Terraplane Blues Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bluesnaway 

Cover art for Terraplane Blues lyrics by Robert Johnson

He portray his woman as a "terraplane". He was always wondering around playing in different towns and he would come back and ask himself "who has been driving my terraplane since I been gone?".

I personally like the lyric "I got a short in this connection, ooo' now babe and its way down below." Sounds to me like he is trying to get a little action and she isn't game due to this mystery man.

Several biographys say that he had many women in different towns that he would use as a place to sleep. This probably is descibing an often occurance he incountered as opposed to a singular woman.