I watched those pills get to you til they stole a-way your soul,
And where you had a heart as big as God's they left a hole.
Somehow love and happiness were things you could not use.
You gave the folks who love you one bad case of the uppers and the downers blues.

Somewhere in that body is one of the God's great souls,
But since you got back to poppin' pills, it hardly ever shows.
All the friends you left behind are prayin' hard for you,
Cause you gave the folks who love you one bad case of the uppers and the downers blues.

The uppers and the downers blues.
The uppers and the downers blues.
You gave the folks who love you one bad case
Of the uppers and the downers blues.

All the words you said to me that made me want to walk,
I know it wasn't you, girl, it was the pills I was hearin' talk.
And I'd have got you out of my mind a long time ago, its true,
But you gave me such a bad case of the uppers and the downers blues.

The uppers and the downers blues.
The uppers and the downers blues.
I never knew that it could be so hard to lose...
The uppers and the downers blues.