The Blues Got Me Down

I’m broke in an unforgiving town
Got no hope for the future
Don’t you know the blues has got me down?
I’m drowning and I need savin’
The sky is falling
And I ain’t got no haven
I’m walkin’ ‘round with a perpetual frown
My bright days are end
Don’t you know the blues has got me down?

Hey, what can I do?
I‘m crawlin’ in my own skin
I want to be happy, to be alive!
But reality keeps sinkin’ in

I’m so lonely, the night’s all I found
Dark and cold, it remains
Don’t you know the blues has got me down?
I could starve from affection
Or lack thereof
All I want is a little affection
(Is that so much to ask?)
So I sit here waiting for the wheel to come ‘round
Life being a cipher
Don’t you know the blues has got me down?

Hey, what can I do?
I’m crawling in my own skin
I need to be happy, to feel alive!
But reality keeps sinkin’ in

I can only tell myself things could be worse
They can always be
And pray to stave off another curse
As I strain to keep my head high
My neck is breakin’
But I’ve got to maintain, lest I die
No point in dragging myself on the ground
No matter how tired
Lord knows the blues, though, yes they’ve got me down!