Lyrics to
Walking Blues

This version of Walking Blues was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1971.

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I woke up this mornin
Feelin round for my shoes
Know bout at I got these
Old walkin blues
Woke up this mornin
Feelin round oh for my shoes
But you know bout at I got these
Old walkin blues
Lord I feel like blowin my
Woh-old lonesome home
Got up this mornin, my little
Bernice was gone , Lord
I feel like blowoon my
Lonesome home
Well, I got up this mornin
Woh-all I had was gone
Well-ah leave this mornin if I have to
Woh ride the blind ah
I’ve feel mistreated and I
Don’t mind dyin
Levin this mornin ah
I have to ride a blind
Babe, I been mistreated
Baby, I don’t mind dyin
Well, some people tell em that the worried
Wblues ain’t bad
Worst old feelin I most
Ever had
Some people tell me that these
Old worried, old blues ain’t bad
Its the worst old feelin,
I most ever had
She got a
Elgin movement from her head down
To her toes
Break in on a dollar most anywhere
She goes, ooo oooooooooo
To her head down to her toes

Oh honey
Lord, she break in on a dollar
Most anywhere she goes

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About Lyrics and Walking Blues by Bonnie Raitt

The lyrics to Walking Blues are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bonnie Raitt used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Walking Blues have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bonnie Raitt and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Walking Blues by Bonnie Raitt. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Walking Blues" means the words set to the music of Walking Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Walking Blues and the lyrics to Walking Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Walking Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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