Lightnin' Hopkins - Woke Up This Morning - Lyrics
Woke up this morning
Went down to the store
Man said " what you want son ?"
I said " just a little bit more"
Cos i been working in the fields
I been drunk in the town
My eyes raised up to heaven
But lord i keep falling down
I'm tired and i'm troubled
All tattered and torn
My boot heels all busted
My welcome out worn
Still i get up every morning
I work hard and i lie
Sure would like to see just one thing
Real pretty fore i die
Maybe that's why i travel
Why i wandered away
Some things you don't rightly know
Some you can't hardly say
But i been all over missouri
And i been down to the sea
And you know in my heart now
You'll travel with me
Through the hurt and the hoping
The rain and the snow
I ain't bitter or broken
I want you to know
For the few steps we shared
For our time on the road
Cuz to you i unburdened
Just a bit of my load
We each got our own troubles
Our own ideas and beliefs
And the lord surely knows
We done got our own griefs
Still i got up this morning
And i threw some clothes on
And i fixed me some coffe
Then i wrote you this song