Black Cat Blues I was only thirteen when I saw what I seen and I couldn’t believe what I saw hair dark as a hearse or an old voodoo curse and eyes that were pale and raw he beat on the skins like a maddening sin that would drive all the women unsteady he fondled the strings making each of them sing his voice dripping down slow like honey Chorus: it’s a matter of time 'fore that black cat cross the line break my heart in two as hard as I try to shoo it on by it still sends me home with the blues but I keep on coming back to you The radio played while the old ace of spades pulled out ahead of the rest we all made a toast to who could drink most and we all went down trying our best the sunlight was rare but nobody cared except between waking and drink the flood never won nor ruined our fun until we all started to sink Chorus The gestures were bold the air was still cold as we stumbled up through the woods with four months between that no one was seen till I finally made true on my word but the springs finally gave and it started to cave, you decided to go somewhere new if the river was beer and the length of my tears well I still couldn’t make it to you Chorus