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 (Live) - Carmen McRae/Dave Brubeck [00:10.55]I've travelled across the country [00:12.93]I've sung with lots of bands [00:15.16]I've played in those big cities [00:17.19]That book those one-night stands [00:20.04]I'm lonely and I'm weary [00:22.28]I know the scene so well [00:24.61]The blues have come to get me [00:26.51]And to drag me down to hell [00:29.05]But I keep travelling [00:32.57]What have I got to lose [00:37.98]I keep travelling [00:41.42]Unravelling all my blues [00:48.29]I check into a hotel [00:50.54]And then forget its name; [00:52.90]Yes I could ask but oh well [00:55.31]Aren't all hotels the same [00:58.31]Sink into the mattress [00:59.61] [01:00.41]Pray God my soul to keep; [01:02.49]The blues are in the street [01:04.41]Cries that haunt my troubles sleep [01:07.34]But I keep travelling [01:11.22]What have I got to lose [01:12.61] [01:15.69]I just keep on [01:19.92]Unravelling all my blues [01:24.36] [01:26.57]I wake up every morning [01:27.91] [01:29.15]Wonder where I'm at; [01:31.36]I look into the mirror [01:33.42]And ask myself "Who's that " [01:35.93]I left behind a good man [01:38.30]A face I can't recall [01:40.57]And yet I love my old man [01:43.10]Or no man's been love at all [01:45.71]But I keep on travelling [01:49.44]What have I got to lose [01:54.20]Just keep on travelling [01:57.94]Unravelling all my blues [02:04.60]I know the blues confuse me [02:07.11]Hold me in their trap; [02:09.02]They meet me and they lose me [02:11.60]While round ny brain they wrap [02:14.04]A web of lonely journeys [02:16.48]All spun from evil thread [02:18.58]That twist and turn and tangle me [02:21.05]Until my soul is dead [02:23.72]Ooh-oo-oo but I keep travelling [02:27.05] [02:27.57]What have I got to lose [02:32.68]I just keep travelling [02:35.30]Trying to lose all my blues