13 Blues In My Shoes

Blues In My Shoes

If you don’t think I got the blues
I wish you coulda walked in my shoes
If you don’t think I got the blues
I wish you coulda walked in my shoes
I’ve had the blues for so long,
I don’t know just what to do

It started in September, nineteen hundred and fifty-four
It started in September, nineteen hundred and fifty-four
That’s when the doctors told my mother
You’ve got yourself a Hoochie Coochie Boy!

I was only seventeen
I had a lotta love inside of me
I was only seventeen
I had a lotta love inside of me
But then I caught my girlfriend
Sneakin’ around with my homies

I was born and raised on the west side
I kept a gun in my hand
I was born and raised on the west side
I kept my gun in my hand
Every friend I had
Was a hustler or a pusher man

I been to the county jail
And I served my time
I been to the county jail
I served my time
I didn’t know what to do
When the judge gave me 3 to 9

If you don’t think I got some blues
I wish you coulda walked in my shoes
If you don’t think I got the blues
I wish you coulda walked in my shoes
I’ve had the blues for so long
I don’t know just what to do