You Don’t Know The Blues

If you’ve never been down
To your last lonely dime
Not knowing where you’re
Next meal is coming from

And if you never been
In the howling wind
Stranded in the cold
Knowing the dark of the night
Is sure to come

You don’t know the blues
You don’t know the blues

If you’ve never seen
The one you love
Turn and walk away
And you know this time
It’s gonna be the last
If you’ve never had to
Spend all night
Staring at a wall
All you’ve got to think
About is your past

You don’t know the blues
You don’t know the blues

You don’t know the blues
You don’t know the blues

If you ever seen your baby child
Hungry, sick, and cold
Holding to a praying mother’s side
If you’ve never seen those
Hollow eyes staring up at you
Then you ain’t lived the hard side of life

You don’t know the blues
You don’t know the blues

You don’t know the blues
You don’t know the blues

You don’t know the blues
You don’t know the blues

You don’t know the blues
You don’t know the blues