Oh! they say some people long ago Were searching for a diff'rent tune One that they could croon As only they can They only had the rhythm so They started swaying to and fro They didn't know just what they had And that is how the blues really began They

How a love so right can turn out to be so wrong, oh my darling Love So Right She came on like the night and she held on tight And the world was right when she made love to me We were free She moved in like a friend started loving me And I thought I'd

Oh God you gotta make it stop My sweet Virginia You used to say I couldn't save you enough So I've been savin' it up, I started savin' it up I started givin' you up, I started givin' you up You and what army, Arlandria, Arlandria Use me up, spit me out,

A-won't ya say yes? Don't ya say no Make me feel good, Kiddio I wrote you a six-page letter But you started talkin' 'bout the weather Kiddio, don'tcha know that's wrong? I can't stand this playin' 'round Help me up; don't let me down If you love me, let

Burning like smoke and fire Oh, oh, our love is running into a burning building Oh, oh, our love is scattered ash with a burnt up feeling Feel the heat so we started running You know you saw it coming But the memories are still in my mind Smoke and fire

Sweet creature, sweet creature We're both stubborn I know, but oh Wherever I go, you bring me home When I run out of road, you bring me home Sweet creature But we're still young And oh we started Two hearts in one home

Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin' those shoes Tell us what you're gonna do tonight, momma There must be someplace you can go In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama There must be someone you know God knows you're lookin' good

Under the stars I'm awaken To the sound of a firebird Under the sky I'm half-naked, oh, oh We started at the cinema Tear of dancing, hands in the wind Rizlas, rolling up a cigarette The boys are calling shotgun again Hot, bloody like a harlequin I hear

But it's not that easy But I've got high hopes, it takes me back to when we started High hopes, when you let it go, go out and start again High hopes, oh, when it all comes to an end But the world keeps spinning around Broken bottles in the hotel lobby

I know there's a way Before the awful sound Started coming down It's an awful sound We can make 'em pay Think it over and say (I'm never going back again) We can leave today When you hit the ground You and I were born