The Blues Man

I'm just a singer, a natural born guitar ringer Kind of a clinger to sad old songs I'm not a walk behinder, I'm a new note finder But my name's a reminder of a blues man that's already gone So I started drinkin', took some things that messed up my thinkin' I was sure sinkin' when you came along I was alone in the hot lights, not too much left in sight But she changed all that one night when she sang me this song Hey baby, I love you, hey baby, I need you Hey baby, you ain't got to prove to me you're some kind of macho man You've wasted so much of your life runnin' through the dark nights Let me shine some love light down on the blues man I got so sick from speedin', all the steps they said I was needing If I was to keep on pleasing all of my fans I got cuffed on dirt roads, I got sued over no shows But she came and took all that old load down off of this blues man Hey baby, I love you too, hey baby, I need you Hey baby, I do get tired of this traveling band I'm thirty years old now, nights would be cold now If you hadn't stuck it out with this blues man I'm thirty years old now, nights sure would be cold now If you haven't hung around with this blues man