Grew up in the Mississippi delta
  In a shotgun shack
  Washboard for my pillow
  'Til the tax man took that back
  Moved out on my own
  I was just twelve years old ... top that
  
  You think you got the blues
  Look at my life
  I've got the blues more than you do ... blues
  
  When I was an itty-bitty baby
  I was my mama's only surviving son
  She used my head as a washrag
  I thought it was fun
  Walked uphill to school both ways
  With no legs ... top that
  
  You think you got the blues
  Look at my life
  I've got the blues more than you do ... blues
  
  Got so drunk i couldn't find my way home
  Had to have a blind man show me
  When I finally did get there,
  My own dog had disowned me
  A womam in a bar just looks at me and coughed and said
  "I don't even know you, but I wish you'd die off" ... top that
  
  You think you got the blues
  Look at my life
  I've got the blues more than you do ... blues