BLUES FOR THE LOST DAYS
(John Mayall / Mick Taylor)

John Mayall



Looking back through the years 
Like I got myself a time machine 
Memories flood around me 
People and places where I've been 
I had the blues for the lost days 
Back then when times were lean 

From a home in the country with the blues 
On my wind-up gramophone 
Headin' out to the city 
Movin' round like a rollin' stone 
With a band of bluesbreakers 
Make a mark down here on my own 

We had Freddie King, Sonny Boy and Hendrix 
And they'd be sitting in till the break of dawn 
Sweating at the all night Flamingo 
And comin' out to pigeons on a Sunday morn 
So many good times, so much music 
But back then nobody knew 
That the London blues were born 

It's a sad, sad feeling 
When your best friends all drift apart 
Some of them are dead and gone 
But they still live on in my heart 
That's why I have the blues for the lost days 
There ain't never gonna be no counterpart