Good time charlie's got the bluesdanny o'keefewritten by danny o'keefepeak chart position # 9 in 1972everybody's goin' awaysaid they're movin' to lathere's not a soul i know aroundeverybody's leavin' townsome caught a freight, some caught a planefind the sunshine, leave the rainthey said this town's a waste of timei guess they're right, it's wastin' mine some gotta win, some gotta lose good time charlie's got the blues good time charlie's got the blues<brief instrumental>ya know my heart keeps tellin' me"you're not a kid at thirty-three""ya play around, ya lose your wife""ya play too long, you lose your life"i got my pills to ease the paincan't find a thing to ease the raini'd love to try and settle downbut everybody's leavin' town some gotta win, some gotta lose good time charlie's got the blues good time charlie's got the blues good time charlie's got the blues(whistling to end)