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Artist: Linda Martell
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Bad Case Of The Blues
Bad Case Of The Blues lyrics by Linda Martell. Livin’ and a-workin’ in the city, I thought I was a big girl Oh, I felt so smart, and my whole life I could...
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Bad Case Of The Blues
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Livin’ and a-workin’ in the city, I thought I was a big girl
Oh, I felt so smart, and my whole life I could choose
So then smarty found herself a guy who one night said he loves her
And the next night he leaves her sittin’ with a bad case of the blues
Yo-de-lay-dee-hee-hee-hee-hee, ha-a-ha
If I really was a smart girl, I could turn him loose
Yo-de-lay-dee-hee-hee-hee-hee, ha-a-ha
Instead of sittin’ and a-cryin’ with a bad case of the blues
I took myself out to the country to see my mother
She said, “What no-good man has got my lovin’ little child’s heart sore”
I said, “Momma, he tells me that he loves me and thеn he’s out with another
And he’s got mе right down to the last square on the checkerboard. ”
Yo-de-lay-dee-hee-hee-hee-hee, ha-a-ha
Little country girl’s done got hooked on a barbed wire love
Yo-de-lay-dee-hee-hoo-hoo-hoo, ha-a-ha
And she can’t get loose from this bad case of the blues
And she can’t get loose from this bad case of the blues
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