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Artist: Bruce Robison
Canonical path: /bruce-robison/12-bar-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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12 Bar Blues
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12 Bar Blues
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Well, I woke at 11 to the ring of the phone
Was my baby just callin' let me know she's gone
There's nothin' left to say
She said I had it with you honey and I'm movin' away
I get the feelin' it's just no use I got the 12 bar blues
Well at night in this town there ain't no place to go
There's no penny arcade and no picture show
The sun goes down and then
I headed out to where the lights are dim
And the people love to get loose
They got the 12 bar blues
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'Cause in this sleepy little town
Well you wouldn't think there was nobody around
But the sound of the swingin' doors
On the honky tonks they got a dozen or more
And the hardest thing is to choose
They got the 12 bar blues
They got the best juke box down at Jimmy and Joe's
My picture on the wall at the Yellow Rose
They got the best pinball game at Bill's
The best hardwood floor at Henry's Bar and Grill
They wash away my bad news
I got the 12 bar blues
C H O R U S
The hardest thing is to choose
They got the 12 bar blues
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