I'm just a woman, a lonely woman
Waiting on the weary shore
I'm just a woman that's only human
One you should be sorry for
Woke up this morning alone about dawn
Without a warning I found he was gone
How could he do it? Why should he do it?
He'd never done it before

Am I blue? Am I blue?
Ain't these tears in these eyes telling you?
Am I blue? Why, you'd be too
If each plan with your man done fell through

There was a time
When I was his only one
But now I'm the sad and lonely one, lonely

Was I gay, until today
Now he's gone, and we're through
Am I blue?

I know it, he's in Chicago
And I'm down here in Birmingham
Trying to get the money to go and find my honey, I am
Yes, indeed, I am
I've got the blues in my heart
And my shoes wanna start, yet I'm in a jam
A terrible jam
Ah, don't ask me am I blue
Why do you ask me am I'm blue?
Ain't these tears in these eyes telling you
How can you ask me am I blue?
Why, wouldn't you be too
If each plan with your man has done fell through

Don't I remember the time
When I was his only one
But look at me now I'm
The sad and lonely one

Oh, didn't I used to be gay, until today
Lord, I miss you
Lord, am I blue