Good Time Charlies Got The Blues Lyrics

Good Time Charlies Got The Blues lyrics

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues 

 Danny O'Keefe 

 Written by Danny O'Keefe 

  

 Peak chart position # 9 in 1972 

  

  

 Everybody's goin' away 

 Said they're movin' to LA 

 There's not a soul I know around 

 Everybody's leavin' town 

  

 Some caught a freight, some caught a plane 

 Find the sunshine, leave the rain 

 They said this town's a waste of time 

 I guess they're right, it's wastin' mine 

  

 Some gotta win, some gotta lose 

 Good time Charlie's got the blues 

 Good time Charlie's got the blues 

  

 Ya know my heart keeps tellin' me 

 "You're not a kid at thirty-three" 

 "Ya play around, ya lose your wife" 

 "Ya play too long, you lose your life" 

  

 I got my pills to ease the pain 

 Can't find a thing to ease the rain 

 I'd love to try and settle down 

 But everybody's leavin' town 

  

 Some gotta win, some gotta lose 

 Good time Charlie's got the blues 

 Good time Charlie's got the blues 

 Good time Charlie's got the blues 

  

 (whistling to end