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"Hues of Blue" drops on June 21st! For more information about my 14th studio album, see:
The first song (track #1) on the album "Hues of Blue".
Essentially an exercise in rhyming, this is a 16-bar blues with acoustic guitar pentatonic riffing that is a refreshed version of an early attempt at writing a blues song back in the early 90s.
Lyrics
"Because Of You"
Lyrics (and music) written by Scott Cooley. Copyright © 2026 by Scott Richard Cooley and Scott Richard Cooley Music Publishing, ASCAP. All rights reserved.Some people see in black and white, some see in other huesSome people speak in tongues, but they’re not like me and youYou said I was your only man, and you’d stick to me like glueWhen your husband walked in the front door, it was out the back I flewYou cheated and lied, babe, now because of you, I’ve got the blues
Worked hard all my life, lord knows I’ve paid my duesGot a wallet full of bills, but they’re mostly ones and two’sSometimes I think I was born to loseOther times it’s clear I’ve got no choice to chooseYou cleaned me out, babe, and because of you, I’ve got the blues
Sometimes I watch the TV, and it makes me blow a fuseWhen I read the paper, all I get is more bad newsDon’t wanna hear no more opinions, or see no more viewsTalking heads need to shut up, and watch their p’s and q’sYou made me mad at the world, babe, so because of you, I’ve got the blues
When I get some free time, I sit and listen to my museI try to find some answers, but all I get are cluesThe wise man on the mountain top’s always takin’ a snoozeHe ain’t no rip van winkle, he just drank him too much boozeCan’t get you off my mind, babe, and because of you, I’ve got the blues
Wherever I go, Whatever I doCan’t stay too long, it’s always time for me to cruiseYou brought me bad luck, babe, and because of you, I got the blues
Personnel - Scott Cooley:
lead vocals
rhythm & lead acoustic guitar
rhythm piano
acoustic bass guitar
drums
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