Story behind the song
Wrote this song in 1972 and have been playing it since then. It's one of those tunes that sounds familiar enough to get stuck in your head. My friend said, "Rip wrote "Blue Lonesome Man" before he was old enough to even be one." I hope you enjoy it!
Lyrics
I left my baby lyin', I left my baby cryin'
In a bed where I once laid my head
But I just gotta keep on movin'
'cause the life that I'm livin'
Is the life of a blue lonesome man
Lonesome whistle blowin', old coyote howlin'
At the moon shinin' down on the land
But I just gotta keep on movin'
'cause the life that I'm livin'
Is the life of a blue lonesome man
These times that I havin', these blues that I'm havin'
Make me want to go back home again
But I just gotta keep on movin'
'cause the life that I'm livin'
Is the life of a blue lonesome man