And I went to the doctor, the doctor looked me in my eye Said I went to the doctor, doctor looked my in my eye He said a day that blues strike you is a day you'll surely die I said "Doctor, doctor, you surely must be blind" I said "Doctor, doctor, you surely must be blind" You cannot see those blues hanging on the door frame of mine I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't rest no place I go I can't eat and I can't sleep, I can't rest no place I go I ain't seen no peace since my gal said she didn't want poor me no more And he wrote me a prescription, told me to mail it in the air Said he wrote me a prescription, told me to mail it in the air And I asked Uncle Sam to find my good gal somewhere