Alan Jackson
"The Blues Man" lyrics

The Blues Man

He's just a singer
A natural born guitar ringer
Kind of a clinger
To sad old songs
He's not a walk behinder
He's a new note finder
His name's a reminder
Of a blues man that's already gone

So he started drinking
And took somethings that meesed up his thinking
He was sure sinking
When she came along
He was alone in the spot light
Not too much left inside
She changed all that one night
When she sang him this song

Hey baby I love you
Hey baby I need you
Hey baby you ain't got to prove to me
Your some kind of macho man
You wasted so much of your life
Running through the dark nights
Let me shine a little love light
Down on the blues man

He got so sick of speeding
All things they said he was needing
If he was to keep on pleasing
All of his fans
He got cuffed on dirt roads
He got sued over no shows
She came and took all that old
Down off of that blues man

And he sang
Hey baby I love you too
Hey baby I need you
Hey baby I do get tired
Of this traveling band
I'm over 40 years old now
Nights would be cold now
If you hadn't stuck it out
With this blues man

He's over 40 years old now
Nights would be so cold now
If she hadn't hung around
With that blues man

Authors: Hank Williams Jr.