everybody s gone away said they re moving to la there s not a soul i know around everybody s leaving town some caught a freight some caught a plane find the sunshine leave the rain they said this town will waste your time i guess they re right it s wasting mine some got to win some got to lose good time charlie s got the blues some got to win some got to lose good time charlie s got the blues you know my heart keeps telling me you re not a kid at thirty three you play around you lose your wife you play too long you lose your life i got my pills to ease the pain can t find a thing to ease the rain i d love to try and settle down but everybody s leaving town some got to win some got to lose good time charlie s got the blues some got to win some got to lose good time charlie s got the blues