Morning rain keeps on falling Like the tears that fall from my eyes As I sit in my room Staring out at the gloom That's the rain in the same old blues
I can't help, I can't help but thinking When the sun used to shine on my back door Now the sun is turned to rain All my laughter is turned to pain Yes it's the same, the same old blues
Sunshine, sunshine is all you see now But it all, it all looks like clouds by me When I sit in my room Staring out at the gloom It's the rain, it's the same old blues Yeah, yes it's the rain, it's the same old blues Yeah, yes it's the rain, it's the same old blues
I'm going down I'm going, down, down, down Down, down Yes, I'm going down, yes I'm going down, down, down Down, down Yes, I've got my feet in the window Got my head on the ground
Let me down And close that box car door Yes, let me down And close that box car door Well, I'm goin' back to Chattanooga And sleep on sister Irene's door
(guitar & instrumental) Woo!
Yes, I'm going down I'm going down I'm going, down, down, down Down, down
Yes, I got my feet in the window I got my head on the ground
It was twenty years ago, I was about fourteen years old, When I first heard that Wolfman's howl. He sneaked me through the door, there was whisky on the floor, And the fuzz they were on the prowl It seems so long ago, I'm living on the Highway now
He's a giant of a man, He always understands The very best notes to use His hand make two of mine, his heart beat right on time He taught me how to sing the blues He's the reason why I choose to live on the highway now
I played the blues with Walter, and Muddy pulled me through I know a Jimmy Rogers song or two But there's one thing I know, no matter where I go I can do a little howling too That's why I sing these blues, I'm living on the highway now
The years have come and gone but the blues still go on I only sing my songs for fun If you ask me to, I'll do a song for you, 'Cause the women like to see me come Me and my guitar, my band, we're living on the highway now
When my baby leaves me, there is nothing I can do I pick up my guitar and then I play a little blues or two Now, a man needs some loving, I ain't different from the rest My baby, when she leaves me, ah, my whole life is in a mess
Just me and my guitar I play the blues for you, babe No matter where you are
I like to start out easy, just to get that feel When I fell me strange, you know I make it for real Then I put some hots on it and I play a time or two And love you, baby, and I don't care what you do
Babe, ah, me and my guitar I play the blues for you, babe No matter where you are, alright?
Listen to me Satisfaction don't come easy, you got to get in to make it good The way I make my guitar singing, just let my woman should She never talk right to me like some woman do I feel so sad and lonesome when I play this lowdown blues
Hey, hey, me and my guitar I play the blues for you, babe No matter where you are, alright?
Hey, baby, hey, baby, just me and my guitar I play the blues for me, baby No matter where you are
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when she's away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And she's always gone too long Anytime she goes away
Wonder this time where she's gone Wonder if she's gone to stay Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home Anytime she goes away
Hey I ought to leave I ought to leave her alone Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone Only darkness every day Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home Anytime she goes away
The sky is crying, look at the tears rolling down the streets. The sky is crying, look at the tears rolling down the streets. I looked out my window, the rain was falling down in sheets. My baby left me this morning, Lord knows I don't know the reason why. My baby left me this morning, I don't know the reason why. And everytime I think about it, I hang my head and cry. The sun is shining, although it's raining in my heart. The sun is shining, although it's raining in my heart. I love my baby, I hate to see us part.
