Me And The Blues

Lyric: Ted Koehler
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1946
Original publisher: Harry Warren Music, Inc.

Verse:

When love walked out on me,
A stranger came to keep me company.
Just when I want to be alone,
I'm haunted almost constantly;
Never, never thought I'd ever know such misery.

Female chorus 1:

Me and the blues, we spend a lot of time together;
Me and the blues, we're trav'lin' on that gettin' nowhere road.
Nobody knows the lonely hours we spend together;
Gets mighty weary totin' this troublesome load.
I'll never know why men are so deceitful,
They never treat you like they should.
They love you and deceive you,
Then they up and leave you,
What makes them so, no good?
I'm goin' down and tell my troubles to the river;
Can't go on livin',
Who'd go on livin'
If they were in my shoes?
That's one way certain of separatin' me and the blues.

Female chorus 2:

Me and the blues, we spend a lot of time together;
Me and the blues, we're trav'lin' on that gettin' nowhere road.
Nobody knows the lonely hours we spend together;
Gets mighty weary totin' this troublesome load.
I'll never know why men are so deceitful,
They never treat you like they should.
They love you and deceive you,
Then they up and leave you,
I'm through with love, the best you get is nothin' but trouble.
No more romancin',
I'll do my dancin'
With anyone I choose.
That's one way certain of separatin' me and the blues.

Male chorus 1:

Me and the blues, we spend a lot of time together;
Me and the blues, we're trav'lin' on that gettin' nowhere road.
Nobody knows the lonely hours we spend together;
Gets mighty weary totin' this troublesome load.
I'll never know why gals are so deceitful,
They never treat you like they should.
They love you and deceive you,
Then they up and leave you,
What makes them so, no good?
I'm goin' down and tell my troubles to the river;
Can't go on livin',
Who'd go on livin'
If they were in my shoes?
That's one way certain of separatin' me and the blues.

Male chorus 2:

Me and the blues, we spend a lot of time together;
Me and the blues, we're trav'lin' on that gettin' nowhere road.
Nobody knows the lonely hours we spend together;
Gets mighty weary totin' this troublesome load.
I'll never know why gals are so deceitful,
They never treat you like they should.
They love you and deceive you,
Then they up and leave you,
I'm through with love, the best you get is nothin' but trouble.
No more romancin',
I'll do my dancin'
With anyone I choose.
That's one way certain of separatin' me and the blues.