Have the blues 'fore sunrise, tears standing in my eyes I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes Said the miserable feeling A feeling I do despise
Seem like everybody, everybody's down on me Seem like everybody, everybody's down on me I'm gon' change my way of living Head my trouble in the deep blue sea
Well, I love my baby but my baby won't be here Well, I love my baby but my baby won't be here I'm above hard chewed and pissed off I'm gon' put her down in her grave
And in a mean old world you're living all by yourself And in a mean old world you're living all by yourself If I can't get you I'ma get somebody dead