Too Blue To Lose

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Too Blue To Lose

PCBender plants this one firmly in E major and rides it hard, with a locked-in rhythm section pushing a surprisingly brisk pace for a blues lament and guitar work that earns its space from the first measure. The hook does something clever with contradiction: ‘I’m so blue, I can’t get losing right’ reframes heartbreak as a kind of absurdist incompetence, and it lands harder every time through. The solos are full of fast, expressive bends in the best Chicago-to-Texas tradition, more Stevie Ray than B.B. but clearly fluent in both. A dependable cut that does its job and does it well.

Lyrics

Woke up this mornin', rain pourin' down my soul Said I woke up this mornin', rain pourin' down my soul Ain't got no reason to stay, but nowhere else to go

I'm too blue to lose, too tired to fight I'm too blue to lose, can't sleep at night I'm too blue to lose, can't turn out the light I'm so blue, I can't get losing right

That train keeps rollin', but it won't stop for me Yeah, that train keeps rollin', but it won't stop for me Left my love at the station, now I'm drownin' in misery

I'm too blue to lose, too tired to fight I'm too blue to lose, can't sleep at night I'm too blue to lose, can't turn out the light I'm so blue, I can't get losing right

Lightning strikes, but I can't find no fire I walk these streets alone, with nothin' left but desire I'm so blue, I can't get losing right

I'm too blue to lose, too tired to fight I'm too blue to lose, can't sleep at night I'm too blue to lose, can't turn out the light I'm so blue, I can't get losing right

Credits

Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose