I was sittin' up in this big ol' high-rise
I was down and out of cigarettes
I was waitin' on a certain phone call
That I ain't never gonna get
I spin my favorite bluegrass remakes
And I put on my coolest suit for God sakes
I've gotta pull my life together
Before she tears my world apart

Why don't we call it a truce
If our pride wins, our hearts might lose
There's only two things we can do
Well now the first is stick together
The second is, man
Suffer from them big city blues

So I walked to a bar on up the street
Bums and winos at my feet
Well I wonder how they got there
Said it must have been a heartbreak and despair
One night on skid-row in them shoes
Well must have been a choice too hard to choose
They got an offer they couldn't refuse
Hey! How 'bout them big city blues

Ain't it crazy how it happens
Just to any poor ol' Joe
One night she's whispering, "I love you"
Next night she's screaming, "I don't"
Now this ol' web it's been a weavin'
Way back since the Garden of Eden
Somehow it ended up downtown
And it's been at my place hangin' 'round