Mean Town Blues

Lord my mother she done told me and my

Father done told me

Grandfather told me too

My mother she done told me

And my father done told me

Grandfather told me too

It's a mean old town to live in by yourself

Yeah, I worked for a dollar could not

Save a lousy

Could not save a dime

You know I worked for a dollar could not

Save a lousy

Could not save a dime

Ain't nobody worried, man, ain't nobody crying

Everybody's got a hand out trying to

Get a hold on

Trying to get some of my cash

Everybody's got a hand out trying to

Get a hold on

Trying to get some of my cash

Smiling great big smiles, man, keep on talking trash

You know I packed up my suitcase and I

Moved on down the

Hit that lonesome road

You know I packed up my suitcase and I

Moved on down the

Hit that lonesome road

I'm still trying to make it, man, when the day is done