(Mmmmmmmm) I got the blues, Babe,
Got those old Istanbul Blues,
Said, Yeh, I got the blues, Baby,
Got those old Istanbul Blues.
Thirty years in Turkey, Baby,
Ain't got nothing left to lose!
Well, I was busted at the border, Baby,
With two 'kees' in my shoes.
Said, I was busted at the border, Baby,
With two 'kees' in my shoes.
And they gave me thirty years, Baby,
To learn the Istanbul Blues.
I said, Lord, now save me.
Please save me from this pain.
I said, Lord, come and save me.
Come and save me from this pain. (Yeh!)
Well, come set me free, sweet Jesus,
Come on, save me from this pain. (Ooh, yeh!)
I got the blues,
Got those old Istanbul Blues. (Yeh!)
I say, Yeh, got the blues,
Got those old Istanbul Blues.
Well, they gave me thirty years in Turkey, Baby!
Ain't got nothing left to lose!
