Blind Willie McTell — Mr. McTell Got the Blues

I'm leaving town, baby, gonna leave my home I’m leaving town, baby, going to leave my home I'm going where, baby, I'm better known I done walked these blocks, I got to buy me some shoes I done walked these blocks, so I got to buy me some shoes And that is why Mr. McTell got the blues I got drunk last night, mama, and the night before Got drunk last night and the night before And if luck don’t change: Mr McTell won't get drunk no more Cigarettes is my ruin, whiskey is my cravе Cigarettes is my ruin, whiskey is my cravе Some of these nice‑looking women going to carry me to my grave