Lyrics - Can't Play the Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room)

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Lyrics - Can't Play the Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room)

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Originally performed by Mel McDaniel on Rockabilly Boy
Written by Richard Fagan and G. Kennedy

Lyrics

All my life I had to struggle, I paid some heavy dues
Squeekin' out a livin', playin' easy blues
Then one day my music made me a millionaire
I bought a big old mansion with central heated air
Now I got more money than I know how to use
Got everything a man could want, but I ain't got no blues
Success for me could only lead to my immediate doom
'cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room

Now I was doin' better with a smaller piece of pie
But all my fame and fortune I can't identify
I lost the inspiration that came natural in the start
I have to hire a mean old woman, just to break my heart
Now my life's too easy, I think I'm getting soft
I used to play the blues all day, but now I just play golf
Now all my pain is rearranged, my life has changed it's tune
'cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room

You know what I'm saying, man
It's kinda hard to play the blues
if you ain't got no problems
Yeah

Play the blues for me now, man
Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about

You might think I'm crazy, you might think I'm strange
The first thing in the morning I'm gonna make a change
I throw away my money, I move back to that shack
Do whatever I gotta do to get that uh... feelin' back
I know I'd be feelin' better with nothing left to lose
When times are bad, the less I had, the better I played the blues
I buy myself some turkey and wine, and howl up at the moon
'cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room

If I should die tomorrow you can write it on my tomb
'He couldn't play the blues in an airconditioned room'

See what I'm sayin'
Uh...Say man, you got change for a thousand dollar bill?
You know what I'm sayin, I wanna get me a bottle of wine
Some of that 'Chateu Creole'
D'you mean 'that ain't no wine'?
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, OK, 'Dom Perignon'
Hey man!
Can I get a shoe-shine over here?
All I got is a hundred, yeah


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