Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Charles Phipps

Producer: Jerry Kennedy

For months she's a perfect wife and a mother
You'd never dream that things could go so wrong
But like a cloud across the skies
I see the sadness fill her eyes
Then one day I'll come in and she'll be gone

When baby gets the blues my world turns over
While she's out somewhere with her bright lights and her booze
Until the day she comes back home ashamed and sober
My world stops turning when baby gets the blues

As long as she has me I know I'll keep forgiving
Though I'm afraid of how much I'll someday lose
I just can't tell you what a happy world that I live in
In between the times that my baby gets them ol' blues

When baby gets the blues my world turns over
While she's out somewhere with her bright lights and her booze
Until the day she comes back home ashamed and sober
My world turns over when baby gets the blues
My world turns over when baby gets the blues

Jerry Lee Lewis was a leading figure in the popularization of rock & roll during the 1950s. He was first signed to Sun Records in 1956 where he was labelmates with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and other early rock artists. Of those musicians, however, he was the only piano player and combined with his heavy-handed playing style, sexually suggestive lyrics, and provocative stage antics he came to epitomize the rebelliousness of the genre.

He rose to international fame for his 1957 versions of the songs “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.”

Lewis' popularity rapidly tumbled, however, when in 1958, when at the age of 22, he married his 13-year-old cousin. Though this scandal continued to tarnish his image, Lewis never retired from music. As of October 2015, he continues to perform live.

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