When the blues is not the blues no more
Is when the blues just runs out the door.
or when the blues just runs down
Up and down and all around
Because that's when the blues ain't the blues.
When the blues get up and leaves home,
To never and off it roams,
Or when the blues gets drunk somewhere
Not knowing where's it's going or even if it cares,
Because it ain't just the blues no more.
And the blues won't be the blues
Is when the blues would choose
To no more and give out
Filled up with disgust and doubt
Simply because it ain't the blues no more.
When the blues ain't no more,
Is when the blues walks out the door,
So when the old blues quiet down
One last time when the blues ain't around
Because the blues ain't the blues no more.
