Banjo Blues

A banjo pulls on the heartstrings of life When you feeling blue hits you like a knife When life is against you the going's tough Like a fast flowing river undercutting the bluff You'd gone away when I visited your house Came back here for time with a famous grouse You continue to avoid me and shun my advances Every time I'm there you go into trances Feel as though I'm drifting from day to day As time goes by I'm getting feet of clay If there's nothing for us now or in the future Tell me straight I'll repair the wound with a suture I'm feeling blue on the bounds of depression Tried everything I know to make a good impression I'm a slave to love and sounds of the heart Don't tell me I'm wrong and we belong apart A banjo pulls at the heartstrings of life When you're feeling blue hits you like a knife When life is against you the going's tough Like a fast flowing river undercutting the bluff