When Can I Change My Clothes - Bukka White

Artist: Bukka White
Album: The Complete Sessions 1930-1940
Label: Travelin' Man
Year: 1976
Song Title: When Can I Change My Clothes
Duration: 03:02
Track #: 05


When Can I Change My Clothes

Never will forget that day when they had me in Parchman Jail,
Would no one even come and go my bail,
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes,
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes.

So many days I would be sittin' down,
I would be sittin' down lookin' down on my clothes,
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes,
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes.

So many days when the day would be cold,
They would carry me out into rain and cold,
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes,
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes.

So many days when the day would be cold,
You can stand and look at the convicts' toes,
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes,
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes.

So many days I would be walkin' down the road,
I can hardly walk for lookin' down on my clothes,
I wonder how long before I can change my clothes,
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes.

Never will forget that day when they taken my clothes,
Taken my citizen's cloths and throw them away,
Wonder how long before I can change my clothes,
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes.