BEGGAR FOR THE BLUES
(Ray Rasch / Dotty Wayne)

as recorded by Nat "King" Cole
with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra
1960


When love smiles at me, I just can't refuse,
Don't care if I cry till the tears run down my shoes.
I ask for it every time,
'Cause I'm a beggar for the blues!

When love pulls me in like an undertow,
If I gotta die, that's the way I wanna go.
Don't care if I win or lose,
'Cause I'm a beggar for the blues!

I'd say goodbye,
But then I ask myself what for,
I know that I
Would only hurry back for more!

I know I'm a fool, got no alibis,
My heart's been to school but I never will get wise.
I live in the way that I choose,
'Cause I'm a beggar for the blues!

I know I'm a fool, got no alibis,
My heart's been to school but I never will get wise.
I live in the way that I choose,
'Cause I'm a beggar for the blues,
I live in the way that I choose,
'Cause I'm a beggar for the blues!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2014)