These Blues Lyrics - Jimmie Dale Gilmore

When I get these blues, I just look back down that road 

It's been a while since I laid down that load 

These blues ain't nothin' like the blues I had 

Before I paid a little debt I owed 

When I get these blues, I just look back down that road 

Everythin' I ever needed was on the shelf 

Spent all of my time feelin' sorry for myself 

I was driftin' and dreamin' and waitin' 

And watchin' for a ship with a silver sail 

But I got lucky and I woke up in jail 

There is none so blind as he who will not see 

And it's easy to see I could not see that was me 

When he washed ashore 

The drunken sailor was adrift in the city night 

And you'd better believe, in the mornin' my burden was light 

Well I don't know where I'm goin' 

But I know where I've been 

And there ain't no need to ever go back again 

And my very worst days are so much better 

Than the best I knew back then 

And I thank the Lord that a loser can sometimes win 

Yeah, I thank the Lord that a loser can sometimes win