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Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues

Words & Music by Danny O'Keefe

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Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues

Words & Music by Danny O'Keefe

Lyrics:

Everybody's gone away
Said they're movin to L.A.
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town

Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Found the sunshine in the rain
They said this town's will waste their time
I guess they're right, it's wasting mine

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

You know my heart keeps tellin' me
You're not a kid at thirty-three
Play around you'll lose your wife
You play it too long you'll lose your life

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

More info:

This song was written and recorded by Danny O'Keefe in 1972. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues (Signpost 7006) reached #9 on the Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Easy-Listening chart. Sales exceeded one million copies. Elvis recorded Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues on December 13, 1973, at Stax Studios in Memphis. He sang it in concert on a number of occasions, but eliminated the lines "I got my pills to ease the pain, can't find a thing to ease the rain."


Lyrics:	Everybody's gone away Said they're movin to L.A. There's not a soul I know around Everybody's leavin' town Some caught a freight, some caught a plane Found the sunshine in the rain They said this town's will waste their time I guess they're right, it's wasting mine Some gotta win, some gotta lose Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues You know my heart keeps tellin' me You're not a kid at thirty-three Play around you'll lose your wife You play it too long you'll lose your life Some gotta win, some gotta lose Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues Some gotta win, some gotta lose Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues

More info:		This song was written and recorded by Danny O'Keefe in 1972. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues (Signpost 7006) reached #9 on the Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Easy-Listening chart. Sales exceeded one million copies. Elvis recorded Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues on December 13, 1973, at Stax Studios in Memphis. He sang it in concert on a number of occasions, but eliminated the lines "I got my pills to ease the pain, can't find a thing to ease the rain."