Blind Willie Mctell Lyrics - Band

Seen the arrow on the door post saying "This land is condemned" 

All the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem 

I traveled through East Texas where many martyrs fell 

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 

Well, I heard the hoot-owl singing as they were taking down the tents 

The stars above all the barren trees were his only audience 

Yeah, them charcoal gypsy maidens can strut their feathers well 

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 

See them big plantations a-burning, can't you hear the cracking of the whips 

Smell that sweet magnolia blossom blooming, see the ghosts of the slavery ships 

Well, I can hear them tribes a-moanin', I can hear the undertaker's bell 

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 

There's a woman she's standing by the river, she is with some fine young handsome man 

See he's all dressed just like a squire, he's got bootleg whiskey in his hand 

Yeah, there's a chain-gang out on the highway and I can hear them rebels yell 

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 

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God, oh God is in Heaven and we all want what is His 

But the power and greed, the corruptible seed seems to be all that there is 

Hey, hey, I'm a-gazing out the window of the St. James Hotel 

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 

Hey, hey, I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 

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