Seen the arrow on the doorpost
Saying, this land is condemned
All the way from new orleans
To jerusalem.
I traveled through east texas
Where many martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like blind willie mctell

Well, I heard the hoot owl singing
As they were taking down the tents
The stars above the barren trees
Were his only audience
Them charcoal gypsy maidens
Can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues
Like blind willie mctell

See them big plantations burning
Hear the cracking of the whips
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming
(and) see the ghosts of slavery ships
I can hear them tribes a-moaning
(I can) hear the undertaker's bell
(yeah), nobody can sing the blues
Like blind willie mctell

There's a woman by the river
With some fine young handsome man
He's dressed up like a squire
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
There's a chain gang on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like blind willie mctell

Well, God is in heaven
And we all want what's his
But power and greed and corruptible seed
Seem to be all that there is
I'm gazing out the window
Of the st. james hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like blind willie mctell

• Angelina
• Blind Willie Mctell
• Call Letter Blues
• Catfish
• Eternal Circle
• Farewell Angelina
• Foot of Pride
• Golden Loom
• Hard Times in New York Town
• He Was a Friend of Mine
• House Carpenter
• I'll Keep It With Mine
• If You Gotta Go, Go Now
• Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie
• Let Me Die in My Footsteps
• Lord Protect My Child
• Mama, You Been on My Mind
• Man on The Street
• Need a Woman
• Nobody 'cept You
• Only a Hobo
• Paths of Victory
• Quit Your Low Down Ways
• Rambling, Gambling Willie
• Santa Fe
• Series of Dreams
• Seven Curses
• Seven Days
• She's Your Lover Now
• Sitting on a Barbed-wire Fence
• Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart
• Suze
• Talkin Hava Negeilah Blues
• Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
• Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
• Tell Me
• Walkin' Down The Line
• Wallflower
• Walls of Red Wing
• Who Killed Davey Moore?
• Ye Shall Be Changed
• You Changed My Life