Blues Maker

I am the blues maker

Drifting from town to town

 Sometimes I feel like a king

Sometimes I feel like a clown 

I am the blues maker

 Blues are my solace and prayer 

Some days I sing them with joy

Some days I sing in despair 

  I sold my soul to the devil

And then I bought it back

 Fell on my knees in the chapel 

Then moved on down the track 

I am the blues maker

 Shake on down in a trance

Jiving holy roller

 I’m here to make your soul dance 

I am the blues maker

Call and respond with the truth 

Played for the angel of mercy

 Dressed in a suit of houndstooth 

  I sold my soul to the devil

And then I bought it back

 Fell on my knees in the chapel 

Ran off like a wild cat 

I am the blues maker

Travelling medicine show

Fish-eye snakeskin and bones

 They make you dance heel & toe

I am the blues maker

 The root doctor on call

I'll make your fever run high

And then your temperature fall

I sold my soul to the devil

And then I bought it back

 Fell on my knees in the chapel 

Then moved on down the track 

I am the blues maker

Running from door to door

 I have crossed over the river

Just to reach the other shore