When Can I Change My Clothes

Won't forget that day on Parchman jail
Wouldn't nobody come and go my bail
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes

I remember the day when it was cold
They carried me out in to the rain and snow
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes

I remember when it was cold
I couldn't work for looking down on my convict clothes
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes

I remember when it was cold
I was working out there in my convict clothes
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes

Never forget that day when they took my clothes
Took my citizen clothes and throw them away
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes
Well I wonder how long before I can change my clothes

Written by Bukka White (Booker T. Washington White) Published by Wabash Music Company
Mark Cole: vocals, slide guitar, zither. Rick Edwards: guitar. Marty Fitzgibbon: washboard, kick drum
Prison song sample used under Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0
Recorded at Plump Hill Studios. Engineered by Aaron Taylor