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[ti:Why I Sing The Blues]
[ar:B.B. King]
[al:Live And Well]
[lang:English]
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[00:25.16]Everybody wants to know why I sing the blues
[00:33.70]Yes, I say everybody wanna know why I sing the blues
[00:41.17]Well, I've been around a long time
[00:44.95]I really have paid my dues
[00:49.94]When I first got the blues they brought me over on a ship
[00:54.81]Men were standing over me and a lot more with a whip
[00:58.41]And everybody wanna know
[01:01.90]Why I sing the blues
[01:06.16]Well, I've been around a long time
[01:09.32]Mmm, I've really paid my dues
[01:14.86]I've laid in a ghetto flat, cold and numb
[01:19.17]I heard the rats tell the bedbugs to give the roaches some
[01:23.59]Everybody wanna know
[01:26.69]Why I'm singing the blues
[01:31.60]Yes, I've been around a long time
[01:34.00]People, I've paid my dues
[01:39.43]I stood in line down at the County Hall
[01:43.88]I heard a man say "We're gonna build some new apartments for y'all"
[01:48.11]And everybody wanna know
[01:50.80]Yes, they wanna know why I'm singing the blues
[01:55.54]Yes, I've been around a long, long time
[01:58.57]Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
[02:01.11]Now I'm gonna play Lucille
[02:02.64]
[02:28.62]My kid's gonna grow up, gonna grow up to be a fool
[02:32.30]'Cause they ain't got no more room, no more room for him in school
[02:36.81]And everybody wanna know
[02:39.50]Everybody wanna know why I'm singing the blues
[02:44.20]I say I've been around a long time
[02:47.18]Yes, I've really paid some dues
[02:50.95]Yeah, you know the company told me, "Guess you're born to lose"
[02:57.22]Everybody around me, people, it seems like everybody got the blues
[03:01.20]But I had 'em a long time
[03:03.87]I've really, really paid my dues
[03:08.50]You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
[03:11.10]I just love to sing my blues
[03:15.60]
[03:40.86]I walk through the cities, people, on my bare feet
[03:45.22]I had a fill of catfish and chitterling up in Downbill Street
[03:49.46]You know I'm singing the blues
[03:52.51]Yes, I really, I just have to sing my blues
[03:57.63]I've been around a long time
[04:00.14]People, I've really, really paid my dues
[04:04.42]Now Father Time is catching up with me, gone is my youth
[04:09.55]I look in the mirror everyday and let it tell me the truth
[04:13.78]I'm singing the blues
[04:16.46]Mmm-mmm, I just have to sing the blues
[04:21.16]I've been around a long time
[04:23.84]Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
[04:27.54]
[04:53.36]Yeah, they told me everything would be better out in the country
[04:57.30]Everything was fine, I caught me a bus uptown, baby
[05:01.90]And every people, all the people got the same trouble as mine
[05:05.70]I got the blues, huh huh
[05:09.30]I say I've been around a long time
[05:12.53]Hmm, I've really paid some dues
[05:15.57]One more time, fellows
[05:18.17]Blind man on the corner begging for a dime
[05:22.38]The rollers come and caught him and throw him in the jail for a crime
[05:27.43]I got the blues
[05:29.68]Mmm, I'm singing my blues
[05:33.65]I've been around a long time
[05:36.57]Mmm, I've really paid some dues
[05:38.78]Can we do just one more?
[05:41.93]Oh, I thought I'd go down to the welfare to get myself some grits and stuff
[05:46.42]But a lady stand up, and she said, "You haven't been around long enough"
[05:51.30]That's why I got the blues
[05:53.94]Mmm, the blues
[05:57.88]I say, I've been around a long time
[06:01.12]I've really, really paid my dues
[06:04.20]Fellows, just one more time
[06:06.40]
[08:08.80]Ha, ha, ha, that's alright, fellows
[08:13.48]Yeah!
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1. Who is the singer of "Why I Sing The Blues" song?
⇒ B.B. King has sung the song "Why I Sing The Blues".
2. Which album is the "Why I Sing The Blues" song from?
⇒ The song "Why I Sing The Blues" is from the album Live And Well.
3. In which language is the "Why I Sing The Blues" song composed?
⇒ The song "Why I Sing The Blues" is composed in the English language.
4. What is the official duration of the "Why I Sing The Blues" song?
⇒ The official duration of "Why I Sing The Blues" is 08:37.40.
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B.B. King - Why I Sing The Blues