Suffer To Sing The Blues (Album Version)

作曲：D. Bromberg

I sat in on a poker game last friday night

I won a couple hands people i was doing all right

I bet my money on a straight from the nine up to the king

But when the dealer showed his hand he had the same damn thing

It seems i always lose you've got to suffer if you wanna sing the blues

You know sometimes i play the horses but it seems i never win

I went out to the races late last week again

This time i won three hundred dollars

But as i left the track some greasy man come up behind me

Stuck a gun in my back

It seems i always lose you've got to suffer if you wanna sing the blues

I've got a sweet little girl call her run around sue

She's kind of rank looking but she knows how to do

Well now old sue she's got a boyfriend they call him gentleman jim

I said listen susan sweetheart choose me or him then she said

You lose you've got to suffer if you wanna sing the blues

Well you can't sing a happy song if you're glad if you're glad

You can sing a protest song if you're mad if you're mad

Ah but if you wanna sing the blues

Then boy you better learn how to lose

It seems like i have had these same old blues

Since all time began

So i went to talk my troubles to the hoodoo man

I told him all about my problem and i asked him what was wrong

He said you've got to live the blues if you wanna sing your song

Seems like i'll always lose you've got to suffer if you wanna sing the blues

Well you can't sing a happy song if you're glad if you're glad

You can sing a protest song if you're mad if you're mad

Ah but if you wanna sing the blues

Then boy you better learn how to lose

I went and bought myself a lottery ticket just to change my luck

I thought i wouldn't mind to lose him cause it only cost a buck

I won an electric poster and a baritone sax

But i had to pawn my clothes just to pay off the tax

It seems i always lose you've got to suffer if you wanna

I always lose you've got to suffer if you wanna

How come i always lose you've got to suffer if you wanna sing the blues