Eternal Slide

down in the delta where the cotton fields wheat mississippi mud clings to weary feet born from the chains and the midnight cry african souls singing under blood red sky hardship carved the notes like a river runs deep resilience rising from the pain we keep oh blues you holler in the dead of night blue notes been been stealing wrong from me twelve bars of sorrow twelve bars of fight voices unbroken chasing the light from the south's dark heart you call my name blues you're the fire in me in this endless flame a moniker wails like a lonesome train guitar strings leap in the pouring rain expressive hearts pouring out the storm personal trials in a ragged form from work songs low to the juke joint high emotions raw under the southern sky oh blues you holler in the dead of night blue notes been been stealing wrong from right bars of sorrow twelve bars of fight voices unbroken chasing the light from the south's dark heart you call my name blues you're the fire in this endless flame through the years you wander from delta to chateau electric sparks lighting the underground soulful and intimate melancholy true american roots pulling me to you no more the silence just a resilient beat blues you hear what the world can defeat now the world listens to your ancient bleep hardships echo and every key from the fields to the stage your story unfolds resilience and gold more precious than gold blue notes linger in the air they stay forever the voice of the ones who paved the way oh blues you holler in the dead of night blues you holler in the dead of night blue notes been been stealing wrong from right blues you holler in the dead of night twelve bars of sorrow twelve bars of fight voices unbroken chasing the light from the south's dark heart you call my name blues you're the fire in this endless flame yeah blues you're the fire blues you're the fire in this endless flame yeah blues you're the fire