CHURCH STREET BLUES
(Norman Blake)

Lord, I been a-hangin' out of town in that low-down rain.
Watchin' good-time-Charlie friends is a-drivin' me insane.
Out on shady Charlotte Street the green lights look red.
Wish I's back home on the farm in my feather bed.

cho: Get myself a rockin' chair to see if I could lose
Them thin-dime, hard-time, hell-on-Church-Street blues.

Found myself a picker-friend's read yesterday's news
Folded up page twenty-one, stuck it in my shoes.
Gave me a nickel to the poor, my good turn for today,
Folded up my old billfold and I threw it far away. CHO.

Lord, I wish I had some guitar strings, old Black Diamond brand.
I'd string up this old Martin box and go and join some band.
But I guess I'm gonna stay right here, just pick and sing awhile,
Try to make me a little change and give them folks a smile. CHO.


© Happy Valley Music, BMI
As sung by Norman Blake on "Whiskey Before Breakfast," 1976.
Also in the Rounder collection "Hills of Home," 1995.
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