Trouble
Josh White and the Carolinians
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Well, I always been in trouble
Cause I'm a black skin man
Said I hit a white man
Locked me in the can
They took me to the stockade
Wouldn't give me no trial
Judge said, "You black boy
Forty years on the hard rock pile."
Trouble, trouble
Sure won't make me stay
Trouble, trouble
Jailbreak due someday
Wearin' cold iron shackles
From my head down to my knees
And that mean old keeper
He's all time kickin' me
I went up to the walker
And the head boss too
Said, "You big white folks
Please see what you can do."
Sheriff winked at the policeman
Said, "I won't forget you nohow
You better come back and see me again, boy
About forty years from now."
Went back to the walker
Looked at me and said
"Don't you worry about forty
Cause in five years you'll be dead."
Trouble, trouble
Makes me weep and moan
Trouble, trouble
Ever since I's born
Trouble, trouble
Sure won't make me stay
Trouble, trouble
Jailbreak due someday