BLAME IT ALL

ON MY ROOTS

I SHOWED UP IN BOOTS

AND RU INED YOUR

BLACK TIE AFFAI R

THE LAST ONE TO KNOW

THE LAST ONE TO SHOW

I WAS THE LAST ONE

YOU THOUGHT YOU'D

SEE THER E

AND I SAW THE

SUR PRISE AND THE

FEAR IN HIS EYES

WHEN I TOOK HIS

GLASS OF CHAMPAGN E

AND I TOA STED YOU

SAID HO NEY WE

MAY BE THROUGH

BUT YOU'LL NE VER

HEAR ME COM PLAIN

'CAUSE I GOT FRIENDS

IN LOW PLA CES

WHERE THE WHIS KEY

DROWNS AND THE

BEER CHA SES

MY BLUES A WAY

AND I'LL BE O. K.

AND I'M NOT BIG ON

SO CIAL GRA CES

THINK I'LL SLIP ON

DOWN TO THE O A SIS

OH I'VE GOT FRIENDS

IN LOW PLACE S

WELL I GUESS

I WAS WRONG

I JUST DON'T BE LONG

BUT THEN I'VE BEEN

THERE BEFOR E

E VERY THING'S AL RIGHT

I'LL JUST SAY

GOOD NIGHT

AND I'LL SHOW MY SELF

TO THE DOOR

HEY I DID N'T MEAN

TO CAUSE A BIG SCENE

JUST GIVE ME AN HOUR

AND THEN

WELL I'LL BE AS HIGH

AS THAT I VORY TO WER

THAT YOU'RE LI VIN' IN

'CAUSE I GOT FRIENDS

IN LOW PLA CES

WHERE THE WHIS KEY

DROWNS AND THE

BEER CHA SES

MY BLUES A WAY

AND I'LL BE O. K.

AND I'M NOT BIG ON

SO CIAL GRA CES

THINK I'LL SLIP ON

DOWN TO THE O A SIS

OH I'VE GOT FRIENDS

IN LOW PLACE S

I GOT FRIENDS

IN LOW PLA CES

WHERE THE WHIS KEY

DROWNS AND THE

BEER CHA SES

MY BLUES A WAY

AND I'LL BE O. K.

AND I'M NOT BIG ON

SO CIAL GRA CES

THINK I'LL SLIP ON

DOWN TO THE O A SIS

OH I'VE GOT FRIENDS

IN LOW PLACE S