Blue Cactus: “Worried Man”
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Blue Cactus performs the song “Worried Man” from their 2021 album, “Stranger Again.”
Blue Cactus performs “Worried Man” with a fun disco country vibe. It is lead singer Steph Stewart’s favorite song to play from the band’s 2021 album, “Stranger Again.” Stewart wrote it about her grandfather, a notorious worrier in her family, fretting over his loved ones almost constantly. Now that he’s gone, she misses all that worrying as she can see it’s how he showed his love.
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Blue Cactus: “Worried Man”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 3m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Blue Cactus performs “Worried Man” with a fun disco country vibe. It is lead singer Steph Stewart’s favorite song to play from the band’s 2021 album, “Stranger Again.” Stewart wrote it about her grandfather, a notorious worrier in her family, fretting over his loved ones almost constantly. Now that he’s gone, she misses all that worrying as she can see it’s how he showed his love.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[calm music] ♪ ♪ Ain't a song left to sing on a day cold and gray ♪ ♪ Dark clouds gathered round ♪ ♪ Took my sunshine away ♪ ♪ Got a hole in my heart and the sole of my shoes ♪ ♪ Been going down the road too low to sing the blues ♪ ♪ Where's the worried man to sing my song ♪ ♪ Troubled mind to hold my head ♪ ♪ Ease the pain upon my brow ♪ ♪ 'Cause nothing in this whole world can ♪ ♪ Save the worried man ♪ [calm music] ♪ ♪ Too poor to leave ♪ ♪ Too poor to try ♪ ♪ Poor boy when you gonna learn to say goodbye ♪ ♪ Where's the worried man to sing my song ♪ ♪ Troubled mind to hold my head ♪ ♪ Ease the pain upon my brow ♪ ♪ 'Cause nothing in this whole world can ♪ ♪ Save the worried man ♪ [upbeat music] ♪ ♪ It's a penny for a wish and a dollar per the acre ♪ ♪ Dig yourself a hole but pay the undertaker ♪ ♪ Too poor to live ♪ ♪ Too poor to die ♪ ♪ Poor boy hang his poor head and cry ♪ ♪ Where's the worried man to sing my song ♪ ♪ Troubled mind to hold my head ♪ ♪ Ease the pain upon my brow ♪ ♪ 'Cause nothing in this whole world can ♪ ♪ Oh nothing in this whole world can ♪ [upbeat music] ♪ [upbeat music fades]
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