RELAX YOUR MIND
(Huddie Ledbetter)

Relax your mind, relax your mind,
Oh, make you live a great long time
Same time you got to relax your mind.

When the light turns green,
Oh, push down on your gasoline,
One time you got to relax your mind.

When the light turns red,
Oh, shove your brakes down to the bed,
One time you got to relax your mind.

Relax your mind, relax your mind,
Oh, make you feel so fine some time,
Some time you got to relax your mind.

When you're driving in an automobile,
Oh, keep your eyes out through that windshield,
That's the time you got to relax your mind.

Once was a man crossin' a railroad track,
Oh, boy, and he forgot to relax,
That's one time he shoulda relaxed his mind.

Relax your mind, relax your mind,
Oh, make you feel just as fine as wine,
Sometime you gotta relax your mind.

(Repeat first verse)

SOURCE: Julius Lester and Alan Lomax, The 12-string Guitar As Played by Leadbelly (Oak, 1956, p. 41; with music & chords)

~Masato