Paying my dues. Copyright 2006 – Tennessee Jim I'm standin' on the corner with my guitar in my hand Yeah, I'm standin' on the corner, with my guitar in my hand Playin' for tips from anybody I can. Keep wonderin' if I'll make it out of this town Wonderin' if…I'll make it out of this town. Before whiskey or the Devil puts me down in the ground. Chorus: Just playing the blues And payin' my dues. Livin' a hard life but one that I choose. Rode an eighteen wheeler up from New Orleans Old eighteen wheeler, up from New Orleans Running from a woman, and some bad cocaine. She started talking marriage and settlin' down Talking 'bout marriage…and settlin' down. Had to take my guitar, get the hell out of town. Chorus: Now I'm playin' the blues and payin' my dues. Waiting on the the good Lord To give me good news. The wind's pickin' up, I feel a chill in my bones North wind's blowing, I feel a chill in my bones. Winter's coming on and I gotta go home. I hear the whistle blowin', on the evenin' train Hear that whistle blowin', on the evenin' train. Take me back to Mississippi or New Orleans. Chorus: I'll keep on playin' the blues and payin' my dues I'm gonna go back home Where there's nothin to lose.
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