Ghost Lee Waters - Refused At The Crossroads Blues

I went down to the crossroads, Midnight rain beatin’ on my head. I went down to the crossroads, Midnight rain beatin’ on my back. Begged the Devil for mercy, But he just laughed at me from the black. Went to the crossroads, But the devil wouldn’t make a deal with me. Said, “Man, your soul is already gone, Ain’t no plea left, can’t nothing set you free.” I took that midnight highway, Down where the neon bleeds. I took that midnight highway, Carried all my sorrow, And a pocket full of need. I called out to the Devil, But he just laughed at me. Went to the crossroads, But the devil wouldn’t make a deal with me. Said, “Man, your soul is already gone, Ain’t no plea left, can’t nothing set you free.” I offered gold, I offered whiskey, I begged him for mercy, And offered blood from my own hand. Yeah, I begged him for mercy, But he just shook his head and said, “You’re a shadow of a man.” Now the wind, it howls like mournin’, Gravel grindin’ under my shoes. Even hell won’t claim me, darlin’, I’m the man the Devil refused. Went to the crossroads, But the devil wouldn’t make a deal with me. Yeah, I went to the crossroads, But the devil wouldn’t make a deal with me. Said, “Man, your soul is already gone, Ain’t no plea left, can’t nothing set you free.”