I'm a no good writer

Longtime ago when I was young
I bought a guitar, in the little shop in town
Then I went home and practiced every day
And not before too long I started writing songs that I would play

Everyone who heard my songs
Told me that it wouldn't be too long
Before I would be a famous music writer

And every night I sat alone listen to the radio
And then I thought soon it will be my turn
Each night when folks came to my place
I picked my guitar up and played the songs I've made

I was told I'd be a millionaire
And when they heard my songs they said it
won't be too long until you're there

Worn out shoes still got the blues
Every day now is a fight I lose
I guess I turned out to be a lousy fighter

When I came to this big town
All important people put me down
And I was told I'm a no good writer

All the letters that I write to my folks are full of
lies when I writing about the fortune that I made
When I left my mama said silly boy don't lose
your head, now I'm wishing by my god that I had stayed

Longtime ago when I was young
I bought a guitar in the little shop in town
… its old and tired strings
It sounds so sad and wrong just like the lonely songs I always sing

Worn out shoes still got the blues
Every day now is a fight I lose
I guess I turn out to be a lousy fighter

When I came to this big town
All important people put me down
And I was told I'm a no good writer

Worn out shoes still got the blues