They Say I'm Different

They say I'm different 'cause I'm a piece of sugar cane Sweet to the core that's why I got rhythm My Great Grandma didn't like the foxtrot Now instead she spitted snuff and boogied to Elmore James Spit on They say I'm different 'cause I eat chitlins I can't help it, I was born and raised on 'em That's right, oh, every mornin' I had to slop the hogs And they be gettin' off humpin' to John Lee Hooker Gettin' off They say I'm different 'cause I'm a piece of sugar cane And when I kick my legs I got rhythm My Great Grandpa was a blues lover He be rockin' his moonshine to B.B. King and Jimmy Reed Rock on pappy That's why they say I'm different And that's why they say I'm strange I'm talkin' 'bout Big Mama Thornton (talk about it, talk about it) Talkin' 'bout Lightning Hopkins (talk about it, talk about it) Talkin' 'bout Howlin Wolf (talk about it, talk about it) I'm talkin' 'bout Albert King (alright, alright) Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry When I was sweet sixteen And that's why they say I'm different And that's why you think I'm strange I'm talkin' 'bout T. Bone Walker (talk about it, talk about it) I'm talkin' 'bout Muddy Waters (talk about it, talk about it) I'm talkin' 'bout Leadbelly, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Son House, and Freddie King (alright, alright) Bessie Smith Bessie Smith, oh, oh hey Oh, Bo Diddley have you heard it? (That's why) they say I'm different And that's why they say I'm strange And that's why they say I'm funky A Little Richard, Wild Lou, sunshine you sure can sing (alright, alright) Robert Johnson, Robert Johnson, Robert Johnson You play the blues for me And that's why, and that's why, and that's why they say I'm different And that's why, and that's why, and that's why they say I'm strange That's why, why, why, why That's why, why, why, why And that's why, why, why, why They say I'm funky, funky, uh-uh, funky, funky And that's why, why, why, why And that's why, why, why, why And that's why, why, why, why And that's why they say I'm different That's why, why, why, why