Lock Step Blues

I used to take my feet in a midnight tramp

I used to take my feet in a midnight tramp

Now they got me doing a different kind of dance

I couldn't keep away from bad maker

Why women cards and dice

I couldn't keep away from bad maker

Why women cards and dice

Now I'm doing the lock step baby

Things ain't going nice

It donesn't mean whether it sunshine

I mean snow or rains

It donesn't mean whether it sunshine

I mean snow or rains

Because I can't go gay carrying

Carry a ball and chain

Mean old jailor taking away my dancing shoes

Mean old jailor taking away my dancing shoes

I can't strut my jealous stuff

When I got them lock step blues

Big rats in my cell

And it keeps me woke all night

Big rats in my cell

And it keeps me woke all night

My woman turned me down

And I don't think that's

Right

Every morning I walk down that big long hall

Every morning I walk down that big long hall

I'm screaming for my mama

And it can't make no time at all