Dat Ole Man
(chararcter) "I don't care if they run me out this town,
I just go on to another'n"

Dat ole Man taught me how to play the blues, said that they was the only golden rule,
you gots to be sad, you gots to be mad and let your feelin's go
you gots to play like you're tryin' to free yourself from your own soul
Dat ole man with nothin' but a dirty old knap sack
and a beat up guitar strung across his broken down back
Dat old Man didn't play the blues, he lived 'em
didn't count on nobody or nothin', said his guitar was his only true friend

lubed his whiskey, lubed his wine, lubed singin' back in his time
said "I saw so many bad things up and down the line, I prayed I lose my mind"
Dat old Man would walk the railroad tracks,
said those tracks are like life, they're goin' somewhere and never comin' back

Dat ole Man lubed to smoke cigarettes, cigars and the good stuff
said a good time is the greatest drug, 'cause when it's good you can't get enough
you got to run it up, 'til it drag you down,
then you move on that old dirt road, another tune, another town

Dat ole Man say "someday they gonna lay me down, down in that cold, cold ground
but boy, wait 'til midnight, and to my grave come around
bring me some wine and I'll climb out that old pine box
they think the got me, but I'm as sly as that old fox...