Delta Getaway Songtext
von Eric Bibb

Heart full of trouble
Weighin′ down like lead
Prayin' to Jesus
I don′t wake up dead

Saw a man hangin' from a cypress tree
I seen the ones who done it
Now they comin' after me

With a razor in my hand
I don′t wanna use
Got a song in my bones
Call it the blues

Runnin′ an' hidin′
Did I hear a hound bark?
Sleepin' by day
Movin′ after dark


Headed for Chicago with a heavy load
Tryin' to get to Memphis on a midnight road

With a razor in my hand
I don′t wanna use
Got a song in my bones
Call it the blues

Tell you people
If you dare to hear
It's a crime an' a shame
The way we′re livin′ in fear

It's not God′s will
To keep the Black man down
With your evil Jim Crow
An' your sundown towns


With a razor in my hand
People, I don′t wanna use
Got a song in my bones, uh
Call it the blues
Hmm-mm