[ti:Can't Shake These Blues] [ar:Chris Smither] [al:Chris Smither Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop ...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Can't Shake These Blues - Chris Smither [00:40.32]No matter how I try I just can't shake these blues [00:46.92]No matter how I try I just can't shake these blues [00:52.88]They're like a big black crow flyin' after me [00:56.76]They're tryin' to shake me outa my tree [00:59.45]They shake me through an' through [01:00.74]But it just don't shake these blues [01:08.25]Seems so hard nothin' left to fight it [01:11.45]Seems so easy just to let go [01:14.51]Seems so dumb to get so excited [01:17.45]This might be the last I told you so [01:25.66]It's like a cautious crap-shoot I can't win no game [01:31.53]The dice ain't nice an' they never remember my name [01:37.76]You can shake 'em an' shoot 'em You just might win [01:41.19]Take your money home an' never shoot again [01:43.72]I shake till I lose [01:45.72]But I just can't shake these blues [02:10.36]It's kind of a clue when you finally find me alone [02:16.20]Just a dark lump of shadow with nobody takin' me home [02:23.51]The Dark is a demon it swallows me whole [02:26.50]The Fear is the shadow that shades my soul [02:29.31]Till I shake in my shoes But I just can't shake these blues [02:38.25]I don't b'lieve I'm down 'n this hole again [02:41.97]I don't believe I lost my way [02:44.58]I believe I'll sit here tremblin' [02:47.45]Till I shiver and shake my life away [02:55.72]I been sick in my time This ain't nothin' new [03:02.01]It's just worse than the first time [03:03.68]An' it lasts just as long as I do [03:08.33]I went to my doctor Just a waste of time [03:11.55]He gave me a bottle of d**e of some kind [03:14.35]That said Shake 'fore you use [03:16.23]But it just don't shake my blues [03:23.79]Seems so hard nothin' left to fight it [03:26.74]Seems so easy just to let go [03:29.43]Seems so dumb to get so excited [03:32.40]This might be the last I told you so [03:41.37]OUTRO [03:51.74]Can't shake 'em can't shake 'emetc