Suffer To Sing The Blues (Album Version)-David Bromberg

[ti:Suffer To Sing The Blues] [ar:David Bromberg] [al:David Bromberg] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.78]Suffer To Sing The Blues (Album Version) - David Bromberg [00:02.32] [00:14.77]I sat in on a poker game [00:17.82]Last Friday night [00:19.86] [00:20.56]I won a couple hands people [00:23.27]I was doing all right [00:25.97]I bet my money on a straight [00:28.75] [00:29.62]From the nine up to the King [00:31.89] [00:32.81]But when the dealer showed his hand [00:35.12]He had the same damn thing [00:37.95]It seems I always lose [00:40.34] [00:40.87]You've got to suffer [00:42.39] [00:43.70]If you want to sing the blues [00:45.82] [00:49.84]You know some times I play the horses [00:52.80] [00:53.54]But it seems I never win [00:55.51] [00:56.41]I went out to the races late last week again [01:01.81]This time I won three hundred dollars [01:04.81] [01:05.61]But as I left the track [01:07.96]Some greasy man come up behind me [01:11.05]Stuck a gun in my back [01:13.93]It seems I always lose [01:16.92]You've got to suffer [01:18.88]If you want to sing the blues [01:21.52] [02:01.68]I've got a sweet little girl [02:03.87] [02:04.97]Called run-around Sue [02:06.96] [02:08.16]She's kind of rank looking [02:10.21] [02:10.94]But she knows how to do [02:13.44]Well now old Sue she's got a boyfriend [02:16.17] [02:16.79]They call him Gentleman Jim [02:18.95] [02:19.64]I said Listen Susan sweetheart [02:22.70]Choose me or him [02:25.08]And she said You lose [02:28.02] [02:28.67]You've got to suffer if you want to sing the blues [02:33.00] [02:36.40]Well you can sing a happy song [02:40.35]If you're glad (if you're glad) [02:43.31]You can sing a protest song [02:46.29]If you're mad (if you're mad) [02:49.25]Ah but if you want to sing the blues [02:53.93] [02:55.91]Then boy you'd better learn how to lose [02:59.67]It seems like [03:00.90]I have had these same old blues now [03:04.76] [03:05.30]Since old time began [03:07.14] [03:08.02]So I went to talk my troubles to the hoodoo man [03:13.24]I told him all about my problem [03:16.04] [03:16.86]And I asked him what was wrong [03:19.37]He said you got to live the blues [03:22.18] [03:22.73]If you want to sing your song [03:25.12]Seems like I'll always lose [03:28.23]You've got to suffer [03:30.13]If you want to sing the blues [03:33.31] [03:36.53]Well you can sing a happy song [03:40.45]If you're glad (if you're glad) [03:43.66]You can sing a protest song [03:46.34]If you're mad (if you're mad) [03:49.27]Ah but if you want to sing the blues [03:53.77] [03:55.83]Then boy you better learn how to lose [03:59.73]I went and bought myself a lottery ticket [04:03.91] [04:05.11]Just to change my luck [04:06.77] [04:07.88]I thought I wouldn't mind the losing [04:10.05] [04:10.79]Cause it only cost a buck [04:13.06]I won an electric poster [04:15.83] [04:16.61]And a baritone sax [04:18.70] [04:19.30]But I had to pawn my cloth [04:21.90] [04:22.45]Just to pay off the tax [04:25.02]It seems I always lose [04:27.82]You've got to suffer if you want to [04:31.48]I always lose [04:33.89]You've got to suffer if you want [04:37.31]How come I always lose [04:39.91]You've got to suffer [04:41.72]If you want to sing the blues