Ghost Lee Waters - Debt Collector Blues

Bills on the table, blood in the mail. Yeah, bills on the table, blood in the mail. World keep collectin’ on me, but I already been through hell. They knock on my door, say, “Sir, you still owe.” They knock on my door, say, “Sir, you still owe.” I say, “You can take my name, but my soul’s long ago.” Got them debt collector blues, and they don’t take cash. Got them debt collector blues, yeah, they come to repossess my past. Ain’t no credit in the graveyard, but they’ll find me there at last. I done paid in sweat, paid in pain. Lord, I done paid in sweat, paid in pain. They still sendin’ invoices with my mama’s name. Don’t matter what I give, they keep the books unclean. You can’t buy peace on no machine. When the ledger hits zero, that’s when I’ll be free, when the dirt covers me. Got them debt collector blues, come due every dawn. Yeah, them debt collector blues, keep draggin’ me on. I done paid this world in full, but the bill keeps comin’ on.