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West Texas Blues

by Alger "Texas" Alexander

on The Texas Alexander Collection 1927-51 (2019)

Don't the moon look pretty, shinin' down through the trees?
Don't the moon look pretty, shinin' down through the trees?
I can see my woman, but she can't see me

I'm gonna build my house on Jackson Avenue
I'm gonna build my house on Jackson Avenue
So I can see everything that my rider do

I laid down last night, I was tryin' to take my rest
I laid down last night, tried to take my rest
Then my mind kept a-ramblin', like the wild geese in the West

I ain't got nobody to talk sweet talk to me
I ain't got nobody to talk sweet talk to me
And I ain't got nobody to jump me up and down

I used to have a woman, good as an' in this town
I used to have a woman, good as an' in this town
Says, she quit me this mornin', don't want me hangin' around