Blues is funny, up on you they will creep Blues is funny, up on you they will creep They will come on Monday, stay with you all the week Did you ever get to thinkin', when there was no one around? Did you ever get to thinkin', when they was no one around? And it looked like everybody had really throwed you down Sometime blues makes me happy, and again they make me cry Sometime blues makes me happy, and again they make me cry What makes me get that way, I can't tell the reason why I do believe I was born with blues in my right hand I do believe I was born with blues in my right hand Why I stay blue so long, I just can't understand If I've had the blues once, I've had 'em a thousand times If I've had the blues once, I've had 'em the thousand times And I can always feel them, liftin' on my mind