I was up this mornin', blues walkin' like a man   I was up this mornin', blues walkin' like a man   Worried blues, give me your right hand      Ah, 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   Killin' me by degrees      So preach the blues   Preach the blues now      I had religion, Lord, this day, very day   I had religion, Lord, this very day   But the womens 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      And preach the blues   And preach the blues now