I learned how to hammer in the burning August sun
Learned how to lie and cheat
How to steal and just how to run

I fell asleep most nights with somebody else's blood on my tongue, your tongue
You learned just how to run


But it's just the blues, Mary, the blues
Swirling around my head like the dreams in Dorothy's shoes
I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you


Learned how to cry in them lonesome September nights
I learned to get by with the dogs and the dirt and the charm of the street

I fell asleep most nights with your pictures right behind my eyes
You're eyes, the killer and the victim, alright
Right at the same time


But it's just the blues, Mary, the blues
Swirling around my head like the dreams in Dorothy's shoes

I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you
And it's just the blues, Mary, the blues
Swirling around my head like the dreams in Dorothy's shoes


The cause for smile
Is bright like the ramparts on the 4th of July

My baby swings like a boxer
And sends her right hooks onto my chin
She cries like a baby

And she wears me just like a ring
Cries like a baby
And she wears me just like a ring


Learned how to swagger
I learned how to hold you while your body burns

Learned how compromise while this whirlwind hurricane turns
We fell asleep most nights
With each other's blood on our tongues

My love, have you ever just had enough

But it's just the blues, Mary, the blues

Swirling around my head like the dreams Dorothy this shoes
I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you
And it's just the blues, Mary the blues

Swirling around my head like the dreams in Dorothy's shoes
I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you
And it's just the blues, Mary the blues

Swirling around my head like the dreams in Dorothy's shoes
I'm somewhere over the rainbow for you