Harold Arlen Blues In The Night (my Mama Done Tol` Me) Lyrics

Blues In The Night (my Mama Done Tol` Me) Lyrics

My mama done tol` me, when I was in knee-pants
My mama done tol` me, " Son a woman`ll sweet talk"
And
give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin`s done
A woman`s a two-face, A worrisome thing who`ll
leave ya to sing the blues in the night

Now the rain`s a-fallin`, hear the train`s a-callin,
"Whooee!"
(My mama done tol` me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin` `cross the trestle,
"Whooee!"
(My
mama done tol` me) A-whooee-ah-whooee ol` clickety-clack`s a-echoin` back th`
blues in the night
The
evenin` breeze`ll start the trees to cryin` and the moon`ll hide its light when
you get the blues in
the night
Take my word, the mockingbird`ll sing the saddest kind o` song, he knows things
are wrong,
and he`s right

From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow
I been
in some big towns an` heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I know
A woman`s a two-face, a
worrisome thing who`ll leave ya to sing the blues in the night

My mama was right, there`s blues in