Old Piano Plays the Blues

After You've Gone - Lionel Hampton

The clock is striking guess it must be two

My baby left me for somebody new

I've been here playing since she said we're through

An old piano plays the blues

The clock is striking guess it must be three

My room is lonely as a room can be

I'm improvising on a memory

An old piano plays the blues

Each evening since we met we were a close duet

From dusk until the moon would glow

And every night I find she's hangin' round my mind

I guess I'm not the kind to do a solo

The clock is striking Lord it must be four

Perhaps I'd better lock the downstairs door

The one I play for will be here no more

An old piano plays the blues

So I'll just still and play my piano

Until my baby come back