Lyrics

I’VE SEEN YOU WALK ALONG
THAT CROOKED MILE
NO WHERE TO RUN
NO WHERE TO HIDE

THE MISSISSIPPI AND
THE RIVER NILE
YOU BUY AND SELL
AND YOU TRADE IN SMILES

PERSERVERANCE CAN NOT COME THROUGH
THE OPERATOR WILL NOT HELP YOU
CHURCH STREET CAN NOT SAVE YOU
WATER STREET
HAS GOT THINGS WATER TIGHT

RIFF

THE GOLDEN MILE IS JUST A
BLUES HIGHYWAY NOW
HOW WILL YOU LIVE OR
HOW WILL YOU DIE

STRAIGHT AND NARROW
GETS YOU TO THE MARK
BLIND LEAD BLIND
ON THE CROOKED MILE

PERSERVERANCE CAN NOT COME THROUGH
THE OPERATOR WILL NOT HELP YOU
CHURCH STREET CAN NOT SAVE YOU
WATER STREET
HAS GOT THINGS WATER TIGHT

RIFF

SOLO

RIFF

YOUR CAMP’S STREET
IS NEXT TO THE PARK
A ROOSTER CROWS WHEN
DAY MEETS THE DARK

YOU SHOULD BE HUMBLE
BUT INSTEAD YOU SMILE
YOUR GOLDEN FLEECE
IS A WORTHLESS PILE

PERSERVERANCE CAN NOT COME THROUGH
THE OPERATOR WILL NOT HELP YOU
CHURCH STREET CAN NOT SAVE YOU
WATER STREET
HAS GOT THINGS WATER TIGHT

RIFF

SOLO

10th June 2022