Blues Came From The Country

Contact: Roger Wilson
Email: roger@hurricanewilson.com
Website: http://www.hurricanewilson.com
http://www.bluestormrecords.com
Phone: 678-296-9850

Songwriter: Roger Wilson
Publishers & PRO: Brux Music/ BMI

IT STARTED IN THE DELTA, SO MANY YEARS AGO
WHILE WORKING IN THE HOT SUN,
THEY STARTED TO SING REAL LOW
THEY SANG TO DREAM OF A BTTER PLACE,
AND TO MAKE THE TIME PASS BY
THEIR CHANTS FROM THE FIELD WERE SUNG SO LOUD
THEY WERE CARRIED UP TO THE SKY
(Chorus)
BLUES CAME FROM THE COUNTRY,
COUNTRY CAME FROM THE BLUES
FROM THE COTTON FIELDS OF MISS,
MEMPHIS, CHICAGO, AND ST LOU
FROM THE BLUEGRASS OF KENTUCKY,
AND DOWN TO NASHVILLE TOO
BLUES CAME FROM THE COUNTRY,
AND COUNTRYCAME FROM THE BLUES
FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE CITIES,
THEIR MUSIC BROKE ALL THE RULES
THEY SANG OUT LOUD WHILE WORKING HARD,
THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO
SOME DAYS THEY FELT REALLY BAD,
OTHER TIMES THEY DIN’T FEEL GOOD
IF ANYTHING COULD HELP THEM RISE ABOVE,
THEY KNEW THE MUSIC WOULD
(TO Chorus)
MANY FOLKS THINK THE BLUES ARE
SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU FEEL SAD
THERE’S NOTHING FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH,
THE BLUES MAKES YOU FEEL GLAD
THERE WERE HARD TIMES ALL AROUND BACK THEN,
THINGS COULDN’T GET MUCH WORSE
THEY STARTED SINGING LATER ON
SINCE FEELING BAD GOT THERE FIRST
(TO Chorus)