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Current song lyrics
Everybody wants to know<br />Why I sing the blues<br />Yes, I say everybody wanna know<br />Why I sing the blues<br />Well, I've been around a long time<br />I really have paid my dues<br /><br />When I first got the blues<br />They brought me over on a ship<br />Men were standing over me<br />And a lot more with a whip<br />And everybody wanna know<br />Why I sing the blues<br />Well, I've been around a long time<br />Mm, I've really paid my dues<br /><br />I've laid in a ghetto flat<br />Cold and numb<br />I heard the rats tell the bedbugs<br />To give the roaches some<br />Everybody wanna know<br />Why I'm singing the blues<br />Yes, I've been around a long time<br />People, I've paid my dues<br /><br />I stood in line<br />Down at the County Hall<br />I heard a man say, "We're gonna build<br />Some new apartments for y'all"<br />And everybody wanna know<br />Yes, they wanna know<br />Why I'm singing the blues<br />Yes, I've been around a long, long time<br />Yes, I've really, really paid my dues<br /><br />Now I'm gonna play Lucille.<br /><br />My kid's gonna grow up<br />Gonna grow up to be a fool<br />'Cause they ain't got no more room<br />No more room for him in school<br />And everybody wanna know<br />Everybody wanna know<br />Why I'm singing the blues<br />I say I've been around a long time<br />Yes, I've really paid some dues<br /><br />Yeah, you know the company told me<br />Guess you're born to lose<br />Everybody around me, people<br />It seems like everybody got the blues<br />But I had 'em a long time<br />I've really, really paid my dues<br />You know I ain't ashamed of it, people<br />I just love to sing my blues<br /><br />I walk through the cities, people<br />On my bare feet<br />I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings<br />Up and down Beale Street<br />You know I'm singing the blues<br />Yes, I really<br />I just have to sing my blues<br />I've been around a long time<br />People, I've really, really paid my dues<br /><br />Now Father Time is catching up with me<br />Gone is my youth<br />I look in the mirror everyday<br />And let it tell me the truth<br />I'm singing the blues<br />Mm, I just have to sing the blues<br />I've been around a long time<br />Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues<br /><br />Yeah, they told me everything<br />Would be better out in the country<br />Everything was fine<br />I caught me a bus uptown, baby<br />And every people, all the people<br />Got the same trouble as mine<br />I got the blues, huh huh<br />I say I've been around a long time<br />I've really paid some dues<br /><br />One more time, fellows!<br /><br />Blind man on the corner<br />Begging for a dime<br />The rollers come and caught him<br />And throw him in the jail for a crime<br />I got the blues<br />Mm, I'm singing my blues<br />I've been around a long time<br />Mm, I've really paid some dues<br /><br />Can we do just one more?<br /><br />Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare<br />To get myself some grits and stuff<br />But a lady stand up and she said<br />"You haven't been around long enough"<br />That's why I got the blues<br />Mm, the blues<br />I say, I've been around a long time<br />I've really, really paid my dues<br /><br />Fellows, tell them one more time.<br /><br />Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows.<br />Yeah!
New song lyrics
Everybody wants to know<br />Why I sing the blues<br />Yes, I say everybody wanna know<br />Why I sing the blues<br />Well, I've been around a long time<br />I really have paid my dues<br /><br />When I first got the blues<br />They brought me over on a ship<br />Men were standing over me<br />And a lot more with a whip<br />And everybody wanna know<br />Why I sing the blues<br />Well, I've been around a long time<br />Mm, I've really paid my dues<br /><br />I've laid in a ghetto flat<br />Cold and numb<br />I heard the rats tell the bedbugs<br />To give the roaches some<br />Everybody wanna know<br />Why I'm singing the blues<br />Yes, I've been around a long time<br />People, I've paid my dues<br /><br />I stood in line<br />Down at the County Hall<br />I heard a man say, "We're gonna build<br />Some new apartments for y'all"<br />And everybody wanna know<br />Yes, they wanna know<br />Why I'm singing the blues<br />Yes, I've been around a long, long time<br />Yes, I've really, really paid my dues<br /><br />Now I'm gonna play Lucille.<br /><br />My kid's gonna grow up<br />Gonna grow up to be a fool<br />'Cause they ain't got no more room<br />No more room for him in school<br />And everybody wanna know<br />Everybody wanna know<br />Why I'm singing the blues<br />I say I've been around a long time<br />Yes, I've really paid some dues<br /><br />Yeah, you know the company told me<br />Guess you're born to lose<br />Everybody around me, people<br />It seems like everybody got the blues<br />But I had 'em a long time<br />I've really, really paid my dues<br />You know I ain't ashamed of it, people<br />I just love to sing my blues<br /><br />I walk through the cities, people<br />On my bare feet<br />I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings<br />Up and down Beale Street<br />You know I'm singing the blues<br />Yes, I really<br />I just have to sing my blues<br />I've been around a long time<br />People, I've really, really paid my dues<br /><br />Now Father Time is catching up with me<br />Gone is my youth<br />I look in the mirror everyday<br />And let it tell me the truth<br />I'm singing the blues<br />Mm, I just have to sing the blues<br />I've been around a long time<br />Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues<br /><br />Yeah, they told me everything<br />Would be better out in the country<br />Everything was fine<br />I caught me a bus uptown, baby<br />And every people, all the people<br />Got the same trouble as mine<br />I got the blues, huh huh<br />I say I've been around a long time<br />I've really paid some dues<br /><br />One more time, fellows!<br /><br />Blind man on the corner<br />Begging for a dime<br />The rollers come and caught him<br />And throw him in the jail for a crime<br />I got the blues<br />Mm, I'm singing my blues<br />I've been around a long time<br />Mm, I've really paid some dues<br /><br />Can we do just one more?<br /><br />Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare<br />To get myself some grits and stuff<br />But a lady stand up and she said<br />"You haven't been around long enough"<br />That's why I got the blues<br />Mm, the blues<br />I say, I've been around a long time<br />I've really, really paid my dues<br /><br />Fellows, tell them one more time.<br /><br />Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows.<br />Yeah!
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