I can hear the rain come down, I can listen with my heart

I can see you with both eyes closed in the dark

Sleep will come in just awhile but 'til it does I choose

To listen to the rain, it's the rhythm of the blues

I walk along these streets of home that once belonged to us

And now, baby, I walk alone and I am lost

I guess I'm only walking to the rhythm of the blues



I don't want to hear another word spoken

I don't want to see another tear shed

I can't seem to fix what's broken

Like this record player in my head



Lonely looks as bad on me as lonely looks on you

And still we keep on moving to the rhythm of the blues

I want a place to call my own where you have never been

I want to look around and know you won't be coming back again



On some pretense paper-thin that I can see right through

You come and go, baby, like the rhythm of the blues

You come and go, baby, like the rhythm of the blues

You come and go, baby, like the rhythm of the blues