Peetie Wheatstraw - The Break I'm Getting lyrics

The Break I'm Getting Trk 3 Disc 1 2:53 Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch) with Pretty Boy Walker Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album Allego Cla**ic Blues CBL 200037 Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com Now, listen here people Think I'm tired of bein' a bum For the breaks I'm gettin' now I done got to be nothin' but a crumb I've got tired Of these breaks they givin' me I'm gon' pack my grip An I'm going back to Tennessee Now, I walk all day Can't find no work at all I'm broke an' hungry all the winter And ragg'dy all the fall I walked all day My feet got wet n' damp I've been sufferin' two, three days From the miss meal cramp I was barefooted, naked I was in the ice an snow With all my yas-yas, out You could see my big toe I was barefooted Didn't have on no shoes And the rocks, gravel and concrete Is givin' my soles the blues An 'fore I'd let winter in St. Louis Get the best of me I'd get on a freight train an walk Back to Memphis,Tennessee 'Cause I've done got tired Of these breaks they givin' me I'm gon' pack my grip An I'm going back to Tennessee Now other day I woked up To a big healthy garbage can And d** my stiff back on it Back of a natural man I says, 'Razzy ham bone And skanky muffin Get back all your coffee grounds Cause you know I ain't bluffin' An 'fore I'd let winter in let St. Louis Take advantage of me I'd go back down south Where all chumps oughta be 'Cause I've done got tired Of these breaks they givin' me I'm gon' pack my grip And I'm goin' back to Tennessee Now, I'm 'onna sing this verse Now, ain't gon' sing any mo' 'Cause I'm gettin' kind-a warm An you know I've got to go I love to clown for ya'all An I love to act a monkey But I don't wanna get too hot 'Cause I'm scared I'm liable to get a bad cold 'Cause I done got tired Of these breaks they givin' me I'm 'onna pack my grip And I'm goin' back to Tennessee. ~