Sunday, July 27, 2014

Left Her Alone (Gone Home)

"I got a sweet little angel
 I love the way she spread her wings."
                                 -B.B. King

 Spinnin' quarters at the bar
 B.B. singin' the blues and
 All my friends are here tonight
 Jim and Jack and from way down
 South, Jose, and they're keepin' me comp'ny
 'Since she left me
 And B.B. says, let 'er go
 And Ray says, I'm better off alone
 And Jim tells me to keep on drinkin'
 'Til the mornin' and sure enough
 The world will light up again
 My family tells me I'm drownin'
 But they ain't around at
 Two in the mornin'
 When e'erything hurts the most
 It's just Jim, Jack and from down past
 The border, Jose, and these quarters I'm spinnin'
 Are waitin' for me to play
 Another song from the jukebox
 About how she's lost, and I've got
 A broken heart and a few friends
 To keep me 'round here listenin'
 To the same old story
 And keepin' comp'ny with
 A deck of cards, a shotglass
 A handful of bottles and
 A half-pack of cigarettes,
 Everything I've loved since
 I decided I wasn't gonna
 Love her no more.

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