Once I was happy as I could be but I let a gal make a fool of me And ever since she let me down the blues come around when the sun goes down Oh the blues come around yeah the blues come around Lord the blues come around every evenin' when the sun goes down As long as the sun is in the sky the doggone blues don't make me cry But ever since she left this town the blues come around when the sun goes down Oh the blues come around yeah the blues come around Well the blues come around every evenin' when the sun goes down I built my castle very high and then she went and said goodbye Ever since she tore'em down the blues come around when the sun goes down Oh the blues come around yeah the blues come around Lawd the blues come around every evenin' when the sun goes down Once she called me all her own but now she's gone and I'm alone And every evenin' I'm sorrow bound Cause the blues come around when the sun goes down Oh the blues come around... Oh the blues come around...