Dem Blues by Frank Tuttle

Speaking of dem blues. . . .
(guitar riff, still shot of tin-roofed shack south of Coffeeville, MS)

"Ain't got agent

(dah da da da dah)

can't pay no rent

(dah da da da dah)

my novella's rejected

(dah da da da dah)

and it ain't even been sent

(dah da da da dah)

Ol' Gordon Van Gelder

(dah da da da dah)

alas, he say no

(dah da da da dah)

I'd submit to Realms O' Fantasy

(dah da da da dah)

but they just too damned slow

(wild guitar riff)

Oh, I got the blues

(Chorus: "Oh, he or she got the blues")

them hard down mean blues

(Chorus: "Hard down mean blues!"

them cold as ice blues

(Chorus: "they are rather cold, these aforementioned blues")

Yes, I got them blues

(Chorus: "we reiterate, he or she has the blues")

Them hard down mean blues

(Chorus: "hard down mean")

Them knock you down blues

(Chorus: "blues of immense power, we stress")

Them cold as ice . . . cold as ice ...
c-c-c-c-cold as ice hard down mean writin' blues!

(Chorus: "you know those blues...
What's that word count for today, chile?")

Dah da da dah!

(bows)

Copyright 2001 Frank Tuttle
Used with permission.