If you don’t care if 6 was 9
If you don’t wanna pay the dime
If you don’t have time to spare
If you still bitchin’ that the world ain't fair
Then I guess buddy, it ain't news
You got the dirty lowdown Delta blues

After all you done you’re back at the start
Somebody’s playing dice with your heart
Thought you was hip but you wasn’t smart
Thought you was cool but you’re an easy mark
And when your only friend is glass of booze
You got the dirty lowdown Delta blues

No one told me you could get so down
Let a girl treat you like you was a clown
Wandering around this filthy old town
Searching for something that’s cold and brown
Face in the mirror but you don’t know whose
You got the dirty lowdown Delta blues

I was once a man like you
All I wanted was smoke and booze
Swore off women nothing to lose
But I pulled myself up by the string of my shoes
And learned for myself a new attitude
You don’t have to sing the dirty lowdown Delta blues