Lyrics Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King
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
When
I
first
got
the
blues
They
brought
me
over
on
a
ship
Men
were
standing
over
me
And
a
lot
more
with
a
whip
And
everybody
wanna
know
Why
I
sing
the
blues
Well,
I've
been
around
a
long
time
Mm,
I′ve
really
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
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
Yes,
they
wanna
know
Why
I'm
singing
the
blues
Yes,
I′ve
been
around
a
long,
long
time
Yes,
I've
really,
really
paid
my
dues
Now
I′m
gonna
play
Lucille
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
Everybody
wanna
know
Why
I′m
singing
the
blues
I
say
I've
been
around
a
long
time
Yes,
I′ve
really
paid
some
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
I
walk
through
the
cities,
people
On
my
bare
feet
I
had
a
fill
of
catfish
and
chitterlings
Up
in
Downbill
Street
You
know
I'm
singing
the
blues
Yes,
I
really
I
just
have
to
sing
my
blues
I've
been
around
a
long
time
People,
I′ve
really,
really
paid
my
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
I′m
singing
the
blues
Mm,
I
just
have
to
sing
the
blues
I've
been
around
a
long
time
Yes,
yes,
I′ve
really
paid
some
dues
Yeah,
they
told
me
everything
Would
be
better
out
in
the
country
Everything
was
fine
I
caught
me
a
bus
uptown,
baby
And
every
people,
all
the
people
Got
the
same
trouble
as
mine
I
got
the
blues,
huh
huh
I
say
I've
been
around
a
long
time
I′ve
really
paid
some
dues
One
more
time,
fellows!
Blind
man
on
the
corner
Begging
for
a
dime
The
rollers
come
and
caught
him
And
throw
him
in
the
jail
for
a
crime
I
got
the
blues
Mm,
I'm
singing
my
blues
I′ve
been
around
a
long
time
Mm,
I've
really
paid
some
dues
Can
we
do
just
one
more?
Oh
I
thought
I'd
go
down
to
the
welfare
To
get
myself
some
grits
and
stuff
But
a
lady
stand
up
and
she
said
"You
haven′t
been
around
long
enough"
That′s
why
I
got
the
blues
Mm,
the
blues
I
say,
I've
been
around
a
long
time
I′ve
really,
really
paid
my
dues
Fellows,
tell
them
one
more
time
Ha,
ha,
ha.
That's
all
right,
fellows
Yeah!
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