DRINKIN' MY BLUES AWAY
(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

I don't drink because I'm dry, mama. I drink because I'm blue.
No matter how I try, babe, I can't get along with you.
CHO: And I just keep on drinking, drinking every night and day.
Well, I just keep on drinking, trying to drive my blues away.

Can't eat for talking. I can't sleep for crying.
You keep me worried, bothered all the time.
CHO.

I can't be happy for being so blue.
No matter how I try, babe, I can't get along with you.
CHO: So I...

Now, if I could hold my own heart in my hand,
I would show all of you people just what I have to stand.
CHO: So I...

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1935. JTD]