Old Piano Plays the Blues - Nat King Cole Trio

The clock is striking, guess it must be two

My baby left me for somebody new

I’ve been here playing since she said we’re through

An old piano plays the blues

The clock is striking, guess it must be three

My room is lonely as a room can be

I’m improvising on a memory

An old piano plays the blues

Each evening since we met, we were a close duet

From dusk until the moon would glow

And though she’s gone I find she’s hangin' round my mind

I guess I’m not the kind to do a solo

The clock is striking, Lord it can’t be four

Perhaps I’d better lock the downstairs door

The one I play for will be here no more

An old piano plays the blues

I guess I’d better lock the door

She won’t be coming back no more

An old piano plays the blues

An old piano plays the blues