Stay out on the levee
Watching the seagulls fly
My heart was feeling heavy
Did not know the reason why

I was crying for you
Wherever you may be
I was crying for you
Because you once were me

My best friend in this whole world
Is a man who is dead and gone
Now I'm bound to wander
With nothing but his song

And he walked out of this world
As lonely as he came
You can rest assured
You won't see my man again

I've got the young blood blues
They just won't let me be

I'm going back to New York
I won't be back to stay
If you see my old friends
Won't you tell them
I'm still away

Got heart ache like a river
And it runs a muddy muck
You could rest assure
You won't see me for a long, long while

I've got the young blood blues
They're following me
I've got the young blood blues
They just won't let me be
I've got the young blood blues
They're following me
I've got the young blood blues
They just won't let me be