Why I Sing the Blues
Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory, Lee Ritenour, B.B.King, Jonny Lang, Keb' Mo', Vince Gill"Why I Sing the Blues" is a song by Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory, Lee Ritenour, B.B.King, Jonny Lang, Keb' Mo', Vince Gill, released in 2010 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:48 long and contains 60 lines and 334 words.
0:17Everybody wants to know
0:21Why I sing the blues
0:26Everybody wants to know
0:29Why I sing the blues
0:34Well I've been around a long time
0:37I really have paid my dues
0:42I've laid in a ghetto flat
0:45Cold and numb
0:47I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
0:49To give the roaches some
0:51Everybody wants to know
0:54Why I'm singing the blues
0:59You know I've been around a long time
1:02And I really paid my dues
1:33Everybody wanna know
1:36Why I'm singing the blues
1:40Yes everybody wanna know
1:44Why I'm singing the blues
1:50I've been around a long time
1:54I've really paid my dues
1:58Blind man on the corner
2:00Begging for a dime
2:02The rollers come and caught him
2:05And throw him in the jail for a crime
2:07Everybody wanna know
2:08Why I'm singing the blues
2:15I've been around a long time
2:18I've really paid my dues
2:47My kid's gonna grow up
2:50Gonna grow up to be a fool
2:52'Cause they ain't got no more room
2:54No more room for him in school
2:57And everybody wanna know
2:59Why I'm singing the blues
3:04I say I've been around a long long time
3:08Yes I've really paid some dues
3:13Now Father Time is catching up with me
3:15Gone is my youth
3:17I look in the mirror everyday
3:19And let it tell me the truth
3:22And everybody wanna know
3:25Why I'm singing the blues
3:29Yes I've been around a long long time
3:33I've really paid my dues
4:03I stood in line
4:05Down at the County Hall
4:08I heard a man say We're gonna build
4:09Some new apartments for y'all
4:12And everybody wanna know
4:15Why I'm singing the blues
4:20Yes I've been around a long time
4:22Yes I've really paid my dues
4:28Yeah you know the company told me
4:31Guess you're born to lose
4:33Everybody around me
4:35It seems like everybody got the blues
4:38But I had 'em a long time
4:42I've paid my dues
4:45You know I ain't ashamed of it
4:48I just love to sing my blues
Everybody wants to know Why I sing the blues Everybody wants to know Why I sing the blues Well I've been around a long time I really have paid my dues I've laid in a ghetto flat Cold and numb I heard the rats tell the bedbugs To give the roaches some Everybody wants to know Why I'm singing the blues You know I've been around a long time And I really paid my dues Everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues Yes everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues I've been around a long time I've really paid my dues Blind man on the corner Begging for a dime The rollers come and caught him And throw him in the jail for a crime Everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues I've been around a long time I've really paid my dues My kid's gonna grow up Gonna grow up to be a fool 'Cause they ain't got no more room No more room for him in school And everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues I say I've been around a long long time Yes I've really paid some dues Now Father Time is catching up with me Gone is my youth I look in the mirror everyday And let it tell me the truth And everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues Yes I've been around a long long time I've really paid my dues I stood in line Down at the County Hall I heard a man say We're gonna build Some new apartments for y'all And everybody wanna know Why I'm singing the blues Yes I've been around a long time Yes I've really paid my dues Yeah you know the company told me Guess you're born to lose Everybody around me It seems like everybody got the blues But I had 'em a long time I've paid my dues You know I ain't ashamed of it I just love to sing my blues
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