Sleepy John Estes — Lawyer Clark Blues lyrics

Lyrics

Now got offices in town: resident out on *Sentry* Road
He got a nice little lake: right inside the grove
But you know I like Mr Clark: yes he really is my friend
He say if I just stay out of the: he see that I won’t go to the pen
Now Mr Clark is a lawyer: his youngest brother is too
When the battles get hot: he tell him just what to do Now he lawyers for the rich: he lawyers for the poor
He don’t try to rob nobody: just bring *along to the
store*
Now once I got in trouble: you know I was going to take
a ride
He didn’t let it reach the courthouse: he kept it on the
outside
Now Mr Clark is a good lawyer: he good as I ever seen
He the first man that proved: that water run upstream