Blues has got me drinkin', trouble's got me thinkin',

and it's goin' to carry me to my grave

I said blues has got me drinkin', trouble's got me thinkin',

and it's goin' to carry me to my grave

And I'm goin' to keep on drinkin', the rest of my worried days



Don't a woman look real funny, when she wakes up cold in hand,

and the broad ain't got a dollar to give the house-rent man

Don't a woman feel real funny, when the broad wakes up cold in hand,

and she ain't got a dollar oh to meet the house-rent man



Trouble's got me thinkin', and I just can't keep from drinkin',

and I'm tryin' to drive my worried blues away

Trouble's got me thinkin', and I just can't keep from drinkin',

tryin' to drive my worried blues away

How I been worried each and every lonesome day



Now my heart is achin', and whiskey's all it's takin',

just to drive these blues away

Now my heart is achin', and whiskey's all it's takin',

just to drive these blues away

And I stay drunk each and every worried day



(spoken to the piano player:)

Beat 'em a long time, baby