White Man Singin' The Blues Lyrics - Merle Haggard

The old man paid no mind to color 

'Cause he knew that I'd been down and out 

Old Joe said that I was a soul brother 

From the things I'd been singin' about 

Well, he liked how I played my old guitar 

So he sit down beside me to sing. 

And together we hummed out an old timey blues 

Hmm, do dee dang 

From the same side of the railroad tracks 

Where people have nothin' to lose 

I'm the son of a gambler who's luck never came 

A white man singin' the blues 

Well, we both done a heap of hard-livin 

And hard to describe in a song 

But the blues was one thing we both understood 

And the old man hummed right along 

From the same side of the railroad tracks 

Where people have nothin' to lose 

I'm the son of a gambler who's luck never came 

A white man singin' the blues 

From the same side of the railroad tracks 

Where people have nothin' to lose 

I'm the son of a gambler who's luck never came 

I'm a white man singin' the blues 

Now the old man paid no mind to color 

'Cause he knew that I'd been down and out 

Old Joe said I was a soul brother 

From the things I'd been singin' about