The Temptation Blues 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Feb 2010
2010

Ev'ry morn, just at dawn,
I'm forlorn, something's wrong,
I can't tell, I wonder why
Try so hard to do right,
with all main and might
yet it seems I'm slippin'
slippin' onward and on,
Into those cruel Temptation Blues.

I've got those cruel, sinful
Temptation Blues.
I'll fight a duel
almost any thing I'm apt to do.
I feel mean
Gee I could scream
I never dreamed
that I could change,
First seem'd strange
easy now since you drove me
to those low down lonesome
Temptation Blues!
Don't worry when folks
tell you 'bout the things I do;
Just stop and wonder why
no need to plead and sigh
Repent for all the tears I've shed
then say your last goodbye
I'm raving with those cruel
Temptation Blues.

I've got those cruel, sinful
Temptation Blues.
I'll fight a duel
almost any thing I'm apt to do.
I feel mean
Gee I could scream
I never dreamed
that I could change,
First seem'd strange
easy now since you drove me
to those low down lonesome
Temptation Blues!
Don't worry when folks
tell you 'bout the things I do;
Just stop and wonder why
no need to plead and sigh
Repent for all the tears I've shed
then say your last goodbye
I'm raving with those cruel
Temptation Blues.

I'm distress'd, so depress'd,
I confess, I've done less,
Than return the love you gave me,
I robb'd your heart and soul,
for your paltry gold
I was tempted you consented,
what else was there to do?
When came those Temptation Blues?

I've got those cruel, sinful
Temptation Blues.
I'll fight a duel
almost any thing I'm apt to do.
I feel mean
Gee I could scream
I never dreamed
that I could change,
First seem'd strange
easy now since you drove me
to those low down lonesome
Temptation Blues!
Don't worry when folks
tell you 'bout the things I do;
Just stop and wonder why
no need to plead and sigh
Repent for all the tears I've shed
then say your last goodbye
I'm raving with those cruel
Temptation Blues.

I've got those cruel, sinful
Temptation Blues.
I'll fight a duel
almost any thing I'm apt to do.
I feel mean
Gee I could scream
I never dreamed
that I could change,
First seem'd strange
easy now since you drove me
to those low down lonesome
Temptation Blues!
Don't worry when folks
tell you 'bout the things I do;
Just stop and wonder why
no need to plead and sigh
Repent for all the tears I've shed
then say your last goodbye
I'm raving with those cruel
Temptation Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Temptation Blues 1919
by J.Berni Barbour
© MCMXIX by Seidel Mus.Pub.Co.Inc. - Indianapolis, Ind.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 13 February 2010 at 10.40
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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