Vaudeville Blues

Meet me at the back door cause I ain’t got a dime
You wouldn’t know it now I was a big deal in my time
I was right on the front page now I’m yesterday’s news
And I’ll fade into the twilight singing the Vaudeville Blues

Last night I found my pockets lined with cash and change
I tried to leave the stage but folks was in a rage to hear
The Lovesick Blues again
Rolling dice and drinking lost it all but my clothes and shoes
Now I’m Walking down the alley singing the Vaudeville Blues

Meet me at the back door cause I ain’t got a dime
You wouldn’t know it now I was a big deal in my time
With Valentino on the big screen I was bound to lose
Can’t fight a talking picture singing the Vaudeville Blues

I heard a stranger singing on the street in Asheville town
He sang a yodel ad-ee-oh and wouldn’t you know
Told me he was Bristol bound
Pretty soon he was a rich man I read it in the evening news
Then I threw it in the gutter crying the vaudeville blues

It’s a century of progress
But the times has got me feeling sore
I put my blues in an old gin bottle and never sang no more

Meet me at the back door cause I ain’t got a dime
You wouldn’t know it now I was a big deal in my time
I was right on the front page now I’m yesterday’s news
And I’ll fade into the twilight singing the Vaudeville Blues

Ain’t no business like show business to leave you battered broke and bruised
Just fade into the twilight singing the Vaudeville Blues