When Can I Change My Clothes - Bukka White

When Can I Change My Clothes

Never will forget the day when they had me in Parchman jail
Would no one even come and go my bail

I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes

So many days I would be sitting down
I would be sitting down looking down on my clothes

I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes

So many days when the days would be cold
They would carry me out in the rain and cold

I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes

So many days when the days would be cold
You could stand and look at the convict tow

I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes

So many days I would be walking down the road
I could hardly walk with looking down on my clothes

I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes

Never will forget that day when they taken my clothes
Taken my citizen's clothes and throwed away them away

I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes