Tobin James - I Thought It Was the Blues
	lyrics
I don't mind saying that my glory days have passed me by And all my favorite sayings and clichés just don't apply. There comes a day when you and I must feel the grip of time, And Father Time has never been a real good friend of mine. I'm growing old and slowing down, it's painful but it's true And all this time I thought it was the Blues I raised up off my pillow and I looked around and found The place that I once knew was burning right down to the ground. You can talk but I can't even open up my mouth Without you screaming in my face, this whole things going south. I read it in the papers, and watch it on the news And all this time I thought it was the Blues These lines on my face, these are the cost of a day's Work in the underground, of winding through the maze, And this is not what they told us to expect when we came of age This morning's hopeful dream is just tomorrow's sad news. Cigarettes and whiskey, yeah they've been my only friends 'Cause I can raise them to my lips without 'em talking back again. Rememberin' days gone by can be like livin' in the past Or it can be like sunshine breakin through the clouds at last. I've been there, done that, I bought the T-shirt, you know I've paid my dues And all this time I thought it was the Blues ... and sad news... T.J. Weiss 2007 Soul O'Pup Music, (BMI)