Time Out For The Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Lefty Frizzell
Time Out For The Blues
Recorded by Lefty Frizzell
Written by Dan Hart and Buddy Starcher
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Well the mail don't come and the phone don't
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Lost all I had lost every
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thing
But now you're gone what can I
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do
I'm gonna take
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t-ime
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out for the
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blues
Baby you don't know what you've done to
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me
You've filled my life with mise
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ry
I keep walking the floor I wore out my
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shoes
I'm gonna take
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t-ime
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time out for the
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blues
Yeah when I come home you was never
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You didn't think u-mm you didn't
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care
But it's too late now honey I've got some
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news
I'm gonna take
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t-ime
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out for the
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blues
Just a photograph that's signed with
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love
I'll kiss it too u-mm or a little
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hug
That's all I have that's part of
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you
I'm gonna take
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time
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time out for the
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blues
FAQ
Who sang the the song Time Out For The Blues?
- The song Time Out For The Blues was sang by Lefty Frizzell.
Who is Lefty Frizzell?
- William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer.He gained prominence in 1950 after two major hits, and throughout the decade was a very popular country performer.
Frizzell influenced a number of other country singers, including George Jones, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Keith Whitley, Merle Haggard, and John Fogerty. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. After the death of Hank Williams in 1953, Frizzell released many songs that charted in the Top 10 of the Hot Country Songs charts. His success did not carry on into the 1960s, and after suffering from alcoholism, he died at age 47.
A vocalist who set the style of singing "the country way" for the generations that followed, Frizzell became one of the most successful and influential artists of country music throughout his career. He smoothed out the rough edges of a honky tonk song by sounding out syllables longer and singing longer. Because of this, his music became much more mainstream without losing its honky-tonk attitude and persona.
