Pitiful Blues - Malcolm Holcombe

all i wanna see all i wanna hear

is people dyin' screamin' full o' fear

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues

go tell ya mama tell ya daddy too

they drove me crazy tellin' me the truth

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues

i had my share o' women got all i could drink

liquor kept me swimmin' in my head to big too think

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues

the big man spends my money the big man lives it up

he dont give me nuthin' he dont give me some

just an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues

i sit around the table pray down on the floor

swear i’m gonna go to war and suffer nevermore

it’s an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues

i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues

c.2013 gypsy eyes music, bmi

malcolm holcombe