[00:17.400] Seen the arrow on the doorpost [00:23.580] Saying, "This land is condemned“ [00:31.400] All the way from New Orleans [00:37.400] To Jerusalem" [00:42.580] I traveled through East Texas [00:49.580] Where many martyrs fell [00:55.400] And I know no one can sing the blues [01:00.580] Like Blind Willie McTell [01:10.400] Well, I heard that hoot owl singing [01:17.580] As they were taking down the tents [01:24.400] The stars above the barren trees [01:29.400] Were his only audience [01:35.400] Them charcoal gypsy maidens [01:42.400] Can strut their feathers well [01:48.400] But nobody can sing the blues [01:53.400] Like Blind Willie McTell [02:03.400] See them big plantations burning [02:09.400] Hear the cracking of the whips [02:15.400] Smell that sweet magnolia blooming [02:20.400] See the ghosts of slavery ships [02:26.400] I can hear them tribes a-moaning [02:34.400] Hear that undertaker's bell [02:40.400] Nobody can sing the blues [02:45.400] Like Blind Willie McTell [02:51.400] There's a woman by the river [02:57.400] With some fine young handsome man [03:03.400] He's dressed up like a squire [03:10.400] Bootlegged whiskey in his hand [03:15.400] There's a chain gang on the highway [03:22.400] I can hear them rebels yell [03:27.580] And I know no one can sing the blues [03:33.500] Like Blind Willie McTell [04:06.400] Well, God is in His heaven [04:14.400] And we all want what's his [04:20.400] But power and greed and corruptible seed [04:25.400] Seem to be all that there is [04:31.400] I'm gazing out the window [04:38.400] Of the St.james Hotel [04:44.400] And I know no one can sing the blues [04:50.400] Like Blind Willie McTell