Good Time Charlies Got the Blues

(Danny O' Keefe)



Everybody's gone away

Said they're movin' to L.A.

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 will waste their time

I guess they're right, it's wasted mine.



Some gotta win, some gotta lose

Good time Charlie's got the blues.

Good time Charlie's got the blues.



You know my heart keeps tellin' me

You're not a kid at forty-three

You play around you lose your wife

You play too long you lose your life.



I'm hopin' time will ease the pain

Can't find a thing to ease the rain

I'd love to try and setlle 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.



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