You have to imagine Bob Dylan 'singing' to a Muddy Waters-style "Mannish Boy" riff... It's a work in progress, and like Bob himself, you can add and change verses. I have several more in my head... We played it after to worship on Sunday - thanks Titus, Duncan and David for indulging me.
Forty days of purpose
Forty days of pain
Forty days of wandering
in a desert with no name
Forty days of hunger
Forty days of thirst
Forty days of struggle
Wondering who is coming first?
Forty days of questions
Forty days to choose
Forty days of suffering
Forty days of blues
He got the blues
He got the blues
He got the post-baptismal, messianic, wilderness blues
Forty days of wrestling
with the devils in my head
Forty days not knowing
whether I'm alive or dead
Forty days of doubting
Forty days of truth
Forty days of wishing
that I could relive my youth
I got the blues
I got the blues
I got the post-baptismal, postmodern wilderness blues
Bridge:
Running of the parliament's a capital offence
Bishops and monsignors got a ministry of defence
Lady mining magnate's got the Treasury by the tail
Seekers of asylum - they'd be better off in gaol
We got the blues
We got the blues
We got the pre-election, greenhouse, royal commission wilderness blues
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