The doin’ nothin’ blues
have got me down people
You can hear me play
but I don’t hear a sound

I wish that I felt somethin’
It’s hard bein’ nothin’
The doin’ nothin’ blues
have got me down

When I’m by myself
I’m stiff as a tree people
When I’m with my friends
I’m a puppet people

But no one’s in control
least of all me
The doin’ nothin’ blues
have got me down

So sad

Yes my baby’s kicked me out
out of house and home
I ain’t got no job no money
no car to drive around

But I can’t hold back this smile
this lightness in my bones (you see it)
Because the doin’ nothin’ blues
can’t get me all the way down

I’m out here all alone
on a cold cold street
Don’t know where I’m goin’
what will become of me

But I can’t hold back this smile
this lightness in my bones
Because the doin’ nothin’ blues
can’t quite get me all the way down

 

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