New Years Blues
I got these little bits of paper in my pockets
Movie ticket stubs, gas, groceries, liquor store receipts
I write down songs I list as I need 'em
And I guess somehow half-off jerky went and made me think of you
I bought myself a case of Old Milwaukee
Gonna drink about you, try to shake these new years blues
There's a nickel in a skull can full of something
Doesn't smell like tobacco, there's a live in one hit too
There's a little piece of paper with your phone number
It's on a paid-up bar tab with a tip for Mary Lou
January 7th come too quickly
It was just a week ago that I got these new years blues
It was just a week ago that I got these new years blues

New years blues, ain't it true
There's a pen in my pocket still thinkin' 'bout you
Gonna write a mile on my paper like a fool
I got a case of Old Milwaukee and the new years blues
Case of Old Milwaukee and the new years blues

Strollin' around the no-frills discount grocery
With a little bit of money and a brand new pair of shoes
Well I think I'll buy some frozen breakfast taters
Like the kind you hated when I brought 'em home for you
Girl at the checkout smiling slightly
At the sight of this guitar-slingin' singin' g*psy fool
At the sight of g*psy guitar-slingin' singin' fool
New years blues, ain't it true
There's a pen in my pocket still thinkin' 'bout you
Gonna write a mile on my paper like a fool
I got a case of Old Milwaukee and the new years blues
Case of Old Milwaukee and the new years blues

Epilogue:
I'm sittin' here, and all the cans are empty
I got a cup of black coffee, smell of burnt toast fills the room
Well I wish I hadn'ta spent so much on groceries
Whatever happened to the pinup girl smiling sweetly like you do?
Whatever happened to the pinup girl smiling sweetly like you do?

New years blues, ain't it true
There's a pen in my pocket still thinkin' 'bout you
Gonna write a mile on my paper like a fool
I got a case of Old Milwaukee and the new years blues
Case of Old Milwaukee and the new years blues
Case of Old Milwaukee and the new years blues