Daddy Laid The Blues On Me

Well, way back in their younger days

When they were running wild

My daddy had a dream

And Momma had a child

He said: "Girl you can't be tying me down

I'm only seventeen

And a man's gotta get around, if you know what I mean."

Then my Momma said, "Go on,"

As she stood and cried

And my Daddy said, "I'm gone. I gotta live my life."

And I was born one summer night

When the world loved Patsy Cline

I was raised by the tracks

In a tar-paper shack on the Georgia-Alabama line

Momma taught me how to play and sing

And we headed up to Tennessee

Momma sold my soul on country rock and roll

But Daddy laid the blues on me

Well I signed that dotted line

And I climbed my way to being a star

When I ran across my Daddy in a downtown Tallahassee bar

He said, "Girl there ain't no life on the road

You better come with me."

I said: "Dad, I gotta get around if you know what I mean."

Well, my daddy said: "Come on"

With a tear in his eye

I said, "Sorry Daddy, I'm gone

I gotta live my life"

And I was born one summer night

When the world loved Patsy Cline

I was raised by the tracks

In a tar paper shack on the Georgia-Alabama line

Momma taught me how to play and sing

And we headed up to Tennessee

Momma sold my soul on country rock and roll

But Daddy laid the blues on me

And I was born one summer night

When the world loved Patsy Cline

I was raised by the tracks

In a tar-paper shack on the Georgia-Alabama line

Momma taught me how to play and sing

And we headed up to Tennessee

Momma sold my soul on country rock and roll

But Daddy laid the blues on me

Yeah, Momma sold my soul on country rock and roll

But Daddy laid the blues on me