Chirping the Blues

I woke up this mornin', heard somebody calling me

I woke up this mornin', heard somebody calling me

My man had packed his grip, said he was leaving for Tennessee

Lord, I cried all night and all the night before

I say I cried all night and all the night before

Gonna change my way of living so I won't have to cry no more

Lord, I'm worried now but I won't be worried long

I say I'm worried now but I won't be worried long

It takes a worried woman to chirp these worried songs

Now if I had wings and could fly like Noah's dove

Lord, if I had wings and could fly like Noah's dove

I'd hoist my wings and land right on the man I love

Lord, I'm motherless, fatherless, I'm sisterless, and I'm brotherless too (Play that thing, boy)

I say I'm motherless, fatherless, sisterless, and I'm brotherless too

That's the reason why I try to get along with you

If the blues were whiskey, I'd stay drunk all the time

If the blues were whiskey, I'd stay drunk all the time

'Til the man I love would ease my troubled mind