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Written' Paper Blues Lyrics
I wrote you a letter mama,
Put it in your front yard.
I wrote you a letter,
Put it in your front yard.
I would love to come and see you but your good mans got me barred
I wrote me a letter,
to come back to Newport new.
You wrote me a letter mama,
come back to Newport new.
To leave the town and then spread a-new.
I wrote you a letter mama,
Sent you a telegram.
I wrote you a letter mama,
Sent you a telegram.
Not to meet me in Memphis but meet me in Birmingham.
hmm,
hear my weeping more.
hmm,
hear my weeping more.
And you hear me pleading hear my greiving groan.
I want to get me,
one more drink of booze.
Oh I could get me,
one more drink of booze.
I guess it could ease these old writtin' paper blues.
I got a freight train spendin',
my mama caught a wagon behind.
I got a freight train spendin',
my mama caught a wagon behind.
'Cause you cant quit me Papa there ain't no reason in tryin'.
Put it in your front yard.
I wrote you a letter,
Put it in your front yard.
to come back to Newport new.
You wrote me a letter mama,
come back to Newport new.
Sent you a telegram.
I wrote you a letter mama,
Sent you a telegram.
hear my weeping more.
hmm,
hear my weeping more.
one more drink of booze.
Oh I could get me,
one more drink of booze.
my mama caught a wagon behind.
I got a freight train spendin',
my mama caught a wagon behind.
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This is my Absolute favorate Blind Willie Mctell song, It was the first one I heard, and the first time I heard his amazing vocals.