Bukka White lyrics

When Can I Change My Clothes? blues lyrics

Ne'er will forget that day when ya had me in Parchman jail.
Wouldn't no one even come and go my bail.
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes.
I wonder how long fore I can change my clothes.

So many days I would be sad and down,
I would be sad and down lookin down on my clothes.
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes.
I wonder how long fore I can change my clothes.

So many days when they, they would be cold,
They would carry me out into rain and cold.
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes.
I wonder how long fore I can change my clothes.

So many days when they, they would be cold,
You could stand and look at me, convict told.
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes.
I wonder how long fore I can change my clothes.

So many days I would be walkin down the road,
I could hardly walk without lookin down on my clothes.
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes.
I wonder how long fore I can change my clothes.

Ne'er will forget that day when they takin my clothes,
Takin my citizen's clothes and throw'd them away.
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes.
I wonder how long fore I can change my clothes.