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Midnight Blues

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Midnight Blues Lyrics

Got the blues like midnight.
Honey won't be long 'fore day.
Got the blues like midnight.
Honey won't be long 'fore day.
Wish that tornado would blow my blues away.
Lord, I can tell my bulldog
when I hear him bark
Lord, I can tell my baby
when I hear her in the dark.
Got the blues like midnight.
Honey won't be long 'fore day.
Got the blues like midnight.
Honey won't be long 'fore day.
Lord I wish a tornado would blow my blues away.

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by Stone Free

20y ago

This page is missing some lyrics--but maybe it's just the version on the Live Unplugged Los Angeles CD that's got the extra lyrics.

Very nice song, I like the bluesy guitars. The meaning? He's got the blues, plain and simple, but he knows that they'll go away soon.

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