Dust on the Frets

[Verse 1]

Got a tin roof tremblin'

Wind whistlin' through the seams

Roaches in the sugar jar

Dust sleepin' on my dreams

Coffee pot cracked

Cold

Stove gas run dry

Mama countin' nickels

Baby too tired to cry

[Chorus]

This Mississippi dirt

Keep callin' out my name

Bare feet on that red clay

Walkin' into the same old shame

Got a rust-bit bridge and a busted soul

But I still play on

Dust on the frets

But the hurt keep singin' strong (mm-hmm)

[Verse 2]

Landlord at the screen door

Hat low

Hand out

Says

"Boy

You got till Sunday"

Then he turns

Fades into the drought

Church bell broke in town

Clapper hangin' like my hope

I hum them 9th chord sorrows

Just to help my heart cope

[Chorus]

This Mississippi dirt

Keep callin' out my name

Bare feet on that red clay

Walkin' into the same old shame

Got a rust-bit bridge and a busted soul

But I still play on

Dust on the frets

But the hurt keep singin' strong (oh Lord)

[Bridge]

Pan of beans on the windowsill

Train horn far

Far away

Every whistle be a promise

That never learned to stay

[Chorus]

This Mississippi dirt

Keep callin' out my name

Bare feet on that red clay

Walkin' into the same old shame

Got a rust-bit bridge and a busted soul

But I still play on

Dust on the frets

But the hurt keep singin' strong (mmm… singin' strong)