Blind Lemon Jefferson - Bad Luck Blues lyrics

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I wanna go home and I ain't got sufficient clothes<br />

Doggone my bad luck soul<br />

Wanna go home and I ain't got sufficient clothes<br />

I mean sufficient, talking about clothes<br />

Well, I wanna go home, but I ain't got sufficient clothes<br />

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I bet my money and I lost it, Lord, it's so<br />

Doggone my bad luck soul<br />

Mmm, lost it, ain't it so?<br />

I mean lost it, speakin' about so, now<br />

I'll never bet on the deuce-trey-queen no more<br />

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Mama, I can't gamble, son, why don't you quit tryin'?<br />

Doggone my bad luck soul<br />

Mmm, why don't you quit tryin'?<br />

Why don't you quit, I mean tryin'?<br />

That joker stole off with that long-haired brown of mine<br />

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Sugar, you catch the Katy, I'll catch that Santa Fe<br />

Doggone my bad luck soul<br />

Sugar, you catch that Katy and I'll catch that Santa Fe<br />

I mean the Santy, speakin' about Fe<br />

When you get in Denver, pretty mama, look around for me<br />

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The woman I love's 'bout five feet from the ground<br />

Doggone my bad luck soul<br />

Hey, five feet from the ground<br />

Five feet from the, I mean ground<br />

She's a tailor-made woman, she ain't no hand-me-down<br />

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I ain't seen my sugar in three long weeks today<br />

Doggone my bad luck soul<br />

I ain't seen my sugar, three long weeks today<br />

Three long weeks to, I mean day, girl<br />

It's been so long, seems like my heart's gonn' break<br />

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I'm gonna run 'cross town, catch that southbound Santa Fe<br />

Doggone my bad luck soul<br />

Mmm, Lord, that Santa Fe<br />

I mean the Santy, speakin' about Fe<br />

Be on my way to what they call lovin' Tennessee