Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Blind Willie McTell, artist - The Band. Album song Stuff You Gotta Watch, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 21.08.2019
Record label: 3 AMIGOS
Song language: English
Blind Willie McTell |
Seen the arrow on the door post saying «This land is condemned» |
All the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem |
I traveled through East Texas where many martyrs fell |
And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell |
Well, I heard the hoot-owl singing as they were taking down the tents |
The stars above all the barren trees were his only audience |
Yeah, them charcoal gypsy maidens can strut their feathers well |
And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell |
See them big plantations a-burning, can’t you hear the cracking of the whips |
Smell that sweet magnolia blossom blooming, see the ghosts of the slavery ships |
Well, I can hear them tribes a-moanin', I can hear the undertaker’s bell |
And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell |
There’s a woman she’s standing by the river, she is with some fine young |
handsome man |
See he’s all dressed just like a squire, he’s got bootleg whiskey in his hand |
Yeah, there’s a chain-gang out on the highway and I can hear them rebels yell |
And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell |
God, oh God is in Heaven and we all want what is His |
But the power and greed, the corruptible seed seems to be all that there is Hey, hey, I’m a-gazing out the window of the St. James Hotel |
And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell |
Hey, hey, I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell |