Verse 1: I'm just a woman, a lonely woman,
Waiting on a weary shore.
I'm just a woman that's only human,
One you should be sorry for.
Got up this mornin' along about dawn,
Without a warnin' I found he was gone;
Why should he do it? How could he do it?
He never done it before.

Chorus: Am I blue? Am I blue?
Aint these tears in these eyes tellin' you?
Am I blue? You'd be too,
If each plan with your man done fell through.
Was a time I was his only one,
But now I'm the sad and lonely one… Lawdy.
Was I gay? 'Til today
Now he's gone, and we're through. Am I blue?

Verse 2: It's aggravatin' to stand here waitin'
Waitin' for a triflin' man.
It set me hatin' to stand here waitin'.
Suicide's my only plan.
I think it's awful, his treatment of me,
It's most unlawful how mean he can be.
I can't forget him, I'm bound to get him.
I'll run him down if I can.

Chorus: Am I blue? Am I blue?
Aint these tears in these eyes tellin' you?
Am I blue? You'd be too,
If each plan with your man done fell through.
Was a time I was his only one,
But now I'm the sad and lonely one… Lawdy.
Was I gay? 'Til today
Now he's gone, and we're through. Am I blue?

Alternate Verse 2: He's in Chicago, he's in Chicago.
Now I'm down here in Birmingham.
Trying to get the money, to get to see my honey.
I am; yes indeed I am!
I've got the blues in my heart,
And how my shoes want to start.
And I'm in a jam;
A terrible jam.