Someone Else's Blues

                                                                                                         Robert Wills Nov. '95

Nobody should ever be alone, like I once was

Everyone should have someone to love

Anytime I find that I'm feeling sorry for myself

I close my eyes and fantasize about being someone else

      And it's like I woke up with someone else's blues

       In someone else's body, facing someone else's views

       Everywhere I look, it's more bad news

       Since I woke up this morning, with someone else's blues

Listen Dear, I need to make it clear, I'm not a hurtful man

I'm here to stay, and come what may, I'll do the best I can

If I should change, and act deranged, and you are not amused

Maybe it's not even me, but someone else's blues

       It's like I woke up with someone else's blues

       In someone else's lover's arms, paying someone else's dues

       I'm stumblin' 'round in someone else's shoes

       Since I woke up this morning, with someone else's blues

I concede that there's a need for saying something nice

No one seems to want to pay for all this good advice

If I were you, here's what I'd do to frame a good excuse

I would say I woke up today with someone else's blues

       It's like I woke up with someone else's blues

       In someone else's doghouse, smelling someone else's pew

       I should be doing well, but I refuse

       Since I woke up this morning, with someone else's blues