[Verse 1]
Sorrow (Mhm) is the street that I'm living on (Mhm)
Across Pain Avenue (Mhm) in a town called Home (Mhm)
The people I see (Mhm)are sadder than me (Mhm)
A river of tears (Mhm), a-don't you know flows by my door wide

[Chorus]
And I keep living now (Next door to the blues)
I've got to keep on (Next door to the blues)
And after all I've been through
Friends, I had to move, oh, oh, next door to the blues
(Next door to the blues)

[Verse 2]
Sorrow (Mhm), you can tell it in my talk (Mhm)
My heart hurts (Mhm), even when I walk (Mhm)
I cry on (Mhm) a pillow made of stone (Mhm)
Pity is my name (Mhm), and a thing called love is the blame

[Chorus]
I keep on living now (Next door to the blues)
I keep on living now now (Next door to the blues)
And after all I've been through
I had to move on next door to the blues
(Next door to the blues)
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Bittersweet (Mhm) is a food that I cook (Mhm)
My only joy (Mhm) is in a storybook (Mhm)
The talk I hear (Mhm), every word brings a tear (Mhm)
And pity is my name (Mhm), and a thing called love is the blame

[Chorus]
I keep on living now now (Next door to the blues)
Uh-huh (Next door to the blues)
Oh, after all I've been through
Folks, I had to move now next door to the blues