Alger "Texas" Alexander - Bottom's Blues lyrics

Take me out of this bottom, 'fore the high water rise Take me out of this bottom, people, before the high water rise You know I ain't no Christian man and I don't want to be baptized I went to church this morning, and they called on me to pray I went to church this morning, Lord, they called on me to pray I fell down on my knees and forgot just what to say I cried, "Lord, my Father, Lord, our kingdom come" "Lord, my Father, Father, Lord, our kingdom come" "If you got any womens in Heaven, will you please, sir, save me one?" Dear God, I never been to Heaven, but a black man sure been told Lord, I never been to Heaven, black man sure been told They got women up there, they got their mouths crammed full of gold I want to build me a Heaven, Lord, a kingdom of my own Build me a Heaven, Lord, a kingdom of my own So all these brownskin women can cluster around my throne You know a married woman, married woman, is the best woman ever been born I say a married woman is the best woman ever born Only trouble I have, tryin' to keep my woman at home