Story Behind The Song

A friend of mine was devastated when her partner left with seemingly no reason. There is always a reason, sometimes we don't see it

Song Description

How losing someone you love can often be just too much

Lyrics

Curtis died the other day
It was somewhere in the news
They said it was pneumonia
But I think it was the blues
His wife of over fifteen years
Had left him without warning
I think he couldn?t face the nights
And even less the mornings

How could he not have had a clue
There were red flags everywhere
Like how she always pulled away
When he tried to touch her hair
And how she always cut him off
If he ever tried to speak
Everyone but Curtis knew
And had known for several weeks

CHORUS: But love dies hard for those who live
In some forgotten story
But for Curtis it was more than pain
It was the end of glory

I?d seen him in his last few days
His weight was falling thin
He couldn?t seem to concentrate
And you?d never see him grin
And ?Why?? was all you?d ever hear
If you ever got him speaking
I think he couldn?t face the days
And even less the weekends

CHORUS:

I thank God that we don?t all succumb
To heartbreak?s deepest depths
Cause when I heard that Curtis fell
I wept, I wept, I wept and I wept
Oh I wept

How could he not have ever known
There were signs on every street
Like how she always turned away
And their eyes would never meet
And how she cut him to the quick
If he ever criticized
Somewhere deep down Curtis knew
Cause you could see it in his eyes

CHORUS:

Curtis died the other day
And I think it was the blues