Merle Haggard — White Man Singin The Blues 2005 version

[Verse 1] The old man paid no mind to color 'Cause he knew that I'd been down and out Old Joe said that I was a soul brother From the things I'd been singing about Well, he liked how I played my old guitar So he sat by beside me to sing Together we hummed out an old-timey blues Hmm, hmm, doo dee dang [Chorus] From the same side of the railroad tracks Where people have nothing to lose I'm the son of a gambler who's luck never came A white man singin' the blues [Verse 2] Well, we both done a heap of hard living Ain't hard to describe in a song But the blues was one thing we both understood And the old man hummed right along [Chorus] From the same side of the railroad tracks Where people have nothing to lose I'm the son of a gambler who's luck never came A white man singin' the blues [Chorus] From the same side of the railroad tracks Where people have nothing to lose I'm the son of a gambler who's luck never came And a white man singin' the blues [Verse 1] The old man paid no mind to color 'Cause he knew that I'd been down and out Old Joe said that I was a soul brother From the things I'd been singing about