Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Preaching the Blues lyrics

I was up this morning, blues walking like a man I was up this morning, blues walking like a man Worried blues, give me your right hand And the blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down Blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down Travel on ol' Jeffrey Lee, ya know, can't seem to turn him around So, Preach the Blues Preach the Blues now Blues, is low down shaking chill Blues, is low down shaking chill You ain't never had them, I don't believe you will Blues is an achin' old heart disease Blues is an achin' old heart disease It's like consumption, baby, k**ing me by degrees So, Preach the Blues Preach the Blues now I had religion, Lord on this very day I had religion, Lord on this very day But, the women and the whiskey, they would not let me pray Gonna get me religion, gonna join the Baptist church Gonna get me religion, gonna join the Baptist church Gonna be a Baptist preacher, so I don't have to work