Lonesome Day Blues-Bill King

[ti:Lonesome Day Blues] [ar:Bill King] [al:The Best Of Bill King's Saturday Night Fish Fry] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lonesome Day Blues - Bill King [00:27.43]Well today has been [00:28.48] [00:30.12]A sad and lonesome day [00:31.80] [00:36.07]Yeah today has been [00:37.19] [00:38.77]A sad and lonesome day [00:40.47] [00:44.49]I'm just sitting here [00:45.83]Thinking with my mind a million miles away [00:49.35] [00:53.05]Well they're doing the double shuffle [00:54.97] [00:56.35]Throwing sand on the floor [00:58.51] [01:01.58]They're doing the double shuffle [01:03.37] [01:04.90]They're throwing sand on the floor [01:07.05] [01:10.09]When I left my longtime darling [01:12.23] [01:13.28]He was standing in the door [01:15.46] [01:18.72]Well my pa he died and left me [01:20.90] [01:21.73]My brother got killed in the war [01:24.05] [01:27.76]Well my pa he died and left me [01:29.61] [01:30.24]My brother got killed in the war [01:32.26] [01:35.49]My sister she ran off and got married [01:38.70]Was never heard of anymore [01:40.67] [01:44.94]Samantha Brown lived in my house [01:46.47] [01:47.46]For about four or five months [01:48.75] [01:52.30]Samantha Brown lived in my house [01:54.29] [01:55.41]For about four or five months [01:56.95] [02:00.66]Don't know how it looked to other people [02:02.51] [02:03.28]I never slept with her even once [02:05.34] [02:09.09]Well the road washed out [02:10.54] [02:11.72]Weather not fit for man or beast [02:13.55] [02:17.85]Well the road's washed out [02:18.98] [02:20.69]Weather not fit for man or beast [02:22.58] [02:26.03]The things you have the hardest time parting with [02:28.90] [02:29.48]Are the things you need the least [02:31.07] [02:35.22]I'm forty miles from the mill [02:36.54] [02:37.12]I'm dropping it into overdrive [02:39.03] [02:42.43]I'm forty miles from the mill [02:44.88] [02:45.60]I'm dropping it into overdrive [02:47.42] [02:50.28]Set my dial on the radio [02:52.61] [02:53.36]I'm lord I wish my mother was still alive [02:55.84] [02:58.86]I seen my lover man comin' [03:00.88] [03:01.84]Comin' across the barren fields [03:04.56] [03:07.28]I see my lover man comin' [03:10.10] [03:11.19]Comin' 'cross the barren fields [03:13.36] [03:15.57]He's not a gentleman at all [03:17.65]He's rotten to the core [03:18.97]He's a coward and he steals [03:20.81] [03:25.35]Well my captain he's decorated [03:26.50] [03:27.13]He's well schooled and he's skilled [03:28.59] [03:32.31]My captain he's decorated [03:33.45] [03:35.25]He's well schooled and he's skilled [03:36.92] [03:40.62]He's not sentimental [03:41.55]Don't bother him at all; [03:42.62] [03:43.23]How many of his pals have been killed [03:44.79] [03:49.11]Last night the wind was whispering [03:50.64] [03:51.94]I was trying to make out what it was [03:53.67] [03:57.21]Last night the wind was whispering [03:59.27] [04:00.12]I was trying to make out what it was [04:01.96] [04:05.40]I tell myself something's coming [04:07.38] [04:08.06]But it never does [04:09.57] [04:14.62]I'm going to spare the defeated [04:16.32] [04:17.00]I'm going to speak to the crowd [04:19.10] [04:21.80]I'm going to spare the defeated [04:24.07] [04:25.40]Cause I'm going to speak to the crowd [04:27.29] [04:30.06]I'm going to teach peace to the conquered [04:32.33] [04:33.31]I'm going to tame the proud [04:35.44] [04:36.95]Well [04:37.38] [04:38.42]You know the leaves are rustling in the wood [04:41.16] [04:41.91]Things are falling off of the shelf [04:43.89] [04:46.32]You know the leaves are rustling in the wood [04:49.22] [04:50.49]Things are falling off the shelf [04:52.62] [04:55.18]You're gonna need my help sweet heart [04:57.17] [04:58.04]You can't make love all by yourself [05:00.41] [05:03.90]Well today has been [05:04.78] [05:06.04]A sad and lonesome day [05:07.86] [05:12.57]Yeah today has been [05:13.78] [05:14.46]A sad and lonesome day [05:17.48] [05:20.07]I'm just sitting here thinking [05:21.39] [05:22.49]With my mind a million miles away [05:24.52] [05:25.92]Million miles away