It's Nobody's Fault But Mine

by Blind Willie Johnson recording of 19 from Complete Recordings of Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia C2K-52835) Nobody's fault but mine, nobody's fault but mine If I don't read it my soul be lost I have a bible in my home, I have a bible in my home If I don't read it my soul be lost Mmm, father he taught me how to read, father he taught me how to read If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine Ah, Lord, Lord, nobody's fault but mine If I don't read it my soul be lost Ah, I have a bible of my own, I have a bible of my own If I don't read it my soul be lost Oh, mother she taught me how to read, mother she taught me how to read If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine Ah, Lord, Lord, nobody's fault but mine If I don't read it my soul be lost And sister she taught me how to read, sister she taught me how to read If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine Ah, mmm, Lord, Lord, nobody's fault but mine If I don't read it my soul'd be lost, mmm

 

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