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California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)

by Lefty Frizzell

on The Complete Columbia Recording Sessions, Vol. 3 - 1953-1955 (1953), Sings the Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (1960), The Essential Lefty Frizzell (2013)

I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night
I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night
I'm leavin' you mama, 'cause you know you don't treat me right

Let me tell you something, mama, that you don't know
Let me tell you something, good gal, that you don't know
I'm a do-right-papa and got a home everywhere I go

If the house catch a fire ain't no water 'round
If the house catch a fire ain't no water 'round (I said 'round)
Just put my trunk out the window and let the house burn on down

Well, if that's your mama Lord you better tie her to your side
If that's your mama Lord you better tie her to your side (I sure know this)
'Cause if she flags my train I'm sure gonna let her ride

I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here (Lawd, Lawd, Lawd)
I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
I may ride the blinds I ain't got no railroad fare