The Blues Havin' Blues

The good lord must have heard my prayers, because he packed up and disappearedHe took the praise and extravagant odes, and he left the sting I've been dying to knowSomeone should give that old devil his dueHe taught me how to love only youI know I owe my good fortune to himBecause he pulled me out of the trance that faith had put me inI've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I was bornCleansed in the water, the sons and the daughters, stripped of the sins we're destined forI've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I've been rebornDown in the water, the sons and the daughters, the kind of death worth living forThe Good Stranger has seen me grieveHe saw the crooked old heart on my sleeveHe took the note I had handwritten and said "Only sinners become better men"Someone should give that old devil his dueHe taught me how to love only youI owe the love of my woman to himBecause he took her out of the grave that faith put her inI've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I was bornCleansed in the water, the sons and the daughters, stripped of the sins we're destined forI've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I've been rebornDown in the water, the sons and the daughters, the kind of death worth living forI can't live without the bluesI can't love without the bluesI can't sleep without the bluesThe devil will take his pay so we're alrightBecause he pulled me out the trance that faith had put me inI've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I was bornCleansed in the water, the sons and the daughters, stripped of the sins we're destined forI've been blessed with a broken heart since the day I've been rebornDown in the water, the sons and the daughters, the kind of death worth living for