I Got the Innsmouth Blues [Intro — guitar, piano, lazy horn] Well, I came into Innsmouth With a dollar and a name… By morning I had neither one. [Verse 1] Caught the late bus north with a suitcase in my hand, Driver said, “Son, you don’t wanna stop in that land.” I laughed and said, “Mister, what’s the worst that I could lose?” Now I got salt in my blood— And the Innsmouth blues. [Verse 2] Folks on the corner got a funny kind of stare, Big round eyes and they’re mighty short on hair, Old man Zadok took a drink and said, “Boy, I got news— Your granddaddy had himself Those Innsmouth blues.” [Chorus] I got the Innsmouth blues, Deep down in my bones, Dreaming of the ocean Like it’s calling me home. I got the Innsmouth blues, And something ain’t right— My eyes keep getting wider, baby, Every single night. [Horn break] [Verse 3] Found an old photograph underneath my mother’s bed, Saw a face beside her daddy that I thought was dead, Same crooked smile, same eyes, same shoes— Wait a minute… He looks like me. [Band] OH, BOY! [Chorus] He got the Innsmouth blues, Now I got ’em too, Something in the family, And it’s coming through. I got the Innsmouth blues, Lord, what can I do? Doctor says I’m changing— But I kinda like the view. [Instrumental — dirty saxophone solo] [Bridge — quieter] My sweetheart kissed me Sunday, Then she screamed and ran away. Preacher tried to save me, But he won’t come out today. My feet are getting funny, And my neck is itching too… Maybe what they call a curse Is just something overdue. [Final Chorus] I got the Innsmouth blues, Salt water in my veins, I hear that deep sea choir Every time it rains. I got the Innsmouth blues, So don’t you cry for me— If you come looking tomorrow night… I’ll be somewhere in the sea. [Outro — band softly] Down, down, down he goes… Down where nobody knows… [Lead] Goodbye, dry land. [Final blues chord]
