Bad Case of the Blues

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 then he’s out with another

And he’s got me 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