i m just a woman a lonely woman waiting on a weary shore i m just a woman that s only human one you should be sorry for got up this morning along about dawn without a warning i found he was gone why should he do it how could he do it he never done it before am i blue am i blue ain t these tears in these eyes telling you am i blue you d be too if each plan with your man done fell through was a time i was his only one but now i m the sad and lonely one lordy was i gay til today now he s gone and we re through am i blue he s in chicago he s in chicago now i m down here in birmingham trying to get the money to get to see my honey i am indeed i am with the blues in my heart how my shoes want to start but i m in a jam as blue as the sky blue all wondering why too do these tears in these eyes telling you no one feels like i do boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo if each plan with your man done fell through was a time i was his only only only one but now i m the sad and lonely one lordy was i gay oh lord was i gay every day that man went away now he s gone and we re through am i blue that s all