Black Rose

Way down in Louisiana amongst the tall grown sugar canes

Lived a simple man and a domineerin' hen and a rose of a different name

The first time I fell lightly I was standing in the drizzlin' rain

With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin and a rose of a different name

The devil made me do it the first time the second time I done it on my own

Lord put a handle on a simple handed man and help me leave that black rose alone

[ harmonica ]

When the devil made that woman Lord she threw the pattern away

She was built for speed with the tools you need to make a new fool every day

Way down deep and dirty on the darker side of shame

You caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin with a rose of a different name

The devil made me do it the first time...

The devil made me do it the first time...

[ guitar - harmonica ]