Bert Jansch - Blues Run the Game

Jackson C. Frank - Bert's version from the vid:

Catch a boat to England, darlin',
Maybe to Spain,
Wherever I have gone,
Wherever I've been and gone,
Wherever I have gone
The blues run the game.

Maybe tomorrow,
Someplace down the line,
I'll wake up older,
So much older, baby,
Wake up older, darlin',
And maybe stop all my crying.

Living is a gamble,
Loving is much the same,
Wherever I have played,
Wherever I throw those dice,
Wherever I have played
The blues run the game.

Maybe tomorrow,
Someplace down the line,
I'll wake up older,
So much older, baby,
Wake up older, darlin',
And maybe stop all my crying.
X2

Catch a boat to England, darlin',
Maybe to Spain,
Wherever I have gone,
Wherever I've been and gone,
Wherever I have gone
The blues run the game.


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I guess he left these verses out, cos he's stopped the booze:

Send out for whisky, baby,
Send out for gin,
Me and room service, honey,
Me and room service, babe,
Me and room service
Well, we're living a life of sin

When I ain't drinking, baby,
You are on my mind,
When I ain't sleeping, honey,
When I ain't sleeping, Mama,
When I ain't sleeping
Well you know you'll find me crying.

I saw him twice when he was too drunk to play (sadly), but I still went back. I saw him once when he was sober and it was easily worth the two drunk gigs. I'll always go back for him. He's the best. And this is the best version of Blues Run the Game, by anyone. Legend.