Dad was my hero, God called him away
Mama was lonely and I was afraid
With no one to lean on, I turned to the booze hard
times come early when you?re born with the blues
Railroads were leaving, and airplanes were in
a great war was brewing, about to begin
Hungry and lonesome, nothing to
lose raised in a boxcar and born with the blues
Born with the Blues, trouble in mind
smoking and drinking, by the time I was 9
In debt from the start, still paying my
dues crazy and lonely, and born with the blues
In spite of the cocaine, in spite of it all
God gave me a woman to cushion the fall
You?re like Paul of the Bible
spreading good news
A man on a journey born with the blues
Born with the Blues, trouble in mind
smoking and drinking, by the time I was 9
In debt from the start, still paying my
dues crazy and lonely, and born with the blues
Crazy and lonely and born with the blues