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 Chorus Oh, the blues come around Oh the blues come around Lawd, the blues come around Ev'ry evenin' when the sun goes down As long as the sun is in the sky These doggone blues never make me cry But ever since she left this town The blues come around when the sun goes down Repeat chorus I built my castles very high And then she went and said goodbye And ever since she tore 'em down The blues come around when the sun goes down Repeat chorus Once she called me all her own But now she's gone and I'm alone And ever evenin' I'm sorrow bound 'Cause the blues come around when the sun goes down Repeat chorus