The Only Thing She Left Me Was the Blues

I woke up this morning to an empty house, empty’s just what I mean.

My baby must’ve left in the middle of the night. She really stripped the place clean.

Well I don’t know how I slept through it all. It must’ve been one hell of a snooze,

Cause the only thing she left me was the blues.

She took my favorite chair. She left the cupboard bare. She even took our old dog Gus.

Yeah, the only thing that lingered in the air was a sad memory of us.

She took the VCR. She even took my guitar when she walked on out the door.

She took the kitchen table, but she still was able to leave the bills on the floor.

She must’ve had strong arms to tote it all out.

She must’ve had soft footsteps, cause I didn’t wake up and find out.

She took my baseball bat, my cowboy hat, my boots, and all of my shoes.

Yeah the only thing she left me was the blues.

Now I’m lying here naked on my living room floor, cause she run off with all of my clothes.

I’d like to listen to a record on my old turntable. She run off with all of those.

Yeah the sound of silence as I sit here alone let’s me know it’s gonna be a long day,

And what a stroke of bad luck she took my pick up truck to haul it all away.

And now I wish I knew just where she went but she didn’t leave a number to call.

I wish I knew what time it was. She took the clock off of the wall.

Yeah but one thing’s clear as I’m sitting here I’m searching for all of the clues.

But the only thing she left me was the blues.

She must’ve had strong arms to tote it all out.

She must’ve had soft footsteps, cause I didn’t wake up and find out.

I’d like to call someone but she took the phone. Now ain’t nobody heard the news.

That the only thing she left me was the blues.

Yeah the only thing she left me was the blues.