When I first heard the sound, I was a child
Beat of the drum likes to drive me wild
Sound was a-comin across the track
Went on over and I never came back
Well the preacher taught him, daddy taught me
Singin the blues in a honky-tonk key
Well, I turn up the singer on a sad song
Guitar mans got a Beale Street tone
Girls up front baby, all night long
Oh what a night to come home alone
Well the preacher taught him, daddy taught me
Singin the blues in a honky-tonk key
Well the preacher taught him, daddy taught me
Singin the blues in a honky-tonk key
Well the preacher taught him, daddy taught me
Singin the blues in a honky-tonk key