Birth of the Blues

Randy Travis & Willie Nelson



Oh they say some people long ago

Were searching for a different tune

One that they could croon as only they can



They heard the breeze in the trees

Singing weird melodies

And they made that the start of the blues



And from a jail, came the wail

Of a down, hearted frail

And they played that, as part of the blues



From a whippoorwill, way up on a hill

They took a new note

Pushed it through a horn, till it was worn, into a blue note



And then they nursed it, and they rehearsed it

and sent out the news

That the Southland, gave birth to the blues



Instrumental



And then they nursed it, and they rehearsed it

and then they sent out the news

That the Southland, gave birth to the blues...