MY OLD FRIEND THE BLUES
(Steve Earle)


Steve Earle - 1985
The Proclaimers - 1988
Janie Fricke - 1989
Eddi Reader - 1991
Beth & April Stevens - 1998
T. Graham Brown - 2003
Percy Sledge - 2004
Eileen Laverty - 2004
Patty Loveless - 2005
Joe Nichols - 2005
Paul Deslauriers & Dawn Tyler Watson - 2007
Janet Holmes - 2008
The Grascals - 2010

Also recorded by: 
Aaron Davis & David Piltch; The Merritts.....and others.





Just when every ray of hope was gone
I should have known that you would come along
I can't believe I ever doubted you 
My old friend the blues

Another lonely night, a nameless town
If sleep don't take me first, you'll come around
I know I can always count on you 
My old friend the blues

Lovers leave and friends'll let you down
But you're the only sure thing that I've found
No matter what I do, I'll never lose 
My old friend the blues

(Instrumental Break)

Lovers leave and friends'll let you down
And you're the only sure thing that I've found
No matter what I do, I'll never lose 
My old friend the blues

Just let me hide my weary heart in you
My old friend the blues






(Contributed by Mel Priddle - August 2012)