Port City Blues

Verse 1

I pulled my shrimp boat up on the beach
And started Singin' Port City Blues.
And soon people started comin' around
To hear me sing Port City Blues.

So my shrimp boat soon became a stage
For Singin' my Port City Blues.
And the shrimping's gotten harder, but it's all the rage
To hear me sing Port City Blues.

Chorus 1

Port Aransas, Port Lavaca, Port Isabel,
And a dozen places in between.
Yeah, the shrimpin's down to scrapin' by, but life is good
Just as long as I can sing.

Port O'Connor, Freeport, Port Mansfield, and
A dozen places in between.
Yeah, the shrimpin's down to scrapin' by, but life is good
Just as long as I can sing.
Just as long as I can sing.

Verse 2

I went away to Houston and I got a gig
Singin' my Port City Blues.
And Houston's kinda friendly but it's very big
And soon I really did have the blues.

So I went back home to my shrimp boat stage
Singin' my Port City Blues.
And folks'll come from Houston 'cause it's all the rage
To hear me sing Port City Blues.

Chorus 2

Corpus Christi, Texas City and Galveston,
And a dozen places in between.
Yeah, the shrimpin's down to scrapin' by, but life is good
Just as long as I can sing.

Matagorda, Rockport, Port Bolivar,
And a dozen places in between.
Yeah, the shrimpin's down to scrapin' by, but life is good
Just as long as I can sing.
Just as long as I can sing.

Verse 3

Well, my cousin Jimmy took another way
With his boat when the shrimpin' failed.
He took a long trip south, and the Coast Guard says
That his cargo didn't have shrimp tails.

I'll be sittin' down here on my shrimp boat stage
Singin' my Port City Blues.
Even Jimmy heard in prison that it's all the rage
To hear me sing Port City Blues.

Chorus 3

Seadrift, Seabrook, Port Arthur, and
A dozen places in between.
Yeah, the shrimpin's down to scrapin' by, but life is good
Just as long as I can sing.

Aransas Pass, Brownsville, Palacios and,
A dozen places in between.
Yeah, the shrimpin's down to scrapin' by, but life is good
Just as long as I can sing.
Just as long as I can sing.

Verse 4

Bless my soul, is that a hurricane
Comin' messin' with the things I do?
Up-coast, down-coast, all the same
Port Cities gonna sing the blues.

I landed two blocks inland on my shrimp boat stage
Singin' my Port City Blues.
And a hurricane won't stop me, only fueled the rage
To hear me sing Port City Blues.

Chorus 4/CODA

Port Aransas, Port Lavaca, Port Isabel,
And a dozen places in between.
Yeah, the shrimpin's down to scrapin' by, but life is good
Just as long as I can sing.
Just as long as I can sing.

Just as long as I can sing (Port City),
Just as long as I can sing (Port City),
Just as long as I can sing (Port City),
Just as long as I can sing.