Bobby met the devil at the crossroads
He said son I'm going to make you a star
You could make the news with your delta blues
Hell, just show them you play the guitar ooohhh ooooh
Well, it happened way back in Mississippi
Where you came to be a carpenter's son
Life was never the same when that lynch mob came
And then poor daddy had to go on the run
Well, he may have been burned but no he never returned
And there was Momma left to carry the can
Then she took you alone tried to make you a home and then
To shape you in becoming a man... And the legend grew
Yeah, Bobby met the devil at the crossroads
He said son I'm gonna make you a star
You could make the news with your delta blues
Hell, just show them you play the guitar ooohhh ooooh
Well, he wandered through the women and whiskey
And he watched how all his heroes would play
One night Bobby he tried but old Son House cried
He said you're driving everybody away
Well, he left with a tear said the next time you hear me
Oh, I swear you won't be saying the same
And near one year on he got to sing his song
And all the people they were praising his name
And yet no one knew
How Bobby met the devil at the crossroads
He said son I'm gonna make you a star
You could make the news with your delta blues
Hell, just show them you play the guitar ooohhh ooooh
Well, he drank the devils poison it was the price he had to pay
For his souls is what he offered up so the guitar he could play
And boy how he could play it he'll be known forever more
For a dream come true now say would you let the devil through your door
Yeah, Bobby met the devil at the crossroads
He said son I'm gonna make you a star
You could make the news with your delta blues
Hell, just show them you play the guitar ooohhh ooooh
Yeah, Bobby met the devil at the crossroads
He said son I'm gonna make you a star
You could make the news with your delta blues
Hell, just show them you play the guitar ooohhh ooooh