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| [00:20.000] | Seen the arrow on the doorpost |
| [00:22.370] | Saying, "This land is condemned" |
| [00:32.270] | All the way from New Orleans |
| [00:38.500] | To Jerusalem." |
| [00:43.760] | I traveled through East Texas |
| [00:50.430] | Where many martyrs fell |
| [00:55.840] | And I know no one can sing the blues |
| [01:02.010] | Like Blind Willie McTell |
| [01:10.500] | Well, I heard the hoot owl singing |
| [01:17.460] | As they were taking down the tents |
| [01:24.460] | The stars above the barren trees |
| [01:26.560] | Were his only audience |
| [01:38.930] | Them charcoal gypsy maidens |
| [01:42.890] | Can strut their feathers well |
| [01:48.400] | But nobody can sing the blues |
| [01:51.160] | Like Blind Willie McTell |
| [02:04.380] | See them big plantations burning |
| [02:09.280] | Hear the cracking of the whips |
| [02:15.040] | Smell that sweet magnolia blooming |
| [02:20.460] | (And) see the ghosts of slavery ships |
| [02:25.940] | I can hear them tribes a-moaning |
| [02:31.990] | (I can) hear the undertaker's bell |
| [02:40.070] | (Yeah), nobody can sing the blues |
| [02:44.430] | Like Blind Willie McTell |
| [02:51.500] | There's a woman by the river |
| [02:57.500] | With some fine young handsome man |
| [03:02.980] | He's dressed up like a squire |
| [03:08.990] | Bootlegged whiskey in his hand |
| [03:13.550] | There's a chain gang on the highway |
| [03:21.920] | I can hear them rebels yell |
| [03:28.560] | And I know no one can sing the blues |
| [03:32.660] | Like Blind Willie McTell |
| [04:05.290] | Well, God is in his heaven |
| [04:12.570] | And we all want what's his |
| [04:18.740] | But power and greed and corruptible seed |
| [04:24.000] | Seem to be all that there is |
| [04:30.320] | I'm gazing out the window |
| [04:36.340] | Of the St. James Hotel |
| [04:42.500] | And I know no one can sing the blues |
| [04:48.400] | Like Blind Willie McTell |
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