A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer (Longer Version)

From the 12 inch single Nineteen by Phil Lynott with bonus Thin Lizzy track

Also appeared on the live Thin Lizzy album BBC Radio One Live In Concert 1983

A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer

Lynott

In the old days

I could sing the blues

I had nothin' to live for

And nothin' to lose

And all the time

I was paying my dues

Like an old blues singer

And I had no troubles then

But I had lots of friends

Friends they come and go

And sometimes friendship ends

All the time I've had a friend on whom I depend

So blues singer

Oh

Oh mama mama mama this is your boy

Oh mama mama mama mama my soul's been destroyed

Oh mama mama your pride and joy

Is a blues singer

An old blues singer

And the party's over now

Everybody's goin' home

The band is packin' up

And I'm on my own

Oh but I miss you now you're gone

Mama your boy's a blues singer

Such an old blues singer

Nothin oh but nothin's changed

Oh sometimes you win sometimes you lose

I lost ya mama

I lost ya mama

In the old days

I could sing the blues

Had nothin' to live for

And nothin' to lose

But all the time

You must chose

I'm an old blues singer

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