I've Got the Blues

Oh I wish I were a bushman for a bushman's brain's are small Or perhaps a politician with scarcely brains at all And I sometimes sit and wonder just what I'd like to be Cos I'm quite sure by thunder I'd be anything but me Cos I've got the blues, got the blues My pa's in jail and momma's on the booze My sister's just a riddle and my brother's on the fiddle I've got the blues, blues, blues Oh I wish I had a guitar I know it sounds absurd I'd dye my hair and sing so no one understands a word And I'd wiggle and I'd waggle and all the kids would shriek And very soon I'd make myself a thousand bucks a week But I've got the blues, got the blues Cos no one will except my I.O.U's My creditors are many, daren't even spend a penny I got the blues, blues, blues Oh I wish I were a filmstar I'd tell you what I'd do My bossom would be forty or maybe forty two And I'd have a sugar daddy to keep me company As sure as my name's Paddy that's just the life for me But I've got the blues, got the blues The kind of blues that I can never lose And I sometimes sit and wonder if it's better six feet under I got the blues, blues, blues