I been blue
I been blue—
Cause you walked away baby—
I’m so blue—without you

I been sick
I been sick—
Cause the devil bug done got me—
Tried to grab my soul— real quick

I could die
I could die—
But yet I keep on breathin’—
Lawd— don ask me why

I been poor
I been poor—
I dive for a dime—
Down on—the floor

I been blue
I been blue—
Cause you walked away baby—
I’m so blue—without you



I been down
All over town—
I can’t smile— baby
Ya know— I gotta frown—

I could die
I could die—
But yet I keep on breathin’—
Lawd— don ask me why

I been poor
I been poor—
Can’t afford to be buried—
Down— beneath the floor—

I been blue
Baby I— been blue
Cause you walked out the door—
Say you don love me no more—