Blues In The Night

My mommy done tol' me, when I was in pigtails



My mommy done tol' me, "Hon, a man's gonna sweet talk



And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done



A man is 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 mommy done tol' me



Hear dat lonesome whistle



Blowin' 'cross the trestle



"Whooee!"



My mommy done tol' me



A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a echoin' back



The blues in the night



The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'



And the moon'll hide it's light



When you get the blues in the night



Take my word



The mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind of 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 man is a two-face, a worrisome thing



Who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night



My mommy was right



There's blues in the night