learned how to hammer in the burning august sun learned how to lie and cheat how to steal and just how to run fell asleep most nights with somebody else's blood on my tongue my love i learned just how to run
it’s just the blues, mary, the blues swirling around my head like the dreams in dorothy’s shoes i’m somewhere over the rainbow for you
learned how to cry in them lonesome september nights learned to get by with the dogs and the dirt and the charm of the street fell asleep most nights with your pictures right behind my eyes your eyes the killer and the victim alright right at the same time
oh it’s just the blues, mary, the blues swirling around my head like the dreams in dorothy’s shoes i’m somewhere over the rainbow for you and it’s just the blues, mary, the blues swirling around my head like the dreams in dorothy’s shoes i’m somewhere over the rainbow for you
the cause for smile is bright like the ramparts on the 4th of july my baby swings like a boxer and sends her right hooks onto my chin she cries like a baby and she wears me just like a ring she cries like a baby and she wears me just like a ring
and i'd rather go and watch her leave
learned how to swagger learned how to hold you while your body burns learned how compromise while this whirlwind hurricane turns we fell asleep most nights with each other’s blood on our tongues my love have you ever just had enough
it’s just the blues, mary, the blues swirling around my head like the dreams dorothy's shoes i'm somewhere over the rainbow for you and it’s just the blues, mary, the blues swirling around my head like the dreams in dorothy’s shoes i'm somewhere over the rainbow for you and it’s just the blues, mary, the blues swirling around my head like the dreams in dorothy’s shoes i'm somewhere over the rainbow for you