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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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the doorpost
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Sayin' this land is condemned
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All the way from New Orleans
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to Jerusalem
Well, I've traveled through
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East Texas,
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where many martyrs fell
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And I know no one can sing the blues
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like Blind Willie McTier
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Well, I heard that hoot -owl singing
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As they were taking down the tents
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The stars above the barren tree
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was his only audience
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maidens
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can strut their feathers well
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But nobody can sing the blues
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like Blind Willie MacTel
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See them big plantations burnin'
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Hear the crackin' of the whips
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Smell that sweet magnolia bloomin'
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See the ghosts of slavery ships
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I can hear them tribes a -maulin'
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Hear the undertaker's bell
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Nobody can sing the blues
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Like blind Willie Nachtel
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There's a woman by the river
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With some fine, young, handsome man
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He's dressed up like a squire
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Bootleg whiskey in his hand
There's a chain gang
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on the highway
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Yeah, I can hear them rebels yell
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And I know no one can sing the blues
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Like Blind Willie MacTel
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Well, God is in His heaven
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And we all want what's His
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But power and greed and
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corruptible seed
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Seem to be all that there is
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I'm gazing out the window
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Of the St. James Hotel
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And I know no one can sing the blues
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Like Blind Willie McTeran
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