Blue Suit Blues

Hung my tie on a nail

Spilled gumbo on my cuff

You said I looked too clean

Now I’m rough enough

Pocket square in the sink

Shoes got a muddy stain

I was built for trouble

Now trouble knows my name

You laughed when I walked in

Said I’d never last

Now the floorboards know my boots

And the night moved fast

Blue suit blues

Blue suit blues

(Blue suit blues)

I wore it for you

Blue suit blues

Blue suit blues

(Blue suit blues)

Now I’m through and through

Your letter on the table

Your dime store perfume gone

The collar keeps your memory

Like a porch light left on

I tried to press it out

I tried to act brand new

But every crease remembers

What my heart went through

You laughed when I walked in

Said I’d never last

Now the floorboards know my boots

And the night moved fast

Blue suit blues

Blue suit blues

(Blue suit blues)

I wore it for you

Blue suit blues

Blue suit blues

(Blue suit blues)

Now I’m through and through

Let the hem stay frayed

Let the button loose

I’ve been carrying this hurt

Like a Sunday suit

One more chord, one more round

One more hurt to lose

If you see me coming back

It’s just these blue suit blues

Blue suit blues

Blue suit blues

(Blue suit blues)

I wore it for you

Blue suit blues

Blue suit blues

(Blue suit blues)

Now I’m through and through