# BLUES AT DAWN

I DON'T DARE START THINKING IN THE MORNING

IF I THOUGHT THOUGHTS IN BED,

THEM THOUGHTS WOULD BUST MY HEAD--

SO I DON'T DARE START THINKING IN THE MORNING.

I DON'T DARE REMEMBER IN THE MORNING,

IF I RECALL THE DAY BEFORE,

I WOULDN'T GET UP NO MORE--

SO I DON'T DARE REMEMBER IN THE MORNING.

## BLUES AT DAWN

by
Langston Hughes

I DON'T DARE START THINKING IN THE MORNING.
I DON'T DARE START THINKING IN THE MORNING,
IF I START THINKING THOUGHTS IN BED,
MY THOUGHTS WOULD BUST MY HEAD---
SO I DON'T DARE START THINKING IN THE MORNING.

I DON'T DARE REMEMBER IN THE MORNING.
I DON'T DARE REMEMBER IN THE MORNING.
IS I RECALL THE DAY BEFORE,
I WON'T GET UP NO MORE---
SO I DON'T DARE REMEMBER IN THE MORNING.

I DON'T DARE START DREAMING IN THE MORNING.
I DON'T DARE START DREAMING IN THE MORNING.
I FOUND OUT A LONG TIME PAST
THAT DREAMS, THEY NEVER LAST---
SO I DON'T DARE START DREAMING IN THE MORNING.

## PATTER

WHEN YOU GET THE BLUES AT DAWN
YOU REMEMBER WHAT GOES ON:
MY HORSES WON'T COME IN,
MY NUMBERS WON'T COME OUT,
MY WOMENS DON'T ACT RIGHT,
THE LANDLORD'S PUT ME OUT!
I LOOK YOUR NUMBER UP,
I GET IT ON THE PHONE.
A VOICE SAYS, "AIN'T HERE!"
SO I AM STILL ALONE
THAT'S WHY:

(BACK TO FIRST VERSE AND OUT).