Wake up mama, don't you sleep so hard. Wake up mama, don't you sleep so hard. For it's these old blues walkin' all over your yard. I've got these blues [Incomprehensible] I'm not satisfied.
I got the dark night blues. I'm feeling awful bad. I got the dark night blues. Mama, I'm feeling awful bad. That's the worst ol' feeling. That a good man have ever had.
Now lookie here momma let me explain you this. You wanna get crooked I'll even give you my fist. You might read from Revelation back to Genesis. You keep forgettin' your southern can belongs to me.
Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low. Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low. Have you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your door. . My mother died and left me reckless.