The Blues Can Make You Happy

People come and people go

Some folks shine and some lay low

Some folks fit the place they’re in, some folks just don’t fit their skin

That’s the way it’s always been ‘round here

There’s people living far beyond their means,

They got hundred-dollar whiskey and designer jeans

Rich is never rich enough, some folks just got too much stuff, but

That’s the way it’s always been ‘round here

The blues can make you happy for a while

Empty pockets give you a certain kind of style

Give your face that temporary smile, yeah,

The blues can make you happy for a while

The blues can make you happy for a while

Empty pockets give you a certain kind of style

Give your face that temporary smile, yeah,

The blues can make you happy for a while

Sweet ice tea from a mason jar

Honky tonks and old guitars

Friday nights with my high school queen, John Wayne up on the silver screen

That’s the way it used to be ‘round here

I’ve heard ‘em say that life is a one-way trip

And we share this road from the cradle to the crypt

We all eat, sleep, work and sweat, there’s love, kids, birth and death

That’s the way it’s always been ‘round here

The blues can make you happy for a while

Empty pockets give you a certain kind of style

Give your face that temporary smile, yeah,

The blues can make you happy for a while

The blues can make you happy for a while.