[Verse 1]
A tree grows in my backyard
It only grows at night
Its branches, they're all twisted
Its leaves are afraid of light

[Chorus]
They say them blues is just a bad dream
They say it lives upside your head
But when it's lonely in the morning
You're bound to wish that you was lyin' dead

[Verse 2]
There's winds out on the ocean
They're blowin' just as they choose
But them winds ain't got no emotion, baby
They don't know the blues

[Chorus]
They say them blues is just a bad dream
They say it lives upside your head
But when it's lone, lonely in the morning
You're bound to wish that you was lyin' dead

[Verse 3]
My mind's ramblin' and ramblin'
Just like some a-rolling stone, no
Since that nightmare come to stay with me, baby
My thoughts just don't belong
[Chorus]
They say them blues is just a bad dream, babe
They say it lives upside your head, hey hey
But when they visit you around midnight
You're bound to wish that you were lyin' dead