Chirping the Blues

[Verse 1]
I woke up this mornin', heard somebody calling me
I woke up this mornin', heard somebody calling me
My man had packed his grip, said he was leaving for Tennessee

[Verse 2]
Lord, I cried all night and all the night before
I say I cried all night and all the night before
Gonna change my way of living so I won't have to cry no more

[Verse 3]
Lord, I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
I say I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
It takes a worried woman to chirp these worried songs

[Verse 4]
Now if I had wings and could fly like Noah's dove
Lord, if I had wings and could fly like Noah's dove
I'd hoist my wings and land right on the man I love

[Verse 5]
Lord, I'm motherless, fatherless, I'm sisterless, and I'm brotherless too (Play that thing, boy)
I say I'm motherless, fatherless, sisterless, and I'm brotherless too
That's the reason why I try to get along with you

[Verse 6]
If the blues were whiskey, I'd stay drunk all the time
If the blues were whiskey, I'd stay drunk all the time
'Til the man I love would ease my troubled mind