The Blues Came In

I got 20 Silk Cut and no light

A river full of fish that won’t bite

I'm happily married but something ain't right

That's why they call it "The Blues"

Blind Boy Fuller, Washboard Sam

Neither of them’s as blue as I am

Memphis Minnie, Memphis Slim

I’d trade places with her or him

With her or him

The blues came in, slept with my wife

Cut her to pieces, planted the knife

Found me guilty, sentenced to hang

If you didn't want the blues well, you shouldn't have sang, sang, sang

Well, you shouldn't have sang

I won the golden ticket but with no bank

Paid me in pennies, my heart just sank

Had to leave the house in a Chieftain Tank

That's why they call it "The Blues"

Sonny Boy Williamson, one and two

Kept their takings in the sole of their shoe

Notes in the front, coins in the heel

I ain’t got neither I’m the real blues deal

I’m the real blues deal

The blues came in, slept with my wife

Cut her to pieces, planted the knife

Found me guilty, sentenced to hang

If you didn't want the blues well, you shouldn't have sang, sang, sang

Well, you shouldn't have sang

Pinetop Smith, J.B. Lenoir

Shot in the stomach, killed in a car

With the blues in the room, it gets kinda dark

Just stick out your hand and pick up your harp

If the blues came in, it won't knock at your door

In the still of the night with a circular saw

A circular saw, a noose for your neck

If you see the blues coming

You’re hitting the deck

The blues came in, slept with my wife

Cut her to pieces, planted the knife

Found me guilty, sentenced to hang

If you didn't want the blues well, you shouldn't have sang, sang, sang

You shouldn't have sang