| There are sad things
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| There are bad things, the blues
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| When they threaten
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| Start betting you’ll lose
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| You hide yourself behind a prayer
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| The blues’ll come and they’ll find you there
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| I mean the blues they call Pete Kelly’s Blues
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| There’s no exit
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| You can try the blues
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| If you’re born with
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| You will die with the blues
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| Think what you choose
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| That happy dream is yours they say
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| If you can pay the dues
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| That’s why I’m stuck with
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| Fresh outta luck with the blues
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| There’s no exit
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| None you can try with the blues
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| See if you’re born with
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| You gotta die with the blues
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| Think what you choose
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| That happy dream is yours they say
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| If you can pay the dues
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| That’s why I’m stuck with
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| So outta luck wit the blues
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| Some call em Pete Kelly’s Blues
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| You can call 'em anything you choose
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| I call them blues |