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[ar:David Bromberg]
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[00:00.00]Suffer To Sing The Blues (Album Version) - David Bromberg
[00:07.38]Written by：D. Bromberg
[00:14.77]I sat in on a poker game
[00:17.82]Last Friday night
[00:20.56]I won a couple hands people
[00:23.27]I was doing all right
[00:25.97]I bet my money on a straight
[00:29.62]From the nine up to the King
[00:32.81]But when the dealer showed his hand
[00:35.12]He had the same damn thing
[00:37.95]It seems I always lose
[00:40.87]You've got to suffer
[00:43.70]If you want to sing the blues
[00:49.84]You know some times I play the horses
[00:53.54]But it seems I never win
[00:56.41]I went out to the races late last week again
[01:01.81]This time I won three hundred dollars
[01:05.61]But as I left the track
[01:07.96]Some greasy man come up behind me
[01:11.05]Stuck a gun in my back
[01:13.93]It seems I always lose
[01:16.92]You've got to suffer
[01:18.88]If you want to sing the blues
[02:01.68]I've got a sweet little girl
[02:04.97]Called run-around Sue
[02:08.16]She's kind of rank looking
[02:10.94]But she knows how to do
[02:13.44]Well now old Sue she's got a boyfriend
[02:16.79]They call him Gentleman Jim
[02:19.64]I said Listen Susan sweetheart
[02:22.70]Choose me or him
[02:25.08]And she said You lose
[02:28.67]You've got to suffer if you want to sing the blues
[02:36.40]Well you can sing a happy song
[02:40.35]If you're glad (if you're glad)
[02:43.31]You can sing a protest song
[02:46.29]If you're mad (if you're mad)
[02:49.25]Ah but if you want to sing the blues
[02:55.91]Then boy you'd better learn how to lose
[02:59.67]It seems like
[03:00.90]I have had these same old blues now
[03:05.30]Since old time began
[03:08.02]So I went to talk my troubles to the hoodoo man
[03:13.24]I told him all about my problem
[03:16.86]And I asked him what was wrong
[03:19.37]He said you got to live the blues
[03:22.73]If you want to sing your song
[03:25.12]Seems like I'll always lose
[03:28.23]You've got to suffer
[03:30.13]If you want to sing the blues
[03:36.53]Well you can sing a happy song
[03:40.45]If you're glad (if you're glad)
[03:43.66]You can sing a protest song
[03:46.34]If you're mad (if you're mad)
[03:49.27]Ah but if you want to sing the blues
[03:55.83]Then boy you better learn how to lose
[03:59.73]I went and bought myself a lottery ticket
[04:05.11]Just to change my luck
[04:07.88]I thought I wouldn't mind the losing
[04:10.79]Cause it only cost a buck
[04:13.06]I won an electric poster
[04:16.61]And a baritone sax
[04:19.30]But I had to pawn my cloth
[04:22.45]Just to pay off the tax
[04:25.02]It seems I always lose
[04:27.82]You've got to suffer if you want to
[04:31.48]I always lose
[04:33.89]You've got to suffer if you want
[04:37.31]How come I always lose
[04:39.91]You've got to suffer
[04:41.72]If you want to sing the blues