Oh, you come home one evening To nothing but the phone wallAnd then you find your phone's been disconnected You can't even make no callYou're hollowed for your baby Oh, and she's not thereYou look in the closet, buddy And you find it's all thereOh, that's what the blues is all about That's what the blues is all aboutOh, that's a hard pill to have to swallow When you find out what the blues is all aboutNow listen to this I went out in my backyardYou know I whistled for my dog He ran up under the house peopleLike he didn't even know me at all Now I hadn't fed him two or three daysAnd he was looking kind of thin Oh, when your dog turns his back on you, buddyYou know you haven't even got a friend That's the blues, peopleThat's what the blues is all aboutOh, that's a hard pill to swallow When you find out what the blues is all aboutI went out to my mailbox I got a bunch of bills that I can't payI guess my wife's been out shopping again While I've been at work all dayI see the man coming with his tools Now I guess he's gonna cut off my waterYou know they got my gas yesterday And they're coming right back for the light tomorrowOh, that's what the blues is, people That's what the blues is all aboutOh, that's a hard pill to swallow, buddy When you find out what the blues is all aboutOh, that's a hard pill to swallow, buddy When you find out what the blues is all about