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