Kate Campbell

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