Hear the trumpet calling for a little bit of woe
some trial overcome or some scar you couldn't avoid
or why not simply another blue note,

soon we'll be elsewhere heading, anyhow

So if you wish, play for the bitterness
or if not for that, for me

Y'see, all I ever really cared for
wasn't much more than another blue note
from time to time

Well, play, at the request of Willie,
or play along to his endless wailing

for the silent movie era

or simply, for the occasion

.. or if not for that, for me.