Blue Notes in the Cane

down in the delta where the river runs slow fields heavy with sorrow seeds of pain we sow voices rise like the midnight train those on call singing about the burden burdens that make a strong soul stand tall oh the blues they whisper through the cotton and the cane blue notes bending like a heart breaking in the rain from the chains of the past to the fire in our veins resilience in every cry washing away the chains harmonica wailing like a cry from the deep guitar strings keeping secrets we can't keep twelve bars of truth in the dead of the night hardships heavy hand but we rise to the fight oh the blues they whisper through the cotton and the cane blue notes bending like a heart breaking in the rain from the chains of the past to the fire in our veins resilience in every cry washing away the chains harmonica wailing call out your story let the response echo wide african roots twisting in the tide no more silence suffering let the emotion flood free in the raw beat of the drum we find our degree from the south shadow corners to the city's neon globe electric sparks fly where the old winds still blow personal tales of lost love's cruel twist and turn yet in the melodies hold our spirits forever burned oh the blues they whisper through the cotton and the cane blue notes bending like a heart breaking in the rain from the chains of the past to the fire in our veins resilience in every cry washing away the chains bending like a heart breaking in the tide from the chains of the past to the city's neon globe resilience in every cry we find our degree to the city's neon globe electric sparks flying in the sky from the chains of the past to the city's neon globe electric sparks flying in the sky to the city's neon globe electric sparks flying in the sky