(Hoyt Axton)

 

I lost my eyes in a blacksmith shop in the year of '76

While working on a revolver and it was out of six

Well, I am so sad and lonely and I am condemned to roam

Well, I am a blind fiddler I'm a great long ways from home.



I've been down to Knoxville had a talk with Dr Lane

He operated on one of my eyes but nothing could he gain

Hmm, oh, I'm so sad and lonely and I am condemned to roam

Well, I am a blind fiddler I'm a great long ways from home.



I've got a wife and three little kids depending now on me

They're sharin' all my troubles wherever they may be

Mhm, oh, I hope that they'll be careful as through this life they roam

'Cause I am a blind fiddler and I cannot help them none.



And I lost my eyes in a blacksmith shop in the year of '76

While working on a revolver and it was out of six

Well, I am so sad and lonely and I am condemned to roam

Well, I am a blind fiddler I'm a great long ways from home.



Well, I am a blind fiddler I'm a great long ways from home...