movin' after dark
Headed for Chicago with a heavy load
Tryin' to get to Memphis on a midnight road
With a razor in my hand
I don't wanna use
Got a song in my bones
Call it the blues
Tell you people
If you dare to hear
It's a crime an' a shame
The way we're livin' in fear
It's not God's will
To keep the Black man down
With your evil Jim Crow
An' your sundown towns
With a razor in my hand
People, I don't wanna use
Got a song in my bones, uh
Call it the blues
Hmm-mm
Weighin' down like lead
Prayin' to Jesus
I don't wake up dead
Saw a man hangin' from a cypress tree
I seen the ones who done it
Now they comin' after me
With a razor in my hand
I don't wanna use
Got a song in my bones
Call it the blues
Runnin' an' hidin'
Did I hear a hound bark?
Sleepin' by day
Movin' after dark
Headed for Chicago with a heavy load
Tryin' to get to Memphis on a midnight road
With a razor in my hand
I don't wanna use
Got a song in my bones
Call it the blues
Tell you people
If you dare to hear
It's a crime an' a shame
The way we're livin' in fear
It's not God's will
To keep the Black man down
With your evil Jim Crow
An' your sundown towns
With a razor in my hand
People, I don't wanna use
Got a song in my bones, uh
Call it the blues
Hmm-mm
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:10.14] Heart full of trouble
[00:15.18] Weighin' down like lead
[00:20.04] Prayin' to Jesus
[00:24.78] I don't wake up dead
[00:29.04] Saw a man hangin' from a cypress tree
[00:33.74] I seen the ones who done it
[00:35.99] Now they comin' after me
[00:38.49] With a razor in my hand
[00:42.25] I don't wanna use
[00:46.24] Got a song in my bones
[00:51.71] Call it the blues
[00:58.73] Runnin' an' hidin'
[01:03.46] Did I hear a hound bark?
[01:08.46] Sleepin' by day
[01:13.05] Movin' after dark
[01:17.70] Headed for Chicago with a heavy load
[01:22.56] Tryin' to get to Memphis on a midnight road
[01:27.10] With a razor in my hand
[01:29.89] I don't wanna use
[01:34.36] Got a song in my bones
[01:38.48] Call it the blues
[01:44.77] Tell you people
[01:49.02] If you dare to hear
[01:54.32] It's a crime an' a shame
[01:59.27] The way we're livin' in fear
[02:03.66] It's not God's will
[02:05.44] To keep the Black man down
[02:08.46] With your evil Jim Crow
[02:10.92] An' your sundown towns
[02:13.47] With a razor in my hand
[02:17.08] People, I don't wanna use
[02:20.56] Got a song in my bones, uh
[02:25.25] Call it the blues
[02:30.93] Hmm-mm
[02:31.15]
[00:15.18] Weighin' down like lead
[00:20.04] Prayin' to Jesus
[00:24.78] I don't wake up dead
[00:29.04] Saw a man hangin' from a cypress tree
[00:33.74] I seen the ones who done it
[00:35.99] Now they comin' after me
[00:38.49] With a razor in my hand
[00:42.25] I don't wanna use
[00:46.24] Got a song in my bones
[00:51.71] Call it the blues
[00:58.73] Runnin' an' hidin'
[01:03.46] Did I hear a hound bark?
[01:08.46] Sleepin' by day
[01:13.05] Movin' after dark
[01:17.70] Headed for Chicago with a heavy load
[01:22.56] Tryin' to get to Memphis on a midnight road
[01:27.10] With a razor in my hand
[01:29.89] I don't wanna use
[01:34.36] Got a song in my bones
[01:38.48] Call it the blues
[01:44.77] Tell you people
[01:49.02] If you dare to hear
[01:54.32] It's a crime an' a shame
[01:59.27] The way we're livin' in fear
[02:03.66] It's not God's will
[02:05.44] To keep the Black man down
[02:08.46] With your evil Jim Crow
[02:10.92] An' your sundown towns
[02:13.47] With a razor in my hand
[02:17.08] People, I don't wanna use
[02:20.56] Got a song in my bones, uh
[02:25.25] Call it the blues
[02:30.93] Hmm-mm
[02:31.15]