Preaching the Blues

[00:37.11] I was up this mornin', blues walkin' like a man
[00:46.95] I was up this mornin', blues walkin' like a man
[00:51.34] Worried blues, give me your right hand
[00:58.08] Ah, blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down
[01:03.25] Blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down
[01:09.39] Travel on ol' Jeffrey Lee, ya know
[01:13.32] Can't seem to turn him around
[01:14.78] So preach the blues
[01:18.34] Preach the blues now
[01:23.78] Blues is low down shaking chill
[01:35.45] Blues is low down shaking chill
[01:41.93] You ain't never had them
[01:45.97] I don't believe you will
[01:47.57] Blues is an achin' old heart disease
[01:54.05] Blues is an achin' old heart disease
[01:59.26] It's like consumption, baby
[02:03.86] Killin' me by degrees
[02:05.95] So preach the blues
[02:09.36] Preach the blues now
[02:16.22] I had religion, Lord, this day, very day
[02:54.09] I had religion, Lord, this very day
[02:59.03] But the womens and the whiskey
[03:03.45] They would not let me pray
[03:06.54] Gonna get me religion
[03:09.78] Gonna join the Baptist church
[03:12.03] Gonna get me religion
[03:15.32] Gonna join the Baptist church
[03:18.44] Gonna be a Baptist preacher
[03:24.10] So I don't have to work
[03:30.68] And preach the blues
[03:35.47] And preach the blues now
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