Eva Cassidy - Blues in the Night lyrics

My mama done tol' me

When I was in pigtails

My mama done tol' me so

A man's gonna sweet talk

Give you the big eye

But when the sweet talk is done

A man is a two-face

A worrisome thing who'll leave you

Singing the blues in the night

Now you know the rain is falling

Hear that train calling

My mama done tol' me

Oh, that lonesome whistle

Howling cross the trestle

My mama done tol' me

Clicketyclacks, echoing back

The blues in the night

The evening breeze will start the trees to crying

And the moonlight hides its light

When you get the blues in the night

Oh, take my word the mockingbird will sing

His saddest, saddest kind of song

He knows things are wrong and he's right

From Natchez to Mobile

From Memphis to St. Joe

Wherever the four winds blow

Yeah, I've been to the big towns

And I heard me some big talk too

But when the big talk is done

A man is a two-face

A worrisome thing leave you

Singing, oh, the blues in the night