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Why I Sing The Blues
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Blues
Why I Sing The Blues was released on September 16, 2025 by KTBA Records as a part of the album B.B. King's Blues Summit 100, Vol. I - EP
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Release DateSeptember 16, 2025
LabelKTBA Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM120

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa
Performer
Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
B.B. King
B.B. King
Songwriter
Dave Clark
Dave Clark
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa
Producer
Josh Smith
Josh Smith
Producer
Roy Weisman
Roy Weisman
Executive Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Yes, everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long, long time
I really paid my dues
[Verse 2]
When I first got the blues, they brought me over on a ship
Men standing around me, a lot more with a whip
Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long, long time
People, I've paid my dues
[Verse 3]
Well, I 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 sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long time
I really paid my dues
[Verse 4]
I stood in line, y'all, down at the County Hall
I heard some man say, "We're gonna build some new apartments for y'all"
And everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long, long time
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
[Verse 5]
My kid's gonna grow up, y'all, to be a fool
They ain't got no more room for him in school
Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long, long time
Yes, I've really paid some dues
[Verse 6]
Yeah, the company told me guess you're born to lose
Seems like everybody around me, people
It seems like everybody got the blues
But I had 'em a long time
I've really paid my dues
Well, you know I ain't ashamed of it, people
I just love to sing my blues
[Verse 7]
I walk through the cities on my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings down on Beale Street
Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Well I've been around a long time, y'all
I really paid my dues
[Verse 8]
Now Father Time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror and say
Tell me the truth
I'm singing the blues, y'all
Mm, I just love to sing the blues
Say I've been around a long time, y'all
I really, really paid some dues
[Verse 9]
They told me everything in the country
Everything would be fine
But they in country, had trouble just like mine
I got the blues, y'all
I just love to sing the blues
I been singing the blues, y'all, ha
I've been singing the blues a long, long time
[Verse 10]
One more time, fellas!
[Verse 11]
A blind man stand on the corner, begging for a dime
The police got him and put him in jail
And charged him for a crime
Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Well I've been around a long time, y'all
Mm, I've really paid some dues
[Chorus]
Can we do another one, fellas?
[Verse 12]
Thought I'd go down to the welfare
To get myself some grits and stuff
But a lady stand up and she said
"You ain't been around long enough"
That's why I sing the blues, y'all
Mm, I sing the blues
Say, I've been around a long, long time
People, I paid my dues
[Verse 13]
Ha, ha, play the blues
Ah, that's all right, fellas
Yeah!
Written by: B.B. King, Dave Clark
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