Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Big Country Blues , by - Townes Van Zandt. Release date: 18.02.2016
Song language: English
Big Country Blues |
| Well, I been up the Mississippi to the Manitoba line |
| I’ve been downstream to the Gulf of Mexico |
| Followed the sun out west to Californ |
| And there just ain’t no place left for me to go |
| Spent a lonesome month in Maine and a year in Louisian |
| Packed my bags and hit the Westward Trail |
| Rambled down through Texas 'til I came to El Paso |
| Spent a week in a stinkin' Juarez jail |
| Well, I rambled through Nevada gamblin' most of my life away |
| I headed north when I heard Dakota call |
| Well, I stayed until the Northers came rollin' down the line |
| I headed south when summer turned to fall |
| I’ve been north and east, south where the cotton grows |
| And out in the west where the sun forever shines |
| Well, I’ve bent my back for a dollar a day in a Texas sugar field |
| Labored in a Minnesota mine |
| Well, I’ve seen your hungry babies scream, I watched their mamas cry |
| Seen a worn out prostitute beg for a dime |
| I’ve seen men come out of gutters ready to give their lives away |
| For a slug at a lousy bottle of rot gut wine |
| I’ve been up the Mississippi to the Manitoba line |
| Downstream to the Gulf of Mexico |
| Followed the sun out west to Californ |
| And there just ain’t no place left for me to go |
| Well, there just ain’t no place left for me to go |