[00:00.00]Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
[00:09.02]Take Fort Worth for your dressing and take Dallas all for your style
[00:21.21]Take Fort Worth for your dressing Dallas all for your style
[00:31.02]If you wanna go to the state penitentiary go to Groesbeck for your trial
[00:40.97]I hung around Groesbeck and I worked in showers of rain
[00:51.43]I say I hung around Groesbeck I worked in hard showers of rain
[01:01.55]I never felt the least bit uneasy till I caught that penitentiary bound train
[01:11.03]I used to be a drunkard I was rowdy everywhere I go
[01:21.12]I used to be a drunkard and rowdy everywhere I go
[01:31.85]If I ever get out of this trouble I'm in I won't be rowdy no more
[01:42.60]Boys don't be bad please don't crowd your mind
[01:52.97]I said boys don't be bad and please don't crowd your mind
[02:02.35]If you happen to get in trouble in Groesbeck they're gonna send you penitentiary flyin'
[02:12.41]I want you to stop and study and don't take nobody's life
[02:21.85]I want you to stop and study don't take nobody's life
[02:30.55]They've got walls at the state penitentiary you can't jump man they high as the sky