Lyrics | verse 1: I'VE GOT A LOVESICK TALE TO TELL TO YOU, 'THO' IT'S NO AFFAIR OF MINE. IT'S ABOUT A GAL NAMED SUE AND BOY NAMED LOU, THEY WERE FIGHTING ALL THE TIME. LOU CAME HOME ONE AFTERNOON, FOUND AN EMPTY DINING ROOM, WITHOUT A WORD HIS TURTLEDOVE HAD FLOWN, SO HE BEGAN TO MOAN.
Chorus: MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY, OR BID ME GOODBYE, AND I'M AS BLUE AS CAN BE. I KNOW SHE LOVES ANOTHER ONE, BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHO, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHICH, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHAT THAT RASCAL HAS GOT THAT TOOK MY SWEETIE FROM ME. I'M LIKE A LITTLE LOST SHEEP AND I CAN'T SLEEP BUT I KEEP TRYIN' TO FORGET, THE ONE I LOVE HAS GONE AND LEFT ME ALL ALONE. I MOAN MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY, I KNOW THAT I'LL DIE, WHY DON'T SHE HURRY BACK HOME.
verse 2: YOU OUGHTA SEE THIS LOVESICK FELLOW, NAMED LOU, DOESN'T DO A THING BUT SIGH. AND WHILE HE IS WONDERING WHAT BECAME OF SUE, HE IS A SIGHT FOR ANY EYE. BOUGHT SOME POISON, BOUGHT A GUN, SAYS GOODBYE TO EVERYONE, AND WHILE HE IS DOPING OUT SOME WAY TO DIE, HE CAN'T FORGET TO CRY.
Chorus: Chorus: MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY, OR BID ME GOODBYE, AND I'M AS BLUE AS CAN BE. I KNOW SHE LOVES ANOTHER ONE, BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHO, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHICH, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHAT THAT RASCAL HAS GOT THAT TOOK MY SWEETIE FROM ME. I'M LIKE A LITTLE LOST SHEEP AND I CAN'T SLEEP BUT I KEEP TRYIN' TO FORGET, THE ONE I LOVE HAS GONE AND LEFT ME ALL ALONE. I MOAN MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN, SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY, I KNOW THAT I'LL DIE, WHY DON'T SHE HURRY BACK HOME. |