Joplin Janis Black Mountain Blues Lyrics

Black Mountain Blues Lyrics

Out in Black Mountain a child will smack your face

 I'm saying out on Black Mountain a child will smack your face

 The babies cryin' for liquor, and all the birds sing bass

 

 Well, those people in Black Mountain are mean as they can be

 And those people in Black Mountain are mean as they can be

 Now they uses gun powder just to sweeten up their tea

 

 Well, out in Black Mountain you can't keep a good man in jail

 Yeah, out in Black Mountain you can't keep a good man in jail

 'Cause if the jury convicts him, the judge will pay his bail

 

 I had a man in Black Mountain, the sweetest man in town

 I had a man in Black Mountain, the sweetest man in the town

 But then he met a city gal, that's when he throwed me down

 

 Lord, I'm bound for Black Mountain, me and my razor and my gun

 I'm going back to Black Mountain, me and my razor and my gun

 I'm gonna fire him if he stands still, I'll just cut him if he runs

 

 Lord, now you've heard my story, now you've heard my news

 Lord, now you've heard my story, now you've heard my news

 Now my man can clear off, I've got the Blackest Mountain blues