Letra de Grits & Eggs/Blue Me

GRITS & EGGS I was born fat, stupid, and crippled In a little plywood shack that we called home With my fourteen brothers and sisters We were poor but were never alone There was not much food in the pantry (in the pantry) There were other things in other people's homes But we were thankful for what we were given And dreamed of things that someday we might own Grits & eggs, salt-meat, and some poultry (and some poultry) That was all that we ever had Times got bad (times got bad) But we weren't sad (no we weren't sad) But we weren't glad, Lord knows, we weren't glad BLUE ME Well, a big old gully-washer Just washed my home away Missing is my daughter She just stepped outside to play Blue me (blue me), blue me (blue me) Blue me (blue me), blue me I'm so blue, blue, blue Well, Clifford tried to save her But he couldn't swim a lick He got as far as he could Then he grabbed onto a stick Blue me (blue me), blue me (blue me Blue me (blue me), blue me I'm so blue, blue, blue A vacationing Airman Was swimming very near He'd had CPR training But to him it wasn't clear Blue me (blue me), blue me (blue me) Blue me (blue me), blue me I'm so blue, blue, blue I'm so blue, blue, blue I'm so blue, blue, blue