Lyrics:

2005**lf**Writer(s): Merle Haggard**lf****lf**The old man paid no mind to color**lf**''Cause he knew that I''d been down and out**lf**Old Joe said that I was a soul brother**lf**From the things I''d been singin'' about.**lf****lf**Well, he liked like I played my old guitar**lf**So, he sat down beside me to sing**lf**And together, we hummed out an old timey blues**lf**Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, do-dee-dang**lf****lf**From the same side a railroad track**lf**Where people have nothing to lose**lf**I''m the son of a gambler who''s luck never came**lf**A white man singin'' the blues.**lf****lf**Well, we''d both done a heap of hard livin''**lf**And hard to discribe in a song**lf**But the blues was one thing we both understood**lf**And the old man hummed right along.**lf****lf**From the same side of the railroad track**lf**Where people have nothing to lose**lf**I''m the son of a gambler who''s luck never came**lf**A white man singin'' the blues.**lf****lf**From the same side of the railroad track**lf**Where people have nothing to lose**lf**I''m the son of a gambler who''s luck never came**lf**And a white man singin'' the blues.**lf****lf**Instramental**lf****lf**Now, the old man paid no mind to color**lf**''Cause he knew that I''d been down and out**lf**Old Joe said that I was a soul brother**lf**From the things I''d been singin'' about.