Blues Lover
by 
Bob Margolin 
Mark Kazanoff 
recording of 1995 
from 
My Blues & My Guitar (Alligator 4835) 
& 
Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection (Alligator 110) 
Somewhere in this big city a fine young lady's getting dressed 
She's going down to the blues club to hear the sounds that she loves best 
Modern music just don't move her, rap and country 'n' all the rest 
She's going out all alone to check out a new blues band 
Her girlfriends won't go with her, no they just don't understand 
That's too bad, but she don't need them and she ain't lookin' for a man 
To her nothing sounds so good as a ringing slide guitar 
She loves it slow and deep, and she feels it in her heart 
She says, "Hush, I'm trying to listen", when men hit on her at the bar 
A lady so fine and soulful can still be blue that's for sure 
She might make lots of money, but a troubled heart can make her poor 
And if blues is her sadness, then blues music is her cure