BLUES FOR SKIP JAMES song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

Skip James early morning.
The day is clear and cold.
Skip James early morning.
The day is clear and cold.
You know some things some things
they aint never gonna grow old

I once had a devil woman.
She looked mighty fine.
I once had a devil woman.
She looked mighty mighty fine
She's still in prison.
What she did to me was a crime.

My fingers are long.
They gots a mind of their own.
My fingers like a spider.
Got a mind of their own.
I caught them playing this song,
when I want to be alone.

I never knew Skip James
but I heard the man who saved him.
Never knew Skip James
but I heard the song that made him.
Sometimes you just got to lose everythin'
before you can hope to win.

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