A Bluesman Came To Town

All he ever knew

Was a hard life on the farm

Plowin' in the fields

Choppin' wood behind the barn

Must be a better way

To use these hands and arms

He heard about a roadhouse

Mile outside of town

Quittin' time on Friday

He laid that pitchfork down

Once he heard that guitar

Man, it shook him to the ground

A bluesman came to town

He felt the tug

A bluesman came to town

He caught the bug

The boy breathed in that sound

When a bluesman came to town

Old Mister Johnson

Pickin' on his porch all day

Had an old pawn shop guitar

And he taught that boy to play

The music filled his soul

Ever since that day

A bluesman came to town

He felt the tug

A bluesman came to town

He caught the bug

The boy breathed in that sound

When a bluesman came to town

Mister Johnson told him

If you want my advice

Get the hell out of this town

Go, don't think about it twice

The young boy knew

That old man was right

A bluesman came to town

He felt the tug

A bluesman came to town

Man, he caught the bug

The boy breathed in that sound

When a bluesman, a bluesman came to town (oh-oh)

A bluesman came to town

He felt the tug

A bluesman came to town (oh)

He caught the bug

The boy breathed in that sound

When a bluesman came to town