This Is My Blues

Workin’ as a young one, during da cotton pickin’ days.        
Tuning my ears into, my older siblings, gospel ways.          
Smokin’ a whole lotta dope, got me to here.          
Drinking from early mornings on, got me to there.          
Playing some slow guitar chords, gave me the blues.          
Sleeping at night, always awakening, to more bad news.          
          
This is my blues.          
Purely undiluted.          
Then distilled on down.          
To its true purity.          
         
I got a kind hearted women, no imitation          
Who will not let me be, until one dies          
As she pulled up to the cotton plantation          
I looked at her, straight in the eyes          
Spoke to her, with her full attention          
I’m outta here, anything else, I forgot to mention?          
         
This is my blues.          
Purely undiluted.          
Then distilled on down.          
To its true purity.          
         
Isn’t it at all, a bit sort of creepy.          
Returning home, to da back swamps of Mississippi          
The last song I had ever written.          
Would be the death of me, once bitten       
Now ain’t that a bit haunting.          
I should’ve just read, the dire warning.          
         
This is my blues.          
Purely undiluted.          
Then distilled on down.          
To its true purity.