Gonna join the Baptist church
So preach the blues
Blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down
Killin' me by degrees
Blues is low down shaking chill
So preach the blues
Blues is low down shaking chill
I had religion, Lord, this very day
And preach the blues
Gonna join the Baptist church
But the womens and the whiskey
Blues is an achin' old heart disease
Blues is an achin' old heart disease
Worried blues, give me your right hand
Preach the blues now
Gonna get me religion
Ah, blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down
Gonna get me religion
Can't seem to turn him around
Preach the blues now
I had religion, Lord, this day, very day
Travel on ol' Jeffrey Lee, ya know
Gonna be a Baptist preacher
I don't believe you will
They would not let me pray
You ain't never had them
It's like consumption, baby
So I don't have to work
