GOOD TIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUES
(Danny O'Keefe)

Danny O'Keefe - 1967
The Bards - 1968
Danny O'Keefe - 1971 & 1972 (re-recordings)
Elvis Presley - 1973
Nat Stuckey - 1973
Cal Smith - 1973
Waylon Jennings - 1973
Charlie McCoy (Instrumental) - 1973
B.J. Thomas - 1975
Conway Twitty - 1977
Charlie Rich - 1980
Jerry Lee Lewis - 1980
Leon Russell - 1984
Willie Nelson - 1984
Mel Tormé - 1986
Dwight Yoakam - 1997
Harry Manx - 2008
Shooter Jennings - 2015

Also recorded by: Rita Wilson; Mike Farris; Joe Simon; Chris Hillman. 



Everybody's gone away
Said they're movin' to L.A.
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town

Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town were a waste o' time
I guess they're right, it's wastin' mine

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

You know my heart keeps tellin' me
You're not a kid at thirty-three
You play around, you lose your wife
You play too long, you lose your life

I got my pills to ease the pain
Can't find a thing to ease the rain
I'd love to try and settle down
But everybody's leavin' town

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2018)