Speaking Ill of the Blues

Took to crawling and then we couldn't run away

Took the fall, and then we never got to take a taste

How'd we wind up working in the hands of the tools?

And we only got exactly just enough to lose

Well, it's not like me and you

Speaking ill of the blues

Well, don't worry 'cause we're never getting off the hook

What we took and what we leave, it's strictly off the books

Reading into it, we learned to run on our knees

Just a little bit and always just praying please

'Cause it's not like me and you

Speaking ill of the blues

Just like

How'd we wind up working in the hands of the tools?

And we only got exactly just enough to lose

'Cause it's not like me and you

Speaking ill of the blues

It's not like me and you

Speaking ill of the blues

It's not like me and you