(Neckbones vocal vrs1-3)
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I was born in Mississippi
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Raised in Tennessee
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I was born in Mississippi
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An I's raised in Tennessee
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But there wimens in Missour-a
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Picks on over me
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My babes have something
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I don't know what it is
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My babes have something
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I don't know what it is
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Ev'rytime she moves
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Baby, now I can't be still
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Said the peaches I'm loving
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Don't grow on no trees
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Lord, that peaches I'm loving
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Don't grow on no trees
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Lord, it's somewhere baby
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Just above yo' knees
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Well now, you said it's peaches you love
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They don't grow on no trees
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There another peaches you love
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They'll grow on no tree
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(Where they grow at?)
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I b'lieve now you say
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Peaches, now grow just above the knees
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Well now, b'lieve I'll go
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Back down in Tennessee
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Right now I b'lieve I'll go
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Back down in Tennessee
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Well baby, that where the peaches grow, honey
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Now just above the knee
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Hoo-umm-umm
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Hoo-well-well, so sweet
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Hoo-hoo-umm
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Babe, they're so smooth
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Well-well-well, now
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Hoo-hoo-ooo-ooo
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In your grove
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Peaches, growin' on no tree
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Like the big wild peaches
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Don't grow on no tree
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Well, I b'lieve to my soul, now
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'At's down in Tennessee.
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(piano and guitar to end)
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Tennessee Peaches Blues
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Peetie Wheatstraw |