When my baby moved out and the blues moved in
  There wasn’t nothin’ I could do
  But mosey around with my head in my hands
  Oh, what I’m comin’ to?
  I just keep moanin’, moanin’ the blues
  
  I wrote a nice long letter
  Sayin’: Mama, please come home
  Your daddy is lo-on-some
  And all I do is moan
  
  I’ve been lovin’ that gal for so doggone long
  I can’t afford to lose her now
  I thought I was right but I must have been wrong
  ‘cause my head is startin’ to bow
  And now I’m moanin’, moanin’ the blues
  
  If you want a good gal to stay around
  You got to treat her nice and kind
  If you do her wrong she’ll leave this town
  And you’ll almost lose your mind
  Then you’ll be moanin’, moanin’ the blues
  
  Oh, baby, baby, baby,
  Honey, baby, please come home
  Your da of ddy, is lo-onsome
  And all I do is moan
  
  I promise you, baby, that I’ll be good
  And I’ll never be bad no more
  I’m sittin’ here, waitin’ for you
  Right now to walk through that front door
  Then I’ll stop moanin’, moanin’ the blues