Grew up in the Mississippi delta
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In a shotgun shack
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Washboard for my pillow
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'Til the tax man took that back
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Moved out on my own
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I was just eight years old ... top that
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You think you got the blues
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Look at my life
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I've got the blues more than you do ... blues
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When I was an itty-bitty baby
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I was my mama's only surviving son
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She used my head as a washrag
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I thought it was fun
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Walked to school upway both ways
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With no legs ... top that
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You think you got the blues
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Look at my life
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I've got the blues more than you do ... blues
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Got so drunk the other night I couldn't find my way home
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Had to have a blind man show me
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When I finally did get there,
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My own dog had disowned me
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A womam in a bar just looks at me and coughed and said
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"I don't even know you, but I wish you'd die off" ... top that
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You think you got the blues
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Look at my life
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I've got the blues more than you do ... blues
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I've Got The Blues More Than You Do Blues
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Jewel |