Muddy Moonlight Moan

down in the delta where the cotton fields sway rivers run buddy carrying the pain away folks with calloused hands singing through the night hearts heavy with sorrow under that pale moonlight born from the chains the whips cruel stain voices rising raw like a lonesome bell ring oh the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see resilient soul through the storm we weave expressive cries in the night we grieve from african roots deep in southern soil communities gather share the heavy toil guitar strings weak harmonica wails low telling tales of loss where the wild winds blow no silver spoon just the grind and the fight turning tears to music holding on tight all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see resilient soul through the storm we weave expressive cries in the night we grieve electric lights in chicago's haze carry the sound of from those delta days from raw and ragged to soulful and wild the blue notes linger like a faithful guide no end to the story it echoes on through in every hard road the blues ring true personal shadows emotions run deep vopos that tremble promises they keep through resilience forged in the fire's glow we rise from the ashes let the good times flow that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through oh the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see resilient soul through resilience forged in the fire's glow we rise from the ashes let the good times flow that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see resilient soul through the storm we weep that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see that 12-bar heartbeat in the heart of america the blues pull us through all the blues they call to me bending those notes setting my spirit free 12 bars of fire in a minor key hardship and hope that's the song you see