Dan Griffith  Songwriter

Derby Blues

Written in 1973 outside of Churchill Downs after I watched Secretariat win the Kentucky Derby with a time that is still unbeaten today.

I kept my winning $2 ticket as a keepsake & good luck charm.  It is in my wallet today.

Special guest Bill Tarsha on harmonic

I ain't got no money

I m hung over, hungry

How will I ever survive

I lost it all on horse number five

Derby blues, Derby blues

I never win more than I lose

I got the Kentucky Derby day blues

A Kentucky's finest tradition

My fatal addiction

Living for the next bet

And the rush of the win that I seldom get

Derby blues, Derby blues

I never win more than I lose

I got the Kentucky Derby day blues

Once I stood tall

Big job, fine wife, lord I had it all

But now I've lost that home

Cause I can't leave the bourbon or the horses alone

Derby blues, Derby blues

I never win more than I lose

I got the Kentucky Derby day blues