Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues Song Lyrics and Chords
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Cal Smith
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Recorded by Cal Smith
Written by Danny O'Keefe
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Everybody's gone away
Said they're moving to L
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There's not a soul I know
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around
Everybody's leavin'
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town
Some caught a
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freight some caught a
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train
Find the sunshine leave the
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rain
They said this town'll waste your
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time
I guess they're right it's wasting
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mine
Some gotta win some gotta
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lose
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Good time Charlie's got the
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blues
You know my heart keeps telling me
You're not a kid at thirty-
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three
You play around you lose your
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wife
You play too long you lose your
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life
I got my pills to ease the pain
Can't find a thing to ease the
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rain
I'd love to try and settle
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down
But everybody's leaving
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town
Some gotta win some gotta
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lose
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Good time Charlie's got the
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blues
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Good time Charlie's got the
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blues
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Good time Charlie's got the
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blues
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No Charlie's got the
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blues
FAQ
Who sang the the song Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues?
- The song Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues was sang by Cal Smith.
Who is Cal Smith?
- Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 - October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".
