When my baby moved out and the blues moved in there wasn`t nothing I could do
But mosey around with my head in my hands oh Lord what am I comin` to
I just keep moanin` moanin` the blues
I wrote a nice long letter sayin` mama please come home
Your daddy is lonesome and all I do is moan
I`ve been lovin` that gal for so doggone long I can`t afford to lose her now
I thought I was right but I must have been wrong cause my head is startin` to bow
And now I`m moanin` moanin` the blues
[ steel - guitar ]
If you want a good gal to stay around you got to treat her nice and kind
If you do her wrong she`ll leave this town and you`ll almost lose your mind
Then you`ll be moanin` moanin` the blues
Oh baby baby baby honey baby please come home
Your daddy is lonesome and all I do is moan
I promise you baby that I`ll be good and I`ll never be bad no more
Sittin` here waitin` for you right now to walk through that front door
Then I`ll stop moanin` moanin` the blues then I`ll stop moanin` moanin` the blues