Travellin' Blues-Carmen McRae/Dave Brubeck

[ti:Travellin' Blues (with Dave Brubeck)] [ar:Dave Brubeck] [al:Take Five Live at Sugar Hill (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Travellin' Blues - Carmen McRae/Dave Brubeck [00:10.66]I've travelled across the country [00:13.05]I've sung with lots of bands [00:15.28]I've played in those big cities [00:17.31]That book those one-night stands [00:20.15]I'm lonely and I'm weary [00:22.40]I know the scene so well [00:24.73]The blues have come to get me [00:26.62]And to drag me down to hell [00:29.16]But I keep travelling [00:32.69]What have I got to lose [00:38.10]I keep travelling [00:41.54]Unravelling all my blues [00:48.41]I check into a hotel [00:50.66]And then forget its name; [00:53.01]Yes I could ask but oh well [00:55.43]Aren't all hotels the same [00:58.43]Sink into the mattress [00:59.73] [01:00.53]Pray God my soul to keep; [01:02.61]The blues are in the street [01:04.52]Cries that haunt my troubles sleep [01:07.46]But I keep travelling [01:11.34]What have I got to lose [01:12.73] [01:15.81]I just keep on [01:20.04]Unravelling all my blues [01:24.48] [01:26.68]I wake up every morning [01:28.03] [01:29.27]Wonder where I'm at; [01:31.48]I look into the mirror [01:33.53]And ask myself "Who's that " [01:36.05]I left behind a good man [01:38.42]A face I can't recall [01:40.69]And yet I love my old man [01:43.22]Or no man's been love at all [01:45.83]But I keep on travelling [01:49.56]What have I got to lose [01:54.31]Just keep on travelling [01:58.06]Unravelling all my blues [02:04.71]I know the blues confuse me [02:07.23]Hold me in their trap; [02:09.13]They meet me and they lose me [02:11.72]While round ny brain they wrap [02:14.15]A web of lonely journeys [02:16.60]All spun from evil thread [02:18.69]That twist and turn and tangle me [02:21.17]Until my soul is dead [02:23.84]Ooh-oo-oo but I keep travelling [02:27.17] [02:27.69]What have I got to lose [02:32.79]I just keep travelling [02:35.42]Trying to lose all my blues