Reachin' in my pocket,
I find a dime in there
and toss it to a beggar
through breezes of the air
They've carried many voices-
The Blues of pure despair
I've stumbled on some hard times
but I haven't fallen there
My girl still longs to kiss me
and calls me so I know
before that ever slipped my mind,
before that became so long ago
But the face of a man who
I'd soon be standing in his shoes
Right around the corner
is a man who sings the blues
The look on his face is what I never would forget
That might be right around the corner
but I haven't been there yet
She would be my wind
She would be my wings
She would truly be my everything
until I've fallen and I die
But before I'd ever come
crashing from the sky,
she was just a girl
and I was just a guy
I'm singing the blues
before we've even met
I'm singing and I'm singing
but I haven't been there yet
Now life's a storm of chances
while I'm drowning in the rain
But before the drowning waters
drown in all my pain,
I'm singing and I'm singing
before my head is even wet
I'm singing and I'm singing
but I haven't been there yet
I said life's a storm of chances
and I've taken all of mine
as all the chances took me
'til I didn't have a dime
But I'm singing and I'm singing
before I'd place a single bet
The blues might be comin'
but they haven't been here yet
And I guess that's why she left me
as I would soon regret
I guess a man just ain't a man
if he's a man within his debt
But right now I'm just a man
who needs just what he gets
The blues might be on their way
but they haven't been here yet
It's still many years now
until my father dies
Momma lays me down to sleep
before she would ever cry
I know I'll see tomorrow
and I know the sleep I'll get
I'm singing and I'm singing
but I haven't been there yet
I'm looking out my window
before my sun would ever set
I might be singing the blues
but I haven't been there yet