Now, woke up this mornin', couldn't hardly see Snow on the ground 'bout eight foot deep Lord, have mercy, baby, what gon' come of me? You know I feel just like easin' back down into Tennessee Now Carl Williams in the office wants to see you alone I can't do nothin' where this white stuff on Lord, have mercy, baby, what's gon' come of me? You know I feel just like easin' back down into Tennessee Now, I'm on the South Side, my buddy on the East I don't know whether he's got any place to sleep
Lord, have mercy, honey, what's gon' come of me? You know I feel just like easin' back down into Tennessee Said, car can't go, [mountain] too slick Prob'ly might slip back off in a ditch Lord, have mercy, honey, what's gon' come of me? You know I feel just like easin' back down into Tennes Now, twenty-two twenty-four West Hubbard Avenue That's where you get my 1938 blues Lord, have mercy, baby, what's gon' come of me? You know I feel just like easin' back down into Tennessee