Monday Song - I Chose To Sing The Blues

I could have been a gambler

'coz I'm good with the cards

I could have been a lover

breakin' other's hearts

and I feel so silly

bettin' on the dice

and a lover seldom sees

the same girl twice

and that is why, 

that's why I chose,

I chose to sing the blues, yes I did

Now, I could have been a doctor

helping the sick

and I could have been a lawyer

but you know that ain't my stick

'coz I feel so bad

if a patient didn't do well

and I feel just as bad

to leave a client in jail

and that is why,

that's why I chose,

I chose to sing the blues

Now a man has a lot

that he could present

just to think I could have been

president

but I can't understand

what politicians say

so I wanna talk to you

in my own little way

and that is why,

that's why I chose,

I chose to sing the blues

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout when I sing

(Ray Charles)