When you’re fever’s running high
and you’re reaching for the sky
There is nowhere else to go
there is nothing left to lose
Nothing but the blues
and you’re still trying
to chase them all away
When you’re world is torn apart
when you look inside your heart
see you’re living in your dreams
there is nothing left to lose
Nothing but the blues
and you’re still trying
to chase them all away
I try to hide away from all of my fears
sometimes it seems as though they’re here to stay
I must have tried for a thousand years
but it’s not enough and I’m still
trying to chase them all away
When you’re losing out on love
and you’re running out of luck
when you’re running out of time
there is nothing left to lose
Nothing but the blues
and you’re still trying
to chase them all away
Guitar solo
I try to hide away from all of my fears
sometimes it seems as though they’re here to stay
I must have tried for a thousand years
but it’s not enough and I’m still
trying to chase them all away
When you’re losing out on love
and you’re running out of luck
when you’re running out of time
there is nothing left to lose
Nothing but the blues
and you’re still trying
to chase them all away
Nothing but the blues
nothing left to lose
Nothing but the blues
and you’re still trying
to chase them all away
Nothing but the blues
nothing left to lose
Nothing but the blues
and you’re still trying
to chase them all away
Nothing but the blues
nothing left to lose
Nothing but the blues
VNotes
The featured image for this entry is of Ana Popović, a Memphis Tennessee-based blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
She was born on May 13, 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia [aged 39 years in 2015].
Her father, Milutin Popović introduced her to the blues, and she started to play the guitar when she was fifteen.
Her recording labels are PGP-RTS, Ruf Records, and Eclecto Groove Records.
Since 1999 she has been a solo performer, prior to which, she formed a band in the Netherlands named Hush between 1995 and 1998, appearing alongside Eric Burdon, Taj Mahal, Buddy Miles, Double Trouble, Eric Gales and others, on Jimi Hendrix tribute album ‘Blue Haze’.
In 2001 she released her solo debut, ‘Hush!’ through the German label Ruf Records.
In 2012, Ana Popović moved to Memphis, Tennessee.
She performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2013.
And in 2014, she was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the ‘Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year’ category
Further details of Ana Popović’s biography and career can be found online by googling her name. Her website is listed as www.anapopovic.com
Dave Draper 2015