Everybody's Had The Blues: Merle Haggard. Written by Merle Haggard. (© Tree Publishing Company.) From "Country Boy", © 1978, Pair. Everybody sings the blues, sometime, And everybody knows the tune. And everybody knows the way I'm feelin', 'Cos everybody's had the blues. A lonely song, someone is gone, A story old as time. Love, hate, want and wait, 'Til mis'ry fills your mind. But everybody knows the way I'm feelin', 'Cos everybody's had the blues. Instrumental Break. A lonely song, someone is gone, A story old as time. Love, hate, want and wait, 'Til mis'ry fills your mind. But everybody knows the way I'm feelin', 'Cos everybody's had the blues.