"Blues Man" lyrics

I'm just a singer
A natural-born guitar ringer
Kind of a clinger
To sad old songs

I'm not a walk-behinder
I'm a new-note finder
But my name's a reminder
Of a blues man that's already gone

So I started drinking
Took some things that messed up my thinking
I was sure sinking
When she came along

I was alone in the spot lights
Not too much left inside
But she changed all of that one night
When she sang me this song

Hey baby, I love you
Hey baby, I need you
Hey baby, you ain't got to prove to me
You're some kind of macho man
You've wasted so much of your life
Running through the dark nights
Let me shine a little love light
Down on this blues man

I got so sick from speeding
All the stuff they said I was needing
If I was to keep pleasing
All of my fans
I got cuffed on dirt roads
I got sued over no-shows
But she came and took all that old load
Off of this blues man

Hey baby, I love you too
Hey baby, I need you
Hey baby, I do get tired of this traveling band
Oh, I'm up in my years now
Nights would be so cold now
If you hadn't stuck it out with this blues man

Oh, I'm up in my years now
Nights would be so cold now
If you hadn't hung around with this blues man