Have you ever been lonely Have you ever been mean Did ya' ever ride muddy waters Down in New Orleans Ya' know my sister got barried before she was twelve Now she's shovin' her dreams in a jar on a shelf I've never been one to get caught out in the rain That's why i'm goin' to the back woods To watch the old man shake the bones Again and again and again Heavy on the lightnin' Every drop is a meal The law never pays no mind To the fires in the field Cajun man's got his still on It burns through the night When the morning breaks through He's clean outta' sight slapped so hard when I was born I punched a hole in the world Then I brought on a storm People talk about me They say that I am strange Dontcha' go on believin' em' I'm as clean as two hundred proof grain