BLUES IN THE NIGHT
Words by Johnny Mercer
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Refrain
MY MAMA DONE TOL’ ME,
WHEN I WAS IN KNEE PANTS,
MY MAMA DON TOL’ ME,
SHE SAID... SON,
A WOMAN’LL SWEET TALK,
AN’ GIVE YOU THE BIG EYE,
BUT, WHEN THAT SWEET TALKIN’S DONE,
A WOMAN’S A TWO-FACE,
A WORRISOME THING
WHO’LL LEAVE YA TO SING....
THE BLUES IN THE NIGHT,
NOW THE RAIN’S A-FALLIN’,
HEAR THAT TRAIN A-CALLIN’,
WHOO-EE, (MY MAMA DONE TOL’ ME!)
HEAR THAT LONESOME WHISTLE...
BLOWIN’ ‘CROSS THE TRESTLE,
WHOO-EE, (MY MAMA DONE TOL’ ME!)
A-WHOO-EE DUH-WHOO-EE,
OL’ CLICKETY-CLACK
IS ECHOIN’ BACK
THE BLUES IN THE NIGHT,
THE EVENIN’ BREEZE
THAT STARTS THE TREES TO SWAYIN’
AND THE MOON IN ALL IT’S LIGHT,
THEY ALL KNOW THE BLUES IN THE NIGHT,
TAKE MY WORD,
THAT MOCKIN’ BIRD’LL
SING THE SADDEST KIND OF SONG,
HE KNOWS THINGS ARE WRONG,
AND HE’S SO RIGHT,
FROM NATCHEZ TO MOBILE,
FROM MEMPHIS TO SAINT JOE,
WHERE EVER THE FOUR WINDS,
THEY MIGHT BLOW,
I’VE BEEN IN SOME BIG TOWNS,
AND HEARD ME SOME BIG TALK,
BUT THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW,
A WOMAN’S A TWO-FACE,
A WORRISOME THING,
GONNA LEAD YOU TO SING...
THE BLUES IN THE NIGHT,
Tag
WHO-OO-EE,
WHO-OO-EE,
MY MAMA WAS RIGHT,
THERE’S BLUES IN THE NIGHT!
Music by Harold Arlen
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