Birmingham Blues - John Lee Hooker

Working on the road across this great big world

I’ve been rolling like a stone, I never get back home

Yes, I’ve been long-gone

And boy, I’ve got the Birmingham Blues.

Been across the ocean to the south sea isles

Yeah, I travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles

And I’ve been long-gone

And boy, I’ve got the Birmingham Blues.

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Across the world I’ve seen

People and places

Could be the same

But with a different name.

I wouldn’t change the things I do for anything

But I’d just like to hear the message of the streets again

Give me a ticket

Cause boy, I’ve got the Birmingham Blues.

It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet

Industrial Revolution put it on its feet

But it’s a long, long way

Boy, I’ve got the Birmingham Blues.

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I’ll go and stay awhile and all the folks I meet

They’ll say «You won’t stay long, you got them travelling feet

You’ll soon be long-gone

'Cos boy, you got the rest of the world blues!»

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