Thin Lizzy - A Night In The Life of A Blues Singer lyrics

From the 12 inch single "Nineteen" by Phil Lynott with bonus Thin Lizzy track

Also appeared on the live Thin Lizzy album BBC Radio One Live In Concert 1983

A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer

(Lynott)

In the old days

I could sing the blues

I had nothin' to live for

And nothin' to lose

And all the time

I was paying my dues

Like an old blues singer

And I had no troubles then

But I had lots of friends

Friends they come and go

And sometimes friendship ends

All the time, I've had a friend on whom I depend

So blues singer

Oh...

Oh mama, mama, mama, this is your boy

Oh mama, mama, mama, mama, my soul's been destroyed

Oh mama, mama, your pride and joy

Is a blues singer

An old blues singer

And the party's over now

Everybody's goin' home

The band is packin' up

And I'm on my own

Oh, but I miss you now you're gone

Mama, your boy's a blues singer

Such an old blues singer

Nothin, oh but nothin's changed

Oh sometimes you win sometimes you lose

I lost ya mama

I lost ya mama

In the old days

I could sing the blues

Had nothin' to live for

And nothin' to lose

But all the time

You must chose

I'm an old blues singer

Oh...