King Of The Blues-Steve Earle & The Dukes

[ti:King Of The Blues] [ar:Steve Earle & The Dukes] [al:Terraplane] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]King Of The Blues - Steve Earle & The Dukes [00:21.90]The day I was born the moon [00:23.22]Crossed the sun mama cried [00:26.22]Sweet Jesus what have [00:27.59]I done lord have mercy on my unfortunate son [00:33.38] [00:35.94]Before I drew my second breath mama knew [00:39.25]She'd just given birth to the king of the blues [00:44.54] [00:49.30]And on that day somewhere [00:50.37]Somebody else died alone [00:53.11]In a dark room and nobody cried [00:56.19]'Cause there can only be one and [00:58.73]I can't be denied outriders told everybody the news [01:06.90]The king is dead long live the king of the blues [01:11.68] [01:49.78]I'm the king of the blues [01:51.18]Thirteenth of the line the first of [01:54.39]My name and the last of my kind [01:57.28]One foot in the grave and one [01:59.18]Hand on the handle of time descended [02:04.17]Directly from St John the conqueroo [02:07.21]I'm the high priest of heartache [02:09.00]And the king of the blues [02:11.53] [02:16.49]I'm a lover a fighter a prophet a fool [02:20.14]The keeper of confidences the lord of misrule [02:24.23]A consummate jackofalltrades of [02:26.85]The dickensian school [02:28.67] [02:30.22]But they ain't never made no love I couldn't lose [02:33.40] [02:34.33]I'm the last word in lonesome [02:35.77]And the king of the blues