Lyrics

Recent Activity

Following

Cover art for Good Imitation of the Blues lyrics by Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson

Good Imitation of the Blues

0 Meanings

Add Yours

Follow

Share

Q&A

Good Imitation of the Blues Lyrics

You called it quits
And hung up the phone
Now go love
The one you choose

And my friends say I should be happy
But if I'm happy
This is a good imitation of the blues

You threatened to leave
One too many times
I'm gettin' out
My travelin' shoes

And now that you're gone
I'm gonna be walkin' on
With this good imitation of the blues

My friends all say
You're no good without me
They tell me
That's good for you

And they say that I'm
Just feelin' fine
With this good imitation of the blues

You threatened to leave
One too many times
I'm gettin' out
My travelin' shoes

And now that you're gone
I'm gonna be walkin' on
With this good imitation of the blues

Submitted by

songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

Album art

Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)

Album art

Album art

Drive (For Daddy Gene)

Album art

Where I Come From

Album art

Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks!

These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators.

You must be logged in to edit lyrics.

Unable to save lyrics. Please try again.

Lyrics cannot contain links.

Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours.

Keep it true to the song

Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

SongMeanings

Submitter

2012-02-06 17:46:22

0 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.