Somebody asked me, why I live the blues I said the blues is all around me, I just find something I can use And I feel it running through me, but I give it my heart and soul I practice while I'm singing, let the feeling take control I'm just trying to

Pick a bale of cotton Pick a bale a day Let the midnight special Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale

'Cause my heart said a long time ago, Buddy tuck your tail and run. 'Cause it ain't love And your stuck on the wrong end of the gun Well you put your finger on that trigger and you shot me where I stood. I found out the hard way I loved you more than I

All I wanted was a car But all I wanted was a car My buddy Blake was all-state with dreams of the NFL Jenny McClain had big brains She got a scholarship to Yale And there was Hershel who did two commercials And he was going to be a movie star Part time

You don't have ta go I'm gonna pack up darlin' Down the road I go Whoa baby, honey what's wrong which' you? Well now, I give you all my money Then ya go downtown, an' you get back in the evenin' Told me, walked down town

Either you're going to lose your mind People where the weather suits my clothes Tears rolling all down from my eyes Woman you must be stone down crazy Yes I said baby you must be stone crazy Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so dirty baby You must

Just ten years ago No one would ever know Tears rollin' down from my eyes Da dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt Yeah, I don't know why I got those type of blues tonight, but uh Something, it's alright, something told me tonight to uh Get it like I was

Because I'm a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I rules my den You know I'm a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I rules my den You know you caught me crawlin', baby, when the, when the grass was very high I'm just gonna keep on crawlin' now, baby, until the

Miss your voice, the touch of your hand Just long to know that you understand My buddy, my buddy, your buddy misses you Nights are long since you went away I think about you all through the day My buddy, my buddy, no buddy quite so true

Somebody, been sleeping in my bed (That's a bad thing to say but I think it's true) I know I should have been there but I was someplace else instead (Yes, and that's what makes it so bad) I had myself a real good woman, to hear my every call