Luther's Got The Blues

I hate the city it brings me down

I'm a country boy I'm new to town

But I never really thought it was gonna be like that

Spent all my money, I'm busted flat

So I'm eating my dinners at the Sally Ann

Met a fellow named Charlie there, a fellow named Stan

And they laugh at my clothes and the way that I talk

Eight a.m. comes and I hit the streets and walk

And the bus stops, the doughnut shops

It's raining out today like it's never gonna stop

And I got the blues

I got nothing left to lose

There's a hole in my shoe and my foot's getting wet

And Nick at the arcade made me a bet

That by Saturday noon when my money's all gone

I'll be heading out of town like another sad, hard luck song

And all the faces on the streets got a look of fear

I can't go home but I hate it here

Oh why'd I ever go and leave the farm anyway?

Thought the city my help me take my blues away

But the cars go by

Tonight I'll stay dry

Sleeping underneath an awning and trying not to cry

I got the blues

I got nothing left to lose

My pappy used to have a little problem drinking scotch

He did a lot of stupid things

We used to hate to watch

But he's cleaned up his act as a matter of fact

Although there's something there we lost

We're never going back

And I got the blues

I got nothing left to lose

And the concrete beneath my feet

Has got inside my soul and it's sucking out the heat