Recession Blues ©Ron Burres

WELL, I USED TO SMOKE CIGARS, AND DRIVE A BIG CADILLAC

WORE ALIGATOR BOOTS, AND LEATHER ON MY BACK

I  USED TO HAVE MONEY IN MY POCKET ALL THE TIME

NOW  I’M HARD PRESSED TO COME UP WITH A DIME             (AND THAT WON’T BUY ANYTHING)

I GOT HOLES IN MY BOOTS, AND THE CADDY’S OUT OF GAS

MY  LEATHERS  ALL WORN, AND HERE I AM SITTIN ON MY

 RECESSION BLUES

(BRIDGE)              I GOT THE RECESSION BLUES,

 I GOT HOLES IN MY BOOTS, THE CADDY IT WON’T START

HELL ITS HORN WON’T EVEN TOOT

I GOT NO WAY TO GO CAUSE I GOT NO GAS

AND I’M TIRED OF SITTIN ON MY RECESSION BLUES

I USED TO HAVE A WOMAN WITH DIAMONDS ON HER HAND

BUT SHE UP AND LEFT WITH THE GUY WHO GOT MY LAND

I GOT TO ADMIT SHE TRIED TO GIVE A HAND BUT IT’S HARD TO HELP SOMEBODY

WHO DON’T GIVE A DAMN

SO MY MONEYS ALL GONE, MY WOMAN SHE’S GONE TOO, I GOT NOTHIN TO DO

NO WOMAN TO TAKE AWAY THESE RECESSION BLUES.    

I GOT THE RECESSION BLUES AND I’M BROKE ALL THE TIME

ALL I GOT LEFT ARE SOME WORDS THAT MIGHT RHYME

I GOT NO PLACE TO GO AND NOTHIN TO DO

SO I’M SITTIN HERE PICKIN THESE RECESSION BLUES

YA ,  I GOT NO MONEY, NO WOMAN, NO GAS. 

AND I’M TIRED OF SITTIN  ON MY

RECESSION BLUES

I WISH SOMTHIN WOULD HAPPEN TO GET ME OFF THESE RECESSION BLUES

(This is the only professionally recorded song that I wrote.  It was recorded by Benny Tibbets in Nashville, but he neglected to put my credit on the recording.  He did however send me an apology in later years.)