From the recording The Sunset Sessions Vol. 1
Don't let too many tears fall in your beers. 😉
Listening note - Unusual rhyme scheme in this one. A-A-A Scat
Lyrics
Done Me Wrong Twelve-Bar Blues
On a one-way street at the edge of the city
There’s a long row of dives, seedy and gritty
There’s no Happy Hour just cheap shots of pity
The old barkeeps don’t care about your liver
All the same to them if you forget or forgive her
The tips are steep when a man cries a river
They shuffle in after dark in their well-worn shoes
Share their stories like it’s front-page news
Closing time, they got a bellyful of booze
Singing their song, she Done Me Wrong 12-Bar Blues
You don’t understand, she was pretty and funny
I was her man and she was my honey
I only cheated once now she’s taking half my money
The old barkeeps they won’t burst your bubble
Come on man, let me pour you a double
She did you a favour, she was nothing but trouble
Yeah, you’re right, I treated her nice
She thought she was hot but she was cold as ice,
I only cheated once (well maybe it was twice)
They shuffle in after dark in their worn-out shoes
Share their stories like it’s front-page news
Closing time, they got nothing to lose,
Singing their song, she Done-Me-Wrong 12-Bar Blues.
© Michael Hughes and Sharon Nauss-Hughes, 2020