crippled blues


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By droopy on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 04:21 am:

    don't you tell me "sing a happy tune"
    or "gather rosebuds in the month of june"
    not when i know that trouble's comin' soon
    (and it will - i'm a chronic for that bitter pill)
    the weary world is just too damn cruel
    luck unfaithful and trouble rules
    and if you're thinkin' different,pal, you're a fool
    (because that's the way it's gonna be till your dyin' day)
    loooooooooord!
    you need the patience of Job and a jug o' whiskey
    to chase those blues away
    when a man's born to trouble
    and the sparks fly high to sear the day

    and then you know you're down so low
    there's nothin' left to lose
    like when a beggar can sing to a pickpocket
    those crippled blues

    the march of time won't ever cut you slack
    but weigh you down just like a cement sack
    or a certain straw on a camel's back
    (either way, you're gonna find one day)
    that now your back is broke and bent
    and the blues has got the sentiment
    you HAVE to sing to your heart's discontent
    every day...when there ain't no other way
    to beat those
    mean
    nasty
    lowdown
    heartbreakin' blues
    such as comes to the soul
    sometimes in the nighttime
    sometimes in the day, just to say:

    now you know, yer down so low
    there's nothin' left to lose
    like when a beggar can sing to a pickpocket
    those crippled blues.


By droopy on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 02:25 pm:

    i think i'm going to change the name of this tune to "these are my blues and if you don't like them you can fuck off" for the album.


By Spider on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 02:39 pm:

    Speaking of teases...what album, you cheeky monkey?


By droopy on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 10:23 pm:

    the album i'm going to make even if i only make one copy that they find among my belongings after i die.

    the lyrics to this tune have changed a little since i wrote them down here. i forgot about the "chronic for the bitter pill" line. i think that'll be the name of the album.

    cheeky monkey?

    i saw craig ferguson live at the bass hall in fort worth - literally up the street from me.


By Dougie on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 09:57 am:

    How was Craig Ferguson, droop? Did you like him?


By droopy on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 02:17 pm:

    i liked him. his act was pretty much the same thing as his talk show monologue with the swear words left in: he did a sean connery impression, talked about his penis, all texans have guns, etc.


By droopy on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 09:39 pm:

    the phrase "to love me is to damn me, to hate me is to set me free" doesn't show up in a google search. maybe someday it will.


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