[Spoken]
I ain't played for nobody in years
I wanted me some kids, a whole mess of 'em
But for Rose, my wife, kids is for another time

Then one spring
I seent the change in her
Her breasts started swelling up
Couple of mornings, hear her in the bathroom throwing up
I done seen it in other women before
So I knew

Then one day
Rose said she had to go to Jackson
Visit her folks
And she ain't wanted me to go
So I stayed here

You know how they talk about a woman having that glow?
She didn't have it no more
She done cut it out
Got rid of it

That voice in my head
Every time I think it's gone
It comes howling back
Calls me when I'm ailing
When I can't find my way home
Lost in the pines
I calls it the Black Snake Moan

[sung]
Mmmmmmmmmm
Black snake all in my room
Mmmmmmmmmm
Black snake all in my room
Some pretty mamma
Better get this black snake soon

Black snake is evil
Black snake is all I see
Black snake is evil
Black snake is all I see

Woke up this morning
Black snake moved in on me