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I get blue late at night when the sun go down and the rain begin to fall
I get blue late at night when there's no one around and my mother give me a call
When all the windows across the street got a television glow
When the minute hand tells the second hand, "Son, keep it slow"
When my mind is full of empty thoughts and there's nothing much to do
I get blue

I get blue when I look in the mirror 'cause I'm sick and tired of my face
I get blue when the air conditioner rattles in its case
When all the pictures hanging on my wall start to walk with a limp
When the music playing down the hall is sung by some Mexican pimp
It doesn't matter if the tune is good 'cause not one word is true
I get blue

You tell me that I'm out of date, my blues don't give you a thrill
You tell me I should medicate with some shiny little blue pill
Well, that's all right
You tell me there's no money in feeling sorry for myself
You tell me that your children got Chinese toys on their shelf
Well that's all right

I remember when I was a little boy I'd sit at the end of my bed
I'd sit there hoping someday I'd find the words in my head
To express the loneliness I was feeling then
I could barely sing, barely play guitar, could barely do anything
Oh my sad, sad little friend I'm still the same as you
I get blue

You tell me there's a million people got it worse than me
You tell me there's a billion more never seen a university
Well, that's all right
You tell me there's a woman lives just down the street
She's got one eye, sixteen cats, she's very keen to meet
Well that's all right

Well I think I better go to bed 'cause I gotta get up and work
I’ll drink some coffee in the morning, wear my favorite shirt
I'll talk to people here and there in an urban sugar dream
I'll ask the girl in the copy room if I've broken her machine
Somewhere between Delancey Street and Atlantic Avenue
I just have to remind myself every day's brand new
Still I get blue
I get blue

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from Building A Road, released September 1, 2003
Spottiswoode: Vocals, Electric Guitar
John Young: Bass
Tim Vaill: Drums
Candace DeBartolo: Saxophone
Kevin Cordt: Trumpet
Riley McMahon: Electric Guitar
Kenny White: Keyboards

Produced by Spottiswoode & His Enemies
Mixed by Gene Holder

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Spottiswoode & His Enemies New York, New York

For over 2 decades, Spottiswoode & His Enemies have been a constantly self-reinventing New York institution. The IMA winners recently earned three more nominations for their 7th record, LOST IN THE CITY, “an immersive theater-of-the-mind love letter to New York”.

Spottiswoode's songs appear in numerous TV shows and films including Either Side Of Midnight for which he also wrote the screenplay. ... more

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