Story Behind The Song
After a really difficult day of working on my house, I told my wife "my feet are hurting, my back is tired and sore.." and she said "You sound like an old Blues Song.."
Song Description
Everything is going wrong, no job, no woman, worn down to a nub and no end in site... and he "feels like an old Blues Song..."
| Song Length |
4:49 |
Genre |
Blues - Chicago, Blues - Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Stressed |
Subject |
Failure, Luck/Coincidence |
| Similar Artists |
Muddy Waters, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Old Blues Song
Style: Slow Chicago (Muddy Waters Style- "hoochie")
Writer: Son Lewis
Publisher: Silk City Music
Key: A
Copyright 2007
Work Title: OLD BLUES SONG
Registration Date: 11/03/2007
Status: Successfully Registered
BMI Work No: 009223390
Publisher(s): AFFILIATION SHARE
FIRST HOUSE MUSIC BMI 100.00%
Writer(s): AFFILIATION SHARE ROLE
SON LEWIS BMI 100.00% Composer/Author
My feet are stiff and achin
My back is awful sore
Been totin' and a'liftin'
Till I can't move no more
I ain't got no money
No credit at the store
The man at the bank just told me
Get away from his door
CHORUS:
I got to shake this feeling, lawd tell me just what's wrong
Been working so hard, I feel like an old blues song...
I can't buy a break
ain't got a dime I can spare
I can't get no job
can't get a woman to care
My woman stole my car
can't get a ride out of town
I got no where I can go
she left me so low down
Chorus:
The just cut off my power
And then cut off my phone
My baby cut off that good thing
When they foreclosed on my home
Chorus: