You've Always Got The Blues
by 
Mickey Newbury 
recording of 1982 
from 
Love Me Tender (MCA MCAD-886) 
I wake up and think of her 
No matter what I do 
She's always on my mind 
A time a day or two 
Seems to me the things you've loved the most 
You always lose 
But once you've got them 
You've always got the blues 
In time, well you may find someone else 
That can comfort you 
But not someone to light the fire 
No, not the way she used to do 
You lose the things that made it 
What it was when it was new 
And once you've got them 
You've always got the blues 
That new love only can replace 
Just so much of you 
That leaves a lot that gets lost between 
Number one and number two 
In time, well you may find someone else 
That can comfort you 
But not someone to light the fire 
No, not the way she used to do 
You lose the things that made it 
What it was when it was new 
And once you've got them 
You've always got the blues