I was just a young man working steady in a good time band

Pickin' every single little lick I could just to please the man

Harlan sang the lead for half and we split up the rest

Hangin' on through the heavy times and hopin' for the best And I can't recall the names of all, them places that we played in

All them squirrelly party girls and pills we used to pop

Hardly ever sleepin' in those cheap motels we stayed in

Hopin' we could take it 'til we'd make it t the top And them nights, get a little bit brighter

And them bars just a little bit better

And the sweet, just a little bit sweeter

But them blues, well it's still the same old song Now we're stars and shining on them prime time TV shows

Every stranger knows our name and every little where we go

Findin' out the bottom ain't so different from the top

Just a few more friends that you'll be losin' when you drop And I've left some of my soul on every sweaty sheet that I could sleep on

Gettin' just as close to any body as I could

I don't regret a single bed I've laid my body down on

Ever since the first I had the worst I had was good And them nights, get a little bit brighter

And them bars just a little bit better

And the sweet, just a little bit sweeter

But them blues, well it's still the same old song