When you go down to Deep Elem just to have a little fun Better have your fifteen dollars when the policeman comes Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues Now once I knew a preacher Preached the Bible through and through He went down to Deep Elem now his preachin' days are through Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues [ sax ] When you go down to Deep Elem put your money in your pants The women in Deep Elem they don't give a man a chance Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues [ guitar ] If you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your shoes Them gals down in Deep Elem got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues