Tears on a Hardwood Floor

She was born in the month her daddy turned up in the river
Just a young blues man, not a penny to his no good name
cnd so her momma named called her,
cnd Penny grew up with the blues in her
Swaying to the worn out records her momma played, and they sang

Tears on a hardwood floor, blue dancing music
Hope floating off like dust in the light
Through the blinds on the door
Tears on a hardwood floor

Penny fell in love with a ‘bone player down in the Quarter
He took her for a ride, left her with a child, alone
ct night she heard the jazz floating up from the city
She said, “If heaven is a harp, babe
The Devil is a slide trombone”
cnd it goes

Tears on a hardwood floor, blue dancing music
Love floating off like dust in the light
Through the blinds on the door
Tears on a hardwood floor

He was born in a month, didn't last the winter
Penny liked to have drowned the Delta
With the tears of her sad sad song
Said “we're born into trouble, sure as the sparks fly upward
Swaying to the worn out records we play alone,” cnd they go

Tears on a hardwood floor, blue dancing music
Hope floating off like dust in the light
Through the blinds on the door
Tears on a hardwood floor