Setback Blues
I was doin’ all right, feelin’ okay
Was off to the start of a pretty good day
Seemed like a bounce was steppin’ from my shoes
But lo and behold, I fell into the setback blues
The wife was happy, kids were swift
Got a telephone book for a birthday gift
I memorized every name up to the U’s
But that’s where I froze up from the setback blues
People callin’ all day long
Askin’ if I’d contribute a song
To their cause and appear as a sponsor on their cruise
I did it and sank straight down into the setback blues
The setback blues --
And I was doin’ so good
They had finally agreed
To let me stay in the neighborhood
Time is history, time don’t care
Time tends to rule and not play fair
It ain’t no summer camp -- just ask the Jews
Stuck behind barbed wire and the setback blues
I took a sip and then another
Went to the kitchen to call mother
Next thing I knew, I was on the floor with a bruise
And the worst headache since the dawn of the setback blues
Got the setback blues
Took a turn for the worst
I keep waiting for this cloud to fade
And for this bubble to burst
If you wake up early and you can’t see
If they’ve demoted you in your family
If your last successful decision was to hit “snooze”
You may be a candidate for the setback blues
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