Smotherman - Keys & Vocal /
Gary Schreiner -Harmonica, Strings /
J. Walter Hawkes - Trombone /
Greg Cohen - Tic Tac Bass /
Jim McNamara- Bass /
Drums - Russ Meissner /
Mixed By Andy Baldwin /
Recorded & Produced by Radigan @ Catherine The Great Studios Brooklyn, NY
Lyrics
I'm headed way down river
I'm getting off in New Orleans
My daddy said beware
They got low downs there
Cut the pockets right out of your jeans
Oh how my mama cried, knowing I'd
Have to find out for myself
Got me near a hundred dollars
And the card and number of a man
Said he loved the way I played
If I was to make my way
On down, he'd hire me in his band
Oh how my mama cried, knowing I'd
Have to find out for myself
I'don't want to pick no more cotton,
Wear me no hand-me-down clothes
Work my whole life at the bottom
Wake up one day, and I'm old
Well, Grandma give me this little bible
And my brother lent me his guitar
He said go out and make your name
Get you some fortune and fame
Come home driving a big fine car
Oh how my mama cried, knowing I'd
Have to find out for myself
Written by Micheal Smotherman/Songcatcher Music, Inc. ASCAP