Cross Road Blues

Album: The Complete Recordings (1937)
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  • I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees
    I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees
    Asked the Lord above, "Have mercy, now, save poor Bob if you please"

    Yeah, standin' at the crossroad, tried to flag a ride
    Ooh-ee, I tried to flag a ride
    Didn't nobody seem to know me, babe, everybody pass me by

    Standin' at the crossroad, baby, risin' sun goin' down
    Standin' at the crossroad, baby, risin' sun goin' down
    I believe to my soul, now, poor Bob is sinkin' down

    You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
    You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
    That I got the crossroad blues this mornin', Lord, baby, I'm sinkin' down

    And I went to the crossroad, mama, I looked East and West
    I went to the crossroad, baby, I looked East and West
    Lord, I didn't have no sweet woman, ooh well, babe, in my distress Writer/s: Robert Johnson
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