Woke up this morning
Got out of bed
Last night's performance
Pounding through my head
I got no rhythm
Got no style
That sea of stony faces
Never cracked a smile!

(chorus:)
I got the blues
The Bad Actor Blues
(say it ain't true!)
Don't want no
Bad actor blues

Picked up a paper
Shoulda saved my buck
I prayed for mercy, but I was
Shit out of luck
That critic panned me
Dragged me down
Mucked my reputation
All over this town!

(chorus)

(harmonica solo)

Thought I'd be famous
Thought I'd be known
Now even my momma
Ain't answering the phone
Washed up in the sewer
I'm startin to smell
The bottle's half empty, and I'm
Halfway to hell!

(chorus)

(outro) ... it sucks to have the blues
I'm going back home
to the assembly line

Bad actor blues, oh yeah

***

copyright 2001 - lyrics: Maureen Chaume, music: Guy Del Villano

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