[00:00.00]Special Delivery Blues - Odetta
[00:05.34]My man packed his trunks
[00:11.30]Said"I'm a-goin' away"
[00:16.54]Packed his trunks and said
[00:19.46]"I'm goin' away
[00:25.60]And I won't be back until ya
[00:28.76]Change your funny ways"
[00:35.69]And he said
[00:38.15]"I'll write you soon's I find the time
[00:46.40]Honey I'll write you
[00:49.19]Soon's I find the time"
[00:55.57]He's been gone so long
[00:57.74]I guess he just couldn't spare the dime
[01:05.58]And he said"I'm leavin'
[01:11.53]Almost breaks my heart
[01:16.36]Honey I'm leavin'
[01:19.15]Almost breaks my heart
[01:25.50]But remember
[01:27.17]Sometime the best of friends must part"
[01:35.48]And I run run to my window
[01:41.40]Train go rollin' by
[01:46.11]Run to window train go rollin' by
[01:55.30]I got the blues so bad
[01:57.42]That I could lay me down and die
[02:05.10]Now hey hey mister mailman
[02:10.15]Did ya bring me any news
[02:15.57]Hey mister mailman
[02:18.35]Bring me any news
[02:24.69]Well if I didn't get a letter
[02:26.80]I got the special delivery blues