Lyrics

Mamma?s shooting cocaine
She?s about to bust a membrane
And baby needs a new pair of shoes
Daddy?s in a slump, he?s been
Arrested by the government
Little baby sure got the blues

Big brother?s buying it
Big sister?s selling it
She got the stuff they can use
There?s a gunshot down the hall
Something crawling up the wall
Little baby sure got the blues

Got them blues every morning
Baby got the blues late at night
It smells like something?s burning
And these hand-me-downs is way too tight

Now mamma?s got a new friend
He comes around now and then
Likes to take her out on the town
It just don?t seem fair
Baby?s falling down the stairs
And mamma?s nowhere to be found

It?s the same old story
You might ignore it
When you hear it every night on the news
But the whole damn thing is going down the tubes
And little baby sure got the blues