You Can't Play The Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room)-Mel McDaniel

[ti:You Can't Play The Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room)] [ar:Mel McDaniel] [al:Rock-A-Billy Boy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]You Can't Play The Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room) - Mel McDaniel [00:08.39]All my life I had to struggle I paid some heavy dues [00:12.22] [00:12.90]Squeeking out a living playing easy blues [00:16.29] [00:17.32]Then one day my music made me a millionaire [00:20.81] [00:21.35]I bought a big old mansion with central heated air [00:24.92] [00:26.00]Now I got more money than I know how to use [00:29.23] [00:29.75]Got everything a man could want but I aingt got no blues [00:33.84]Success for me could only lead to my immediate doom [00:38.11]Cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room [00:41.85] [00:50.99]Now I was doing better with a smaller piece of pie [00:54.46] [00:55.05]With all my fame and fortune I can't identify [00:58.34] [00:59.35]I lost the inspiration that came natural in the start [01:03.01] [01:03.57]I have to have a mean old woman just to break my heart [01:07.26] [01:07.92]Now my life's too easy I'd be getting soft [01:11.07] [01:11.93]I used to play the blues all day but now I just play golf [01:15.49] [01:16.09]Now all my pain is rearranged my life is changes too [01:19.59] [01:20.25]Cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room [01:23.91] [01:41.47]You might think I'm crazy you might think I'm strange [01:44.93] [01:45.50]The first thing in the morning I'm gonna make a change [01:48.88] [01:49.71]I throw away my money I move back to that shag [01:53.91]Do whatever I gotta do to get that old feeling back [01:57.49] [01:58.05]I know I'd be feeling better with nothing left to lose [02:01.94]Cause when times are bad the less I had [02:04.62]The better I played the blues [02:05.92] [02:06.49]I buy myself some turkey and wine and howl it at the moon [02:10.58]Cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room [02:14.37] [02:14.97]If I should die tomorrow you can write it on my tomb [02:19.02]He couldn't play the blues in an airconditioned room [02:23.05] [02:27.79]Woh woh woh yoo