Gout Toe Pain Blues - A Song for Gout Sufferers on Dobro

A song about a "bout with gout". Dwight tells a story and sings a song he wrote about his recent camping trip to Moab where he came down with gout.

Toe Pain Blues Lyrics

Gonna tell you a story of sufferin'
Gonna sing you the blues
I may not look like a man in pain
But if you could walk a mile in my shoes
No I haven't lost my job, my house or my car
My woman didn't leave me with a broken heart
Those people have no idea what true pain is about
You just don't know how it feels to be a man with gout

We hiked all day
Something just wasn't right
And then in the tent where I lay
Couldn't sleep through the night
I said, Kristy there's something I've been keeping back
Something swelling and throbbing down in my sleeping sack
She opened her eyes in fear until I told her the cold plain truth
Then she understood that I got some serious toe pain blues

The slightest movement was pure pain galore
Then she said I've never driven a truck or on a 4-wheel road before
She packed the tent and loaded up the gear
And off we went with my foot suspended in the air

If you want to camp out -- you just can't get gout -- toe pain
Don't forget this fact -- I have to drive you back -- toe pain
she don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie -- toe pain

Now I've tried cherry juice
Poured myself a nightly glass
It don't cure the toe pain blues
It just gives me wicked gas
Vitamin C, alfalfa, calcium -- I've tried them all
Now I can't eat meat, now I can't drink alcohol
And being sober -- just don't seem to help the main issue
'Cuz there's just no gettin' over -- these toe pain blues

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Gout
• Arthritis
• Toe
• Pain
• Blues
• Symptoms
• treatment
• Dwight
• Mark
• Dobro
• Bottleneck
• Slide
• Guitar
• Highlands
• House
• Concerts
• Denver
• Moab
• cure
• resophonic
• resonator
• cherry
• juice
• relief
• remedy

[KAMANDAGdad]

Awesome! Great song. You play the guitar like no other I've seen. Good thing your gout is not on your knuckles. (Yeah...I've been getting gout attacks since I was 8 yrs old. I'm 37 now.)

[soulstrung]

Thanks for the nice comments...

I can't imagine a life of gout... I hope I can bring a few minutes of relief to all of those suffers through this song...

Check out some videos of Kraig Kenning - he's the greatest direct influence on my slide guitar playing and he's completely amazing. Also have picked up some things from the incredible Mary Flower too.

[peadee66]

That is a wicked song and good playing and singing too! How/where did you learn to play?

[soulstrung]

I learned a lot from hanging out with my friend Kraig Kenning... check out his videos and you will learn too!

[drunkonshine]

ive got gout too it really hurts enjoyed your song we people with gout go thru a lot more pain than most people think we do ,i work at a produce stand here in north carolina U.S.A. i remember one morning my oldest brother wonted me to open up for bussiness that day i told him i was hurting so bad i dont even think i can get out of bed but i will try and it hurt my feelings when he said well hurry up if you cant walk over here crawl over here ..to me that just wasnt right of him at all ..

[PacoBell]

Wow, this song is wicked funny. I got my first gout attack a few last week. I'm 30. Shoulda figured it was inevitable, given that both my mom and my dad's side of the family both suffered from this accursed malady. Even worse, I'm a total foodie. Cutting back on the victuals I love is gonna be even more painful than these blasted uric acid crystals :(

[moonstomp]

thank you for your temporary relief no matter how short!

"Those people have no idea what true pain is about " amen brother!

[kxtone]

LOL!!!!! Great song. "Toe pain blues" awesome! I think for those who have gout can really relate to this. I know I can... that "toe pain blues......" OUCH!!!!!!

[readysetrise]

Outstanding! Thanks for the song. :)

[mynameisketchup]

I don't know the feeling of gout but I can feel the song. that is an awesome sound you are making. keep it up.

[akman6797]

Oh brother I know what your going through good song

[crypto99999]

i love your song

[sgtpeezda]

@KAMANDAGdad WOW u suffered gout since u were 8...:(

I suffered it since for 3 years now on both toes.

Where do u suffer it.

I CAN T FUCK STAND DA PAIN OF GOUT

[varscht]

You can tell your sister that I don't believe in writer's block anymore either lol