"cold, cold blues"

De blues done ovahtook me
like a raincloud takes the sky
dey rolls acrost my mis'ry
like that final last goodbye
woke up Sunday mawnin'
felt like Monday aft'anoon
'been drankin' heartache highballs
'been cryin' to the moon
de blues done ovahtook me
turned lovin' into grief
a gambler stole my baby
like a lowdown sneakin' thief
dat woman she was fickle
she want ever thang she see
dat tinhorn showed his money
and she fell plumb out wif me
de blues ain't got no fav'rites
de gets on dem dats down
dey dresses you in mis'ry
den dey shows you to de town
de blues, de made of sadness
of lonesomeness and pain
dey takes yo' dark confusion
and makes it be so plain
de blues was born from lovers
a long, long time ago
dey waitin' in de shadows
dey jumps when heartaches show