Back Door Blues

Woke up this mornin’, rain drippin’ down the glass

Old clock tickin’, memories fading fast

My boots are muddy, but my heart got heavier still

Another day gone, another promise unfulfilled

Coffee brewing slow and weak

Dreams slipping out, hard to speak

And I got those back door blues

Walkin’ in the midnight shoes

Trouble comes and never goes

Sadness in the way it grows

Can’t seem to shake these back door blues

Neighbors whisperin’, heard my name on the wind

Shadows linger where the stories begin

Left my guitar on the porch for a friend

Ain’t picked it up since you left, can’t pretend

Cigarette embers light the gloom

Echoes filling up the room

And I got those back door blues

Walkin’ in the midnight shoes

Trouble comes and never goes

Sadness in the way it grows

Can’t seem to shake these back door blues

Every alley’s got a tale to tell

Every goodbye rings a mournful bell

Footsteps fall in empty halls

Waiting on hope that never calls

And I got those back door blues

Walkin’ in the midnight shoes

Trouble comes and never goes

Sadness in the way it grows

Can’t seem to shake these back door bluesSomeday the sun might shine for me

Till then, these blues are all I see