Baby's got the blues Baby's got the blues oh Baby's got the blues Baby's got the blues he says I never cook him anything and I never clean I never press his shirts and I don't have a washing machine Baby's got the blues he doesn't buy me diamonds he doesn't buy me clothes I'm walking around in a potato sack but Baby's got the blues Love is funny love is kind when you first start out the passion's like wine then it fades Baby Baby's Baby's got the blues so I get kind of tired and I get kind of bored and I take myself out to the store and I buy something sweet so Baby won't have the blues but when I come home he aint there so I change all the locks and I leave him outside party starts a thumpin and I'm having one heck of a ride alive without my baby who's always got the blues he's nothing but bad news when you're baby when you're baby when you're baby's got the blues Baby's got the blues