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 eight 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 to school upway 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 the other night 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