Genesis Blues - Kate Campbell

They say God

Walked in the garden

Between the Tigris

And Euphrates

They say God

Walked in the garden

Between the tigris

And Euphrates

But we all know that Eden

Is down

In the delta south of memphis

Eve and Adam ate the apple

Stood there naked in the sun

Eve and Adam ate the apple

Stood there naked in the sun

But when God

Came looking for them

Oh, they knew

What they had done

Jesus is Lord of picayune

And Mississippi welcomes you

Jesus is Lord of picayune

And Mississippi welcomes you

Just remember

When you’re passing thru

Everything started

With the blues

There’s a place

That they call witchdance

Where not one

Blade of grass will grow

There’s a place

That they call witchdance

Where not one

Blade of grass will grow

Something awful bad

Went down there

Or so the story goes

You can read

All about it

On a sign

By the side of the road

You can read

All about it

On a sign

By the side of the road

But sometimes the way

Things happened

Ain’t the way

The story’s told

Jesus is Lord of picayune

And mississippi welcomes you

Jesus is Lord of picayune

And Mississippi welcomes you

Just remember

When you’re passing thru

Everything started

With the blues

He broke his nehi bottle

And laid it cross the strings

He broke his nehi bottle

And laid it cross the strings

Then he took that sears

And roebuck silvertone

And really made

That guitar sing

That’s all right mama

Any way you do

That’s all right now mama

Any ole way you do

We all feel it too

Cause everything started

With the blues