these blues

I am drunk with worry

I cannot stand up

no matter what I do

it's just not good enough

so I think I'll just lay here

in my bed all day

maybe if I do nothing

these blues will go away

I am looking inward

to see what I can find

trying to see that part of me

that got left behind

I don't think much with my brain

I always choose my heart

maybe if I do nothing

these blues will depart

          help me please

          I'm falling

          down in deep despair

          I am finding out

          how it feels down there

I am scared of living

in a world where souls collide

I want to find out what it's like

to see the other side

I've stayed too long in one place

I need to leave my home

maybe if I do nothing

these blues will leave me alone

so I've given up

I don't expect to recover

if it's not one thing,

it sure as hell is another

I will make it out of here

sure as my Christian name

maybe if I do nothing

these blues will stay the same