Learnin' the Blues

[ti:Learnin' the Blues] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:Happy Birthday: A Year in Music 1955] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.16]Learnin' the Blues - The Hit Co. [00:02.87] [00:22.05]The tables are empty [00:24.92] [00:25.74]The dance floor's deserted; [00:28.40] [00:29.30]You play the same love song [00:31.77] [00:33.03]It's the tenth time you've heard it. [00:37.23]That's the beginning [00:39.48] [00:40.42]Just one of the clues; [00:43.48] [00:44.09]You've had your first lesson [00:46.26] [00:47.72]In learning the blues. [00:50.21] [00:51.57]The cigarettes you light [00:53.74] [00:55.10]One after another [00:57.41] [00:58.82]Won't help you forget him [01:02.41]And the way that you love him. [01:05.50] [01:06.73]You're only burning a torch [01:10.78]You can't lose, [01:12.34] [01:13.79]But you're on the right track [01:16.85]For learning the blues. [01:19.24] [01:21.11]When you're at home alone, [01:24.27]The blues will taunt you constantly; [01:27.19] [01:28.86]When you're out in a crowd, [01:31.59]The blues will haunt your memory. [01:33.49] [01:35.86]The nights that you don't sleep [01:39.37]The whole night you're crying [01:43.23]But you can't forget him [01:45.13] [01:46.61]Soon you even stop trying [01:50.35] [01:51.19]You'll walk that floor [01:52.79] [01:54.24]And wear out your shoes [01:56.30] [01:58.01]When you feel your heart break. [01:59.91] [02:01.13]You're learning the blues. [02:03.57] [02:09.14]When you're at home alone [02:12.11]The blues will taunt you constantly [02:16.70]When you're out in a crowd [02:18.98] [02:19.63]The blues will haunt your memory [02:21.51] [02:23.99]The nights when you don't sleep, [02:26.00] [02:27.52]The whole night you're crying [02:29.83] [02:31.28]Well, you can't forget her, soon you even stop trying [02:36.43] [02:39.19]You'll walk the floor and wear out your shoes [02:43.98] [02:45.96]When you feel your heart break, [02:47.82] [02:49.44]You're learning the blues