When The Blues

Philbo King performing 'When The Blues' live at the Artisan Sanctuary, Marion Iowa during the Marion Art Festival on May 19, 2018. Lyrics and Music (c) 2017 Philbo King Music When the Blues get to rolling, when the song won't leave you alone Keep your head above the water, cause your baby might soon be coming home Me and my gal was cakewalking, black Jack Daniels was keeping us warm When the bar was finally closing her sweet jelly roll will keep me from harm Gonna rock, gonna roll, in the back of my '63 Olds Gonna rise, gonna shine, my sweet baby gonna make me feel fine Living's hard in the city, where no one will give you the time They got no soul, only money, only there to steal you blind But my sweet baby, she's there to hold me Her sweet arms always open wide Keeps her loving for me only Do all I can to keep her satisfied Gotta rise, gotta roll, down the road in my '63 Olds Gonna ride back to my baby, gonna taste that sweet jelly roll Gonna rock, gonna roll, in the back of my '63 Olds Gonna rise, gonna shine, my sweet baby gonna make me feel fine