Dad was my hero, God called him away; Mama was lonely and I was afraid. With no one to lean on, I turned to the booze; hard
times come early when youre born with the blues.
Railroads were leaving, and airplanes were in; a great war was brewing, about to begin. Hungry and lonesome, nothing to
lose; raised in a boxcar and born with the blues.
Born with the Blues, trouble in mind; smoking and drinking, by the time I was 9. In debt from the start, still paying my
dues; crazy and lonely, and born with the blues.
In spite of the cocaine, in spite of it all, God gave me a woman to cushion the fall. Youre like Paul of the Bible:
spreading good news. A man on a journey born with the blues.
Born with the Blues, trouble in mind; smoking and drinking, by the time I was 9. In debt from the start, still paying my
dues; crazy and lonely, and born with the blues.
Crazy and lonely and born with the blues
times come early when youre born with the blues.
Railroads were leaving, and airplanes were in; a great war was brewing, about to begin. Hungry and lonesome, nothing to
lose; raised in a boxcar and born with the blues.
Born with the Blues, trouble in mind; smoking and drinking, by the time I was 9. In debt from the start, still paying my
dues; crazy and lonely, and born with the blues.
In spite of the cocaine, in spite of it all, God gave me a woman to cushion the fall. Youre like Paul of the Bible:
spreading good news. A man on a journey born with the blues.
Born with the Blues, trouble in mind; smoking and drinking, by the time I was 9. In debt from the start, still paying my
dues; crazy and lonely, and born with the blues.
Crazy and lonely and born with the blues