Everybody wants to know Why I sing the blues Yes, I say everybody wanna 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 wanna know Why I'm singing the blues Yes, I've been around a long time People, I've 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, long time I've really, 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 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 Now I'm gonna play Lucille 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, 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, people It seems like everybody got the blues But I had 'em a long time I've really, really paid my dues You know I ain't ashamed of it, people I just love to sing my blues
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