BLUES ROOTED

(Big Mama)

1.- I don´t come from Mississippi,

I don´t come from New Orleans.

I´ve been walking so long

but I know the way I´m goin´.

2.- Well, my soul is blues rooted

full of pain and misery

`cause my heart has been beaten

and my mind don´t let me be.

3.- My father was Muddy Waters

my sister was great Bessie Smith

I got brothers everywhere

got a big long family.

4.- I don´t care what people say

`cause I know the real truth

if I live here or in Japan

I was born to live the blues.

5.- Yes my soul is blues rooted

full of pain and misery

`cause my heart has been beaten

and my mind don´t let me be.