[FEMALE SOLOIST (JOYA SHERRILL)]
The blues
The blues ain't
The blues ain't nothin'
The blues ain't nothin' but a cold, gray day
And all night long it stays that way
Ain't somethin' that leaves you alone
Ain't nothin' you want to call your own
Ain't somethin' with sense enough to get up and go
Ain't nothin' like nothin' I know
The blues
The blues don't
The blues don't know
The blues don't know nobody as a friend
Ain't been nowhere where they're welcome back again
Low, ugly, mean blues

[Ballet]

The blues ain't somethin' that you sing in rhyme
The blues ain't nothin' but a dark cloud markin' time
The blues is a one-way ticket from your love to nowhere
The blues ain't nothin' but a black crepe veil ready to wail
Sighing, crying
Feel most like dying
The blues ain't nothin'
The blues ain't
The blues