Discover the story of the song > Drinking Blues – lucille bogan

The protagonist is singing a blues song about how she drinks because she is troubled and thinks that her troubles will ultimately lead to her death. She laments how women feel when they wake up with no money to pay rent, and the worry and stress that she faces every day. Whiskey is the only thing that she thinks can drive her blues away, but it leaves her drunk and achy all the time.