"When I was a young man I thought I was going to
make a fortune as a songwriter. Now I'd rather be
anything else."

Oh I wish I were a bushman
For a bushman's brains are small
Or perhaps a politician
With scarecly brains at all
And I sometimes sit and wonder
Just what I'd like to be
'Cause I'm quite sure by thunder
I'd be anything but me

'Cause I got the blues
Got the blues
My Pa's in jail and Mama's
On the booze
My sister's just a riddle
And my brothers on the fiddle
I got the blues, blues, blues

Oh I wish I had a guitar
And though it sounds absurd
I'd die my hair and sing so no one
Understands a word
And I'd wiggle and I'd waggle
And all the kids would shriek
Very soon I'd make myself
A thousand bucks a week

But I got the blues
Got the blues
'Cause no will accept my IOU's
My creditors are many
Daren't even spend a penny
I got the blues, blues, blues

Oh I wish I were a film star
I'd tell you what I'd do
My bosom 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 got the blues
Got the blues
The kind of blues
That I can never lose
And I sometimes site and wonder
If it's better six feet under
I got the blues, blues, blues.
