John Mayall - Blues For The Lost Days Lyrics

Looking back through the years Like I got myself a time machine Memories flood around me People and places where I've been I had the blues for the lost days Back then when times were lean From a home in the country with the blues On my wind-up gramophone Headin' out to the city Movin' round like a rollin' stone With a band of bluesbreakers Make a mark down here on my own We had Freddie King, Sonny Boy and Hendrix And they'd be sitting in till the break of dawn Sweating at the all night Flamingo And comin' out to pigeons on a Sunday morn So many good times, so much music But back then nobody knew That the London blues were born It's a sad, sad feeling When your best friends all drift apart Some of them are dead and gone But they still live on in my heart That's why I have the blues for the lost days There ain't never gonna be no counterpart