Bobby Bare - Blind Willie Harper lyrics

On a stone cold night in Memphis Willie Harper came to town With a blue tick hound at his heels and a dime in his shoe Uh he could make that guitar sing You should have heard that pavement ring When Blind Willie Harper played the blues. And a-he'd sing hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave me All alone in the dark this way Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play. In the scarlet light of Beal Street Willie Harper found a home A any song you name he don't refuse Sweet or dirty white or black just drop a nickel in the hat And hear Blind Willie Harper play the blues. And a-he'd sing hey Jenny why'd you go and leave me All alone in the dark this way Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play. Willie stops in the middle of the song as a love dealin' lady walks by He says a you smell sweet like someone I once knew Then he touches her face and some words are said And a knife blade shines and her blood runs red Blind Willie walks off singin' the blues. On a stone cold night in Memphis they took Blind Willie down They shaved his head took away his shoes Now from a window of a Beal Street jail cell Sad as a whipperwill clear as a bell We heard Blind Willie Harper singin' the blues. And a-he'd sing hey Jenny why'd you go and leave me All alone in the dark this way Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play...