Al Bernard — Im Looking For A Bluebird

[Verse 1] I put on my coat, put on my hat Slammed the door and left my daddy flat (Sweet papa! Why did I go?) There was no argument, there was no fight I said: "I'm going," and he said: "All Right!" (Oh daddy! I didn't know.) He was always sweet, always kind Anybody sweeter would be hard to find I had no right to do him wrong And That's why all day long [Chorus] I'm looking for a bluebird to chase my blues away And I sure got 'em, got those blues the very day I went away Why did I ever, ever go? I didn't know I loved him so Why I sigh, cry, guess I'd better send a little letter And tell him that I'm sorry and that all I do is weep And how at night I cry myself to sleep, (and then, don't sleep) Tears keep chokin', heart's just broken I'm looking for a bluebird to chase my blues away [Verse 2] I blew out the gas, anxious to die Laid me down, and kissed myself goodbye (Sweet daddy! I loved you so.) I squared my shoulders, I heaved a breath I laid and waited for that sting of death (Oh daddy! You'll never know.) But that meter stopped, got the fits Darn thing wouldn't work until it got two bits But I was broke, without a sou So that's how I pulled through [Chorus] I'm looking for a bluebird to chase my blues away And I sure got 'em, got those blues the very day I went away Why did I ever, ever go? I didn't know I loved him so Why I sigh, cry, for the pettin', someone else is gettin' I long to twine my lovin' arms around my baby's neck Without that man, I tell you, I'm a wreck, (a total wreck) Nights no sleepin', days I'm weepin' I'm looking for a bluebird to chase my blues away [Patter] Spend the night a-walkin' through the empty streets List'ning to the echo of my own foot-beats Never see the sun a-shining, ev'rything looks gray The river seems to beckon when I pass that way I've got the heart-ache blues and I'm too mean to cry I've got the heartbreak blues and I'm too young to die Tears keep chokin', heart's just broken I'm looking for a bluebird to chase my blues away