Hesitation Blues

Author: Michael J. Redding (aka hank49)

Well, they throweed me into jail
With my back to the wall
A long tounged mama was the cause of it all
I'd rather sleep in the woods ina hollow log
Before I lay with you and let you treat me like a dog

Won't you tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get away now or must I hesitate?

She throwed my hat out the window
And my clothes out the door
'Gonna get another woman I don't want her any more
She spends my money
'Till the last long dime
A'cussin' and a'fussin' and a'fightin' all the time

Won't you tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get away now or must I hesitate?

Well I'm runnin' down the road
With my hat in my hand
Lookin' for a woman who's a'lookin' for a man
Now I ain't the doctor
Just the doctor's son
But I can ease your pain until the doctor come

Won't you tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get away now or must I hesitate?

Now come here, mama
Pin a rose on me
There's a sweet little woman that I'm a'gonna see
A hesitatin' papa
With the hesitating blues
Found a hesitating mama that he can't afford to lose

Won't you tell me how long do I have to wait?
Can I get away now or must I hesitate?