Oh, Johnny why you been so cold?
Jimmy Reed is on the radio
Singing "Baby What you Want me to Do"
Another bottle of red's gone right to my head
It helps me stay the same
Then I tell them that I'm too proud to change
You and I, we were born to play the blues
What do we got to lose?
How long can we chase the wind
Don't we know that she always wins
What are we trying to prove?
You and I, we were born to play the blues
What do we got to lose?
Think I call little Jenny back in the morning
When I can tell her I love her with a little more truth
I know that you think that we just ain't enough but
I tell myself that the songs that measure up
And sometimes I even think it's true
You and I, we were born to play the blues
What've we got into?