I Will Turn Your Money Green
Green Transformation: Love, Money, and Troubles in Furry Lewis' Blues
Lyrics
When I was in Missouri
Reflecting on a past time in Missouri
Would not let me be
Feeling restricted or oppressed in Missouri
Wouldn't rest content
Expressing discontent until reaching Tennessee
'Till I came to Tennessee
Highlighting the significance of coming to Tennessee
If you follow me baby
Offering a promise to make someone wealthy
I'll turn your money green
Claiming the ability to turn someone's money into prosperity
I show you more money
Promising to reveal greater wealth than Rockefeller
Rockerfeller ever seen
If the river was whiskey
Expressing a desire to avoid a problematic situation
Baby and I was a duck
Committing to staying away from trouble
I'd dive to the bottom
Emphasizing a commitment to avoiding trouble
Lord and I'd never come up
Lord the woman I hate
Contrasting with the distant woman he loves
I see her every day
But the woman I love
Referring to a cherished woman as being far away
She's so far away
Talk about *sweetheart*
Claiming honesty in relationships
I declare I'm a honest man
Revealing a significant financial contribution
Give my woman so many dollars
Describing the impact of giving money on the relationship
It broke her apron string
All she give me was trouble
Indicating ongoing troubles and constant distress
I'm troubled all the time
Reflecting on a prolonged period of trouble
I been troubled so long
Stating that troubles no longer bother the mind
Trouble don't worry my mind
I been down so long
Comparing a long period of difficulty to an upward trajectory
It seem like up to me
Revealing the abandonment by the loved one
Woman I love
She done quit poor me
Expressing the futility of calling out and crying
What's the need of me hollering
What's the need of me crying
Questioning the necessity of expressing distress
Woman I love
Emphasizing the emotional neglect from the loved one
She don't pay me no mind
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