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A Mess of Blues

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Words & Music: Doc Pomus/ Mort Shuman
I just got your letter baby
Too bad you can't come home
I swear I’m goin' crazy
Sittin' here all alone
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

I ain't slept a wink since Sunday
I can't eat a thing all day
Every day is just blue Monday
Since you've been away
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

I gotta get myself together
Before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

I gotta get myself together
Before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since you're gone
I got a mess of blues

Since you're gone I got a mess of blues
Since you're gone I got a mess of blues
Recorded: 1960/03/20, first released on single

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JerryNodak (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 21, 2008report abuse
Never cared for this. Just a B-side to me.
Kees (profile/ contact) wrote on May 15, 2008report abuse
Elvis could sing anything, this great blues performance clearly shows our man had the blues in his voice.
OtisBlue22 (profile/ contact) wrote on May 15, 2008report abuse
I can't believe how boring Elvis was in his setlist choice throughout the 70's. He had such a tremendous back-catalogue: Mess of Blues should have been at the top of any list. Maybe it was because the orchestra needed to know the score of every song, supporting my argument that Elvis should have ditched the Vegas trappings and hit the road with a small, versatile group like he did in the 50's and early 60's, a time when Heart of Stone, Maybellene & Only You graced his setlist.
Steve V (profile/ contact) wrote on May 15, 2008report abuse
The flip side of Its Now Or Never (USA) which makes this one of the greatest singles of all time. Elvis is vocally at his peak. A song that is not too well known by the general public and it should be. A bona fide classic. Brilliant.
old shep (profile/ contact) wrote on Apr 11, 2008report abuse
The flip side of Girl of My Best Friend. A great bluesy number with Elvis raunchy vocal in top gear another one of the many great songs that were begging for another outing in the concert years and were cast aside

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