Muddy Banks Blues

I woke up this morning, sun hanging low in the sky Delta mud clinging to my worn out shoes Rivers whispering secrets of the ones who tried But the bottle's empty and the bottle blooms Hands calloused from the cotton fields, crowbite Dreams washed away, rain on a tin roof night Oh, the blues come calling when the shadows fall Singing of the heartache that won't let me be But I rise with the dawn stand tall through it all Resilient like the old, by the Mississippi Yeah, these blue notes echo, and my weary soul Turning pain to power, making broken whole Loved her once, under that lonesome moon's glow Promised forever, but the winter curled away Now the trains are howling through the hollows below Carrying memories that fade to grey Hills piling high, like the levee's fragile wall Oh, the blues come calling when the shadows fall Singing of the heartache that won't let me be But I rise with the dawn stand tall through it all Resilient like the old, by the Mississippi Yeah, these blue notes echo, and my weary soul Turning pain to power, making broken whole Ain't no easy road on this southern trail Ghosts of the chain gang dancing in the dust But deep in my chest there's a fire that won't fail Harnako wailing in the Lord I trust From the cradle of sorrow, a new song is born Bending those blue notes till the heavens moan Years carve lines like rivers twist and turn Lost my brother to the fever's roofless hand Yet the guitar cries out what my heart can't burn In the juke joint shadows, we make our stand Hardships my teacher, resilience my crown In the heart of the blues, I won't back down Oh, the blues come calling when the shadows fall Singing of the heartache that won't let me be But I rise with the dawn stand tall through it all Resilient like the old, by the Mississippi Yeah, these blue notes echo, fading to the night Turning pain to power, holding on tight Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah