Well the blues come to Texas, lopin' like a mule I say, the blues come to Texas lopin' like a mule You take a high brown woman, man, she's hard to fool You can't ever tell what a woman's got on her mind Man, you can't tell what a woman's got on her mind You might think she's crazy about you, she's leavin' you all the time She ain't so good lookin', teeth don't shine like pearls She ain't so good lookin' and her teeth don't shine like pearls But that nice disposition carries that woman all through the world I'm goin' to the river, carry my rocker chair Goin' to the river, gonna carry my rocker chair Gonna ask that gal from Crowell, how's the worried blues rest here? Gonna ask that gal from Crowell, how's the worried blues rest here? Lord, I think I heard my good gal callin' me Hey, hey, my good gal callin' me She doesn't call so loud but you hear her say Lemon so plain I was raised in Texas, schooled in Tennessee I was raised in Texas, was schooled in Tennessee Said, woman, you can't make no fatmouth outa me Sayin' a woman acts funny, quittin' you for another bald man I say that a woman acts funny, quittin' you for another man She don't wanna look at you straight but she's always raisin' sand