Mother Hubbard's Blues - Ray Wylie Hubbard

Baby’s got a do rag on her head

An old banjo’s under the bed

She hates the damn thing

But she sure enough loves them blues

She says yelling at a flower don’t make it bloom

It’s sunlight and water and elbow room

But even a rose has got to pay some dues

Now the Cross Canadian Ragweed band

Call her Mother Hubbard you understand

The reason is that’s what and who she is

This mother knows the value of vapor rub

A belief in God and overdubs

And that good tone is more important than the show or the biz

Show business is a heartbreaking thing

But if you got good tone you can get through the gig

Soul Gravy and literature is some of what she prefers

Her old Lucky jeans and analog

She comes to bed in a negligee

Just to discuss Cinema Verite'

She’s the only woman I know that likes Reservoir Dogs

I mean I liked it but there was some scenes in there that kind of skived me out

Well I got two nickels and a paradigm

It ain’t spelled right but it rhymes

I’m getting desperate I’m about to derail

One more thing one last confession

The mother asks some touch questions

Like when Jesus went to heaven did he leave a vapor trail?

Uh, well I don’t rightly know, well that’s too deep for me

Baby’s got a do rag on her head

An old banjo’s under the bed

She hates the damn thing

But she sure enough loves them blues