That''s How I Learned To Sing The Blues-Cynthia Kaay Bennett

[ti:That''s How I Learned To Sing The Blues] [ar:Cynthia Kaay Bennett] [al:Wish I Knew] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]That''s How I Learned To Sing The Blues - Cynthia Kaay Bennett [00:08.12]People ask me when I sing the blues [00:13.19] [00:14.13]How did I learn what method did I use [00:19.57] [00:20.74]Though I will tell you how my friend [00:24.65] [00:27.02]It's not a way I'd recommend [00:32.90] [00:33.40]You find a good love and treat her wrong [00:38.65] [00:40.16]Then be sorry 'bout it when she's gone [00:45.17] [00:46.35]You'll say 'come back' she'll refuse [00:51.28] [00:52.82]That's how I learned to sing the blues [00:57.21] [00:59.43]Now the people pay to hear my song [01:04.12] [01:05.64]The mournful melody of love gone wrong [01:11.01] [01:12.02]And while the blues has brought me wealth [01:16.06] [01:18.51]I find I can't sing nothin' else [01:23.66] [01:24.90]I lost a love I can't replace [01:30.10] [01:31.27]With every line I sing I see her face [01:36.78] [01:37.77]And though it's not the way I'd choose [01:42.82] [01:44.06]That's how I learned to sing the blues [01:48.39] [01:50.05]And at night [01:51.89] [01:53.79]When other lovers hold their true loves tight [01:59.58] [02:00.24]I hold another but it's just not right [02:05.57] [02:06.64]It's only memories I crave [02:13.49] [02:15.80]And in the dawn [02:18.20] [02:19.42]Just for a moment I forget you're gone [02:25.03] [02:25.93]And reach to hold you in the cold grey light [02:32.37]But only find the feeling [02:35.68]That I'll use to sing these blues [02:41.56] [03:08.34]My advice while you have a choice [03:12.94] [03:14.19]Is do some exercises for your voice [03:19.68] [03:20.53]When you sing cry every word [03:26.02] [03:26.96]Flat the seventh and the third [03:31.74] [03:33.58]And you can sound as if you're sad [03:38.58] [03:39.85]Don't be a fool and treat your good love bad [03:44.94] [03:46.28]You will gain less than you lose [03:50.52] [03:52.64]That's how I learned [03:54.88] [03:56.05]That's how I learned [03:58.50] [03:59.31]That's how I learned [04:04.94] [04:06.20]To sing the blues