Midnight Turning Day Blues (Blue Yodel No 6)

Merle Haggard · Same Train a Different Time [1969]

(Jimmie Rodgers)



One of these mornings I'm sure gonna leave this town

One of these mornings I'm sure gonna leave this town

'Cause a triflin' woman sure keeps a good man down.



Yes, she left me this morning midnight was turning day

She left me this morning midnight was turning day

I didn't have no blues till my good gal went away.



I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day

I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day

I wish a tornado would blow my blues away.



Here come them dobro.



--- Instrumental ---



It's like in 1930.



When a man is down and out a woman don't want him round

Hey, when a man is down and out a woman don't want him round

But when a man's got money he's the sweetest guy in town.



A woman will follow you right to the jailhouse door

Hey, a woman will follow you right to the jailhouse door

Then she'll laugh and tell you that you can't fuss and fight no more.



I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day Lord Lord

I got the blues like midnight moon shining bright as day

I wish a tornado would blow my blues away.



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