Lyrics

Blue Puttee Blues
By Terry Penney
©2013

I know you mean no harm my friend
You slap my back and shake my hand
And ask me where my smile has been since I returned
There are things that I’ve beheld
Secrets I can never tell
As heavy as a church’s bell upon my soul

And if you’d been through all I’ve been through
Walked a mile inside my shoes
Did the things I had to do
You’d have the Blue Puttee Blues too

I dread the dark ‘cause then I dream
Comrades cry and horses scream
There must be a thousand things that I’m trying to forget
If you’d been through all I’ve been through
Walked a mile inside my shoes
Did the things I had to do
You’d have the Blue Puttee Blues too

Months go by and Sundays come
I’ve yet to put my best suit on
All the faith I had is gone
And what is worse
My little boy sits there alone
Wondering where my spirit’s flown
And why I walk the fields alone, I tell him son

If you’d been through all I’ve been through
Walked a mile in your Daddy’s shoes
And did the things I had to do
You’d have the Blue Puttee Blues too