Written by: Delores Vicki Silvers
Arranged By: Nelson Riddle – Neal Hefti
Album Title: The Capitol Years, Disc 1
Label: Capitol – Reprise
Recorded: 3/23/55 – 10/2/62
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The tables are empty, the dance
floor's deserted.
You play the same love song -
it's the 10th time you've heard it.
That's the beginning, just one
of the clues.
You've had your first lesson in
learnin' the blues.
The cigarettes you light, one
after another,
Won't help you forget her, and
the way that you love her.
You're only burnin' a torch you
can't lose.
But you're on the right track
for learnin' the blues.
When you're at home alone,
The blues will taunt you
constantly.
When you're out in a crowd,
The blues will haunt your
memory.
The nights when you don't sleep,
the whole night you're crying.
But you can't forget her, soon you even stop trying.
You'll walk that floor and wear
out your shoes.
When you feel your heart break,
you're learnin' the blues.
When you're at home alone,
The blues will taunt you
constantly.
When you're out in a crowd,
Those blues will haunt your
memory.
The nights when you don't sleep,
that whole night you're crying.
But you can't forget her, soon
you even stop trying.
You'll walk the floor, and
you'll wear out your shoes.
When you feel your heart break,
you're learnin' those blues.