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I ain't played for nobody in years |
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I wanted me some kids, a whole mess of 'em. |
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But for Rose, my wife, kids is for another time. |
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Then one spring, |
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I seent the change in her |
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Her breasts started swelling up |
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Couple of mornings, hear her in the bathroom throwing up |
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I done seen it in other women before, |
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So I knew. |
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Then one day |
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Rose said she had to go to Jackson, |
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Visit her folks, |
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And she ain't wanted me to go, |
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So I stayed here. |
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You know how they talk about a woman having that glow? |
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She didn't have it no more. |
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She done cut it out. |
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Got rid of it. |
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That voice in my head, |
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Every time I think it's gone, |
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It comes howling back. |
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Calls me when I'm ailing, |
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When I can't find my way home. |
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Lost in the pines |
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I calls it the Black Snake Moan. |
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[sung] |
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Mmmmmmmmmm |
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Black snake all in my room |
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Mmmmmmmmmm |
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Black snake all in my room |
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Some pretty mamma |
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Better get this black snake soon. |
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Black snake is evil. |
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Black snake is all I see. |
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Black snake is evil. |
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Black snake is all I see. |
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Woke up this morning |
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Black snake moved in on me |