I've got to change my way of living

'Cause trouble's all that I can see

I gotta change my way of living

Lord, trouble's all that I can see

My life is in such a mess

There ain't no one to blame, but me

My good girl tried to tell me

Wouldn't hear a thing, she said

Lord, my good girl tried to tell me

Wouldn't hear a lonesome thing, she said

Now she's taken her things and left me

No place for me to lay my head

Blue, Lord, I'm blue

Raining down on me

I gotta change my way of living

'Cause the blues is all I see

Blue, Lord I'm blue

Raining down on me

I gotta change my way of living, change my way

The blues is all I see

Now, when your luck runs out

That's when your friends will run out too

Lord, when your luck runs out

Your fairweather friends will run out too

You're a very lucky man, Lord

If there is just one who'll stand by you

Blue, Lord, I'm blue

The blues raining down on me

I gotta change my way of living

'Cause the blues is all I see