Lord, Lord
starvation is at my door
Lord, Lord
starvation is at my door
well, it ain’t no need of running
because I ain’t got
no place to go
The grass is all dying
the rivers all dropping low
the grass is all dying
the rivers all dropping low
do you know what is the matter?
Starvation is at my door
Well, I used to eat cake
but now I have to eat hard cornbread
well, I used to eat cake
but now I have to eat hard cornbread
and now I would rather be
sleeping somewhere in the graveyard dead
There’s more women standing begging
that never had to beg before
there’s more women standing begging
that never had to beg before
the starvation times
have drove them from their door
Now I almost had
a square meal the other day
now I almost had
a square meal the other day
but the garbage man come
and he moved the can away
Now I remember one time
when I had a-plenty to eat
now I remember one time
when I had a-plenty to eat
but now the time has come
and I can’t find no place to sleep
starvation is at my door
Lord, Lord
starvation is at my door
well, it ain’t no need of running
because I ain’t got
no place to go
The grass is all dying
the rivers all dropping low
the grass is all dying
the rivers all dropping low
do you know what is the matter?
Starvation is at my door
Well, I used to eat cake
but now I have to eat hard cornbread
well, I used to eat cake
but now I have to eat hard cornbread
and now I would rather be
sleeping somewhere in the graveyard dead
There’s more women standing begging
that never had to beg before
there’s more women standing begging
that never had to beg before
the starvation times
have drove them from their door
Now I almost had
a square meal the other day
now I almost had
a square meal the other day
but the garbage man come
and he moved the can away
Now I remember one time
when I had a-plenty to eat
now I remember one time
when I had a-plenty to eat
but now the time has come
and I can’t find no place to sleep
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2016/1/14 - 18:40
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Parole e musica di Charley Jordan, bluesman nato in Arkansas ma attivo in St. Louis, Missouri.
Trovo il brano nella raccolta “Charley Jordan – Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: Volume 1 (June 1930 To March 1931)”, edita dalla Document Records nel 1992
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