Delta Blues (C F G)
I was born by c-section in a hospital in surrey
nothing natural about me
I just kept my mouth shut
and my mom said I was such a quiet baby
what a good girl, did well in school
what a good girl
but I was slow at arithmetic
and it caused concern but I wasn’t concerned
how fast do you need to multiply?
take your time, I took my time
I wrote stories
didn’t let anybody read them
grew up in delta
whole lotta bullshit, makes me sick
I hate to go back there

my mom says I was a good girl
but she never said it to me
didn’t think I needed to know
but I needed to know
and I grew up lazy, and I grew up selfish
and I shut my mouth, and I shut my door
and I wanted to sing in a rock and roll band
never told anybody
and I wanted to do something but I didn’t know how
and I had nobody to ask because nobody did nothing
nothing going on
grew up in delta
whole lotta bullshit, makes me sick
I hate to go back there

I read every book of poetry in the george mackie library the summer I turned sixteen
used up a lot of paper
and I got drunk under the overpass
got stoned and skipped school
dropped acid and learned what it’s like to go crazy
I didn’t want to go crazy
I went a little crazy
and I listened to the wall and I felt like dying
but what I really wanted to do was live
and my dad told me to drink some milk, huh
and I wanted to do something but I didn’t know how
nobody doing nothing, nothing going on
and I wanted to sing in a rock and roll band
but I never told anybody
I didn’t think I could, I didn’t know I could
grew up in delta
whole lotta bullshit, makes me sick
I’m never going back there

I fell in love
I fell in love with a guy, long hair,
he smoked cigarettes and played guitar
he was really smart
he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me
we moved outta delta, went to university
watched a lot of movies, drank some whiskey
he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me he loved me
he asked me to marry him, gave me a white gold ring
I said yes I said no I said yes I said no I said yes I said no I said yes I said no
I said no, teach me to play guitar
and he did
and now I sing in a rock and roll band
and now I’m a one man band
and now I’m my own damn man ;)
grew up in delta
whole lotta bullshit, makes me sick
nobody doing nothing