Old John Blues Lyrics

Land of forgotten dust

Where has he travelled, where has he gone

Easin' down that old dirt road

Heavin' 20,000 pounds of coal

Where has he gone now

I've looked away

He's gonna die in his fiddle case one day

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

Old John was a quiet man

But he had his reasons

What he didn't know was that the mob was gone

Or the life that he lived was black

Where has he gone now

I've looked away

He's gonna die in his fiddle case one day

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

He's got a fiddle made of gold

And a silver bow

And he played in the light of the moon

In a barn

In the passing snow

Where has he gone now

I've looked away

He's gonna die in his fiddle case one day

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

Well, God of wind and God of rain

The farm cat's out and he looks in

And he plays a forgotten song

Oh, he plays his fiddle all night long

Where has he gone now

I've looked away

He's gonna die in his fiddle case one day

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

Old John Blues

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

Old John Blues

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue

And I'll be blue