20th Century Blues

[BiteUrLip]

Writer: Noel Coward


Twentieth century blues are getting me down

Blues, escape those dreary twentieth century blues

Why, if there's a god in the sky, why shouldn't he grin

High above this dreary twentieth century din


In this strange illusion, chaos and confusion

People seem to lose their way

What is there to strive for, love or keep alive for

Say, Hey hey, call it a day


Blues, nothing to win or to lose, it's getting me down

Blues, escape those weary twentieth century blues


Why is it that civilized humanity can make this world so wrong

In this hurly-burly of insanity, our dreams cannot last long

We've reached a deadline, a press headline, every sorrow

Blues value is news value tomorrow

[BiteUrLip]

Never been a fan of this. The tune is generic swing/jazz thing probably because it was written by a Coward. The world needs braver tunes.

3½ stars.

[newloneranger]

Not a fan either, nothing special.

3 stars

[Commodore Orpington]

We may be at the same point in the 21st century that Noel Coward was in the 20th, when he wrote this? I wonder what the equivalent 21st version would say.