05 - Why I Sing The Blues

Everybody wanna know, why i sing the blues
Yes i say everybody wanna know, why i sing the blues
Well i been around a long time, people ive really paid my dues

When i first got the blues, they brought me 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 ive been around a long time, people ive really paid my dues
Aw I've really paid my dues

Well my kids gonna grow up, gonna grow up to be a fool, because they aint got no more room, no more room for him in school
And everybody wanna know, why I sing the blues
Well I've been around a long time, people I've really paid my dues, hey

Now father time is catching up with me, gone is my youth, i look in the mirror every day and let it tell me the truth.
And everybody wanna know, why I sing the blues
Well been around a long time, people I've really paid my dues.