the sound of blue(s)

The tables are empty

The dance floor's deserted

You play the same love song

It's the tenth time you've heard it

That's the beginning

Just one of the clues

You've had your first lesson

In learnin' the blues

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When you're at home alone

The blues will taunt you constantly

When you're out in a crowd

The blues will haunt your memory

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My mamma done told me

When i was in pig tails

My mamma done told me, "hon

A man is a two-face

He'll give you the big eye

And when the sweet talking's done

A man is a two-face

A worrisome thing

Who'll leave you to sing

The blues in the night