The blues are my true friend Sometimes they go away, they always come back again They've been my faithful friend, everywhere I've been They follow me like a shadow when the sun is shining bright Haunt me like a ghost in the middle of the night The blues are my true friend When I wake up in the morning, the blues are in my bed In the evening without warning, the blues are in my head My poor dreaming soul never will be free From my uninvited guest keeping me company The blues are my true friend Through thick and thin, they've always been On whom I depend, since way back when They never end, my loyal friend, can never mend My broken heart together again, yeah I used to be somebody, least I thought I was Someone used to love me, now nobody does I got liquor on my breath and a woman on my mind Gonna worry myself to death, 'cause no peace can I find The blues are my true friend, here we go