Delta Whiskey Wail

Woke up this morning Now the Bible's my only friend But I pick up that old guitar Let the blue notes mend Oh, the blues come calling in the midnight hour Whiskey tears and a broken heart's power From the fields of sorrow to the resilient fire Singing it in my story Lifting higher and higher Work these cotton rolls Till my hands bled raw Boss man's whip cracking But I won't break the law Mama prayed for better days Papa sank through the pain In this deep south heat We rise again and again Oh, the blues come calling in the midnight hour Whiskey tears and a broken heart's power From the fields of sorrow to the resilient fire Singing it in my story Lifting higher and higher Lifting higher and higher A moniker wailing like a lonesome train Echoes of the past in every drop of rain No silver spoon, just soul defied Turning hardship to honey in the dead of night Train whistle blowing taking me far from here But the blues still ring in the midnight hour Whiskey tears and a broken heart's power Through the storms and the silence I find my way Resilient spirit, come with me Oh, the blues come calling in the midnight hour Whiskey tears and a broken heart's power From the fields of sorrow to the resilient fire Singing it in my story Lifting higher and higher Singing it in my story A moniker wailing like a lonesome train Echoes of the past in every drop of rain Whiskey tears and a broken heart's power Resilient spirit, come with me Resilient spirit, come with me Lifting higher and higher Whiskey tears and a broken heart's power From the fields of sorrow to the resilient fire Taking me far from here