I spend a lifetime
tryin' to decipher
Charley Patton songs.
I don't know why I bother--
even if I think it's right,
it always comes out wrong.

But I'm old enough,
old enough to know why.
You're still young enough,
young enough to still try,
still try.

I keep on pushin';
forcin' through it,
'til I'm knackered out.
I know how you're feelin'
even though I've never been
that far south

But I'm old enough,
old enough to know why.
You're still young enough,
young enough to still try,
you still try.

& I been lookin' in New York,
I been lookin' in Chicago,
I been lookin' in New Orleans
I can't find you.
I been lookin' in Detroit,
I been lookin' in Los Angeles,
I been lookin' in Louisville,
I cannot find you.

Well, I'm old enough,
old enough to know why.
Yeah, you're still young enough,
young enough to still try,
you still try.

I been lookin' in New York,
I been lookin' in Chicago,
I been lookin' in New Orleans,
I can't find you.
I been lookin' in Detroit,
I been lookin' in Los Angeles,
I been lookin' in Louisville,
I cannot find you.
I been lookin' in the lonely States,
I been lookin' in Philadelphia,
I been lookin' in Memphis,
I cannot find you,
I cannot find you.