Lyrics Wayward Girl Blues - Rory Block

Well I got the blues from my mother's knees
Oh I got the blues from my mother's knees
And I know she got the blues from me
I've been thinking all day, thinking about the past
I said thinking, thinking about the past
Well I'm thinking about my dear mother at last
I received a letter, what do you suppose it read?
I received a letter, what do you suppose it read?
It said come on home, your poor mother's dead
Then I grabbed a train, I went home a flying
And I grabbed a train and I went home a flying
She wasn't dead, but she was slowly dying
She said run here my daughter, fall down on your knees
Run here daughter, fall down on your knees
Won't you sing, Nearer My God to Thee
Nearer my God to Thee
I said Nearer my God to Thee
Nearer my God to Thee
Fell down on my knees and I began to moan
I fell right down and I began to moan
Yes dear mother, I tried to sing that song
But the tears rolled down like the showers of rain
And the tears rolled down my face like showers of rain
Goodbye mother, I won't see you again
And I ran away with this pain in my heart
And I ran away with pain in my heart
Cause I had no mother there to take my part
I'm a wayward girl, I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl, hey
Cause I had no mother there to take my part
Nearer my God to Thee
I'm a wayward girl
Cause I had no mother there to take my part
I'm a wayward girl, I'm a wayward girl
Nearer my God to Thee
I'm a wayward girl, I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl