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Just the Blues in a Lonesome Song

doug60

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About

A smoky, swing-infused blues ballad that wraps heartache in a velvet groove. Raw lyrics of defiance and surrender dance over stride piano, sultry brass, and a walking bassline. Channeling the spirit of great jazz singers, it’s a tale of solitude dressed in rhythm. Every note drips with whiskey-soaked wisdom, where pain meets poetry on a dim-lit stage. A timeless jazz lament for those who’ve loved, lost, and learned to swing through the storm.

Lyrics

Verse 1

So stop your diggin', baby, let it lay,

I don't need your kind of love today.

Ain't no use in tryin' to fix me up,

Yeah, the fuse is lit, and the joint's blowin' up.

Verse 2

I don't need nothin', no,

Just leave me be, let me swing low.

No need to talk, no need to stare,

No need to smile, no need to care.

No need to laugh, no need to hold,

No need to whisper, no need to scold.

Verse 3

Don't come creepin' in my ear,

Don't make a sound, don't bring me fear.

Just leave me here on the floor,

Let me lie where the lost ones go.

No pride, no sense, no right or wrong,

Just the blues in a lonesome song.

Chorus

On the last day, no one escapes the pain,

Ain't no hate, ain't no love,

Just a strange old place where the rivers run dry,

And the revolution's a lullaby.

continue

I don't need nothin', no,

Just leave me be, let me swing low.

No need to talk, no need to stare,

No need to smile, no need to pray.

Bridge

Judge me if you must, but do it in style,

I'll take it on the chin with a wink and a smile.

Even when the sun burns the rest away,

Even when the light tears the shadows to shreds.

Just leave me here, darlin', for good this time,

No handkerchief, no guarantee,

No papers, no license,

No pity, no melancholy.

Outro

There's more poison in a little jar

Than the wise men ever knew.

Ain't no heaven in some distant star,

Just a dream, a sweet illusion, too.

Verse 4

But listen here, 'cause I'm tellin' true:

There's more grace in a lost child's heart,

Full of fire, full of scars,

Than in your faith, so neat and clean,

That you offer me like a silver screen.

Chorus

I don't need nothin', no,

Just leave me be, let me swing low.

No need to do a thing for me,

No need to pray, no need to plead.

No need to laugh, no need to hold,

No need to whisper, no need to scold.

final

Leave me right here, I'll find my way,

No need to say goodbye today.

I'm the ferryman, I know the tide,

The sun will rise, the flower will bloom,

Life will start, the dream will guide.

I'll get there, yes, in time,

I'm already gone, I'm already free,

Just leave me be.

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