Terry Pearson - Bottom Land Blues Lyrics

I'm gonna climb up to a mountain top
And I'm leavin' the blues behind
Just help yourself to my things if you want
I just need a little peace of mind

I'm gonna climb up where the skies are clear
The Devil can keep his lousy town
Gonna push right through those mean ol' clouds
And I ain't ever comin' back down

It rained pretty hard, and the river rose up
It took out the turnips, and it took out the beans
The fence washed out, and the hog nearly drowned
And my house took to floatin' downstream

But a man don't complain in the bottomland towns
Don't you ever hang a sorrowful head
If they think you're weak you be stoned in the street
And they won't let up till you're dead

Whoa whoa whoa whoa
I just need a place to hide
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Gonna climb right up that mountainside

You ain't got a prayer in the bottomland towns
If you do, then you sure better yell
I don't know if the Lord can hear you down there
You're practically sittin' on Hell

But I'm getting' on out of this muddy ol' bog
The mountain, she calls to me
She says "Come up here boy. Get away from that town
That ain't how a life should be"

Whoa whoa whoa whoa
I just need a place to hide
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Gonna climb right up that mountainside