"Ask Me 'bout Nothing (But The Blues)" lyrics

Ask me who was the first man
To make a light burn so bright
I don't know
Oh Lord I don't know

Ask me who thought of using
A candle for a light
I don't know
Oh I don't know

But ask me how does a man feel
When he's got the blues
And I'd say
Misused abused down-hearted and blue
And oh the reason that I know this
Is cause the blues is all I was left with

Ask me why does a man
Have to reach way beyond his need
I don't know
Lord have mercy I don't know

And ask me why does a tree
Have to shed its leaves
I don't know
Lord have mercy I don't know

Ask me how does a man feel
When he's got the blues
And I'd say
Misused abused down-hearted and blue
And oh the reason that I know this
Is cause the blues is all I was left with

Oh I could tell you how it feels
When you got a dirty deal
I can tell you how it hurts
When you been stepped on
And treated just like dirt

Ask me why do all good things
Have to come to an end
I don't know
Lord have mercy I don't know

You see
Ask me nothin but 'bout the blues
The blues is all that I was left with
Ask me 'bout nothing, nothing but the blues
Oh, the blues is all I was left with
Oh have mercy