Backwater Blues Lyrics

Sad times, may follow your tracksBad times, may bar you from Sak'sAt times, when Satan in slacksBreaks down your self controlMaybe, as often it goesYour Abe-y, may tire of his rose...Read Full Lyrics

It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner of the squareThey were serving drinks as usual, and the usual crowd was thereOn my left stood Big Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were b...Read Full Lyrics

Frankie was a good girlEverybody knowsPaid one hundred dollarsFor Albert's new suit of clothesHe was her man but he done her wrong.Albert said "I'm leaving you"Won't be gone for lo...Read Full Lyrics

Early one mornin' while makin' the roundsI took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman downI went right home and I went to bedI stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my headGot up next morn...Read Full Lyrics

There is a house down in New OrleansThey call the risin' sunAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor girlAnd me, oh god, I'm a-oneMy mother was a tailorShe sewed these new blue jeansM...Read Full Lyrics

Love, oh, love, oh careless loveLove, oh, love, oh careless loveLove, oh, love, oh careless loveYou see what love has done to meI'd love my mama and papa tooI'd love my mama and pa...Read Full Lyrics

Do you know what is means to miss New OrleansI miss it, each night and dayThe longer I stay awayMiss the moist covered vinesThe tall sugar pinesWhere mocking birds use to singAnd I...Read Full Lyrics

If you should ask me the amount in my bank accountI'd have to confess that I'm slippin'But that don't worry me, confidentiallyI've got a dream that's a pippin'And when the day is t...Read Full Lyrics

It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner of the squareThey were serving drinks as usual, and the usual crowd was thereOn my left stood Big Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were b...Read Full Lyrics

Though the shark has, pretty teeth, dearAnd he shows 'em pearly whitesJust a jackknife has Mac Heath, dearAnd he keeps it, well out of sightWhen the shark bites, with his teeth, de...Read Full Lyrics