[00:00.00] 作词 : Clark, King
[00:11.76]Everybody wants to know
[00:12.27]Why I sing the blues
[00:12.72]Yes, I say everybody wanna know
[00:14.76]Why I sing the blues
[00:16.23]Well, I've been around a long time
[00:20.10]I really have paid my dues
[00:20.61]When I first got the blues
[00:21.24]They brought me over on a ship
[00:21.78]Men were standing over me
[00:22.44]And a lot more with a whip
[00:23.55]And everybody wanna know
[00:24.12]Why I sing the blues
[00:26.10]Well, I've been around a long time
[00:30.45]Mm, I've really paid my dues
[00:31.35]I've laid in a ghetto flat
[00:31.83]Cold and numb
[00:34.71]I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
[00:35.64]To give the roaches some
[00:36.15]Everybody wanna know
[00:36.57]Why I'm singing the blues
[00:37.20]Yes, I've been around a long time
[00:41.88]People, I've paid my dues
[00:42.60]I stood in line
[00:42.93]Down at the County Hall
[00:43.44]I heard a man say, "We're gonna build
[00:45.09]Some new apartments for y'all"
[00:46.11]And everybody wanna know
[00:46.83]Yes, they wanna know
[00:47.43]Why I'm singing the blues
[00:48.06]Yes, I've been around a long, long time
[00:53.04]Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
[00:54.18]Now I'm gonna play Lucille
[00:55.65]My kid's gonna grow up
[00:56.28]Gonna grow up to be a fool
[00:56.85]Cause they ain't got no more room
[01:00.90]No more room for him in school
[01:01.62]And everybody wanna know
[01:03.03]Everybody wanna know
[01:04.86]Why I'm singing the blues
[01:06.12]I say I've been around a long time
[01:07.05]Yes, I've really paid some dues
[01:07.89]Yeah, you know the company told me
[01:11.88]Guess you're born to lose
[01:12.48]Everybody around me, people
[01:14.04]It seems like everybody got the blues
[01:14.94]But I had 'em a long time
[01:15.51]I've really, really paid my dues
[01:19.80]You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
[01:21.63]I just love to sing my blues
[01:22.62]I walk through the cities, people
[01:23.49]On my bare feet
[01:23.94]I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
[01:25.14]Up in Downbill Street
[01:26.07]You know I'm singing the blues
[01:29.67]Yes, I really
[01:30.21]I just have to sing my blues
[01:30.93]I've been around a long time
[01:31.65]People, I've really, really paid my dues
[01:33.45]Now Father Time is catching up with me
[01:34.41]Gone is my youth
[01:34.74]I look in the mirror everyday
[01:36.06]And let it tell me the truth
[01:40.56]I'm singing the blues
[01:40.95]Mm, I just have to sing the blues
[01:41.64]I've been around a long time
[01:42.18]Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
[01:45.24]Yeah, they told me everything
[01:49.89]Would be better out in the country
[01:56.07]Everything was fine
[02:04.86]I caught me a bus uptown, baby
[02:05.73]And every people, all the people
[02:06.36]Got the same trouble as mine
[02:10.65]I got the blues, huh huh
[02:11.49]I say I've been around a long time
[02:12.33]I've really paid some dues
[02:13.50]One more time, fellows!
[02:13.95]Blind man on the corner
[02:14.97]Begging for a dime
[02:15.69]The rollers come and caught him
[02:16.41]And throw him in the jail for a crime
[02:21.78]I got the blues
[02:22.17]Mm, I'm singing my blues
[02:22.68]I've been around a long time
[02:23.25]Mm, I've really paid some dues
[02:24.51]Can we do just one more?
[02:25.29]Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
[02:26.07]To get myself some grits and stuff
[02:30.57]But a lady stand up and she said
[02:31.53]"You haven't been around long enough"
[02:32.25]That's why I got the blues
[02:32.73]Mm, the blues
[02:33.12]I say, I've been around a long time
[02:34.08]I've really, really paid my dues
[02:34.86]Fellows, tell them one more time
[02:35.49]Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows
[02:36.84]Yeah!

作词 : Clark, King
Everybody wants to know
Why I sing the blues
Yes, I say everybody wanna know
Why I sing the blues
Well, I've been around a long time
I really have paid my dues
When I first got the blues
They brought me over 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, I've been around a long time
Mm, I've really paid my dues
I've 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'm singing the blues
Yes, I've been around a long time
People, I've paid my dues
I stood in line
Down at the County Hall
I heard a man say, "We're gonna build
Some new apartments for y'all"
And everybody wanna know
Yes, they wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
Yes, I've been around a long, long time
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
Now I'm gonna play Lucille
My kid's gonna grow up
Gonna grow up to be a fool
Cause they ain't got no more room
No more room for him in school
And everybody wanna know
Everybody wanna know
Why I'm singing the blues
I say I've been around a long time
Yes, I've really paid some dues
Yeah, you know the company told me
Guess you're born to lose
Everybody around me, people
It seems like everybody got the blues
But I had 'em a long time
I've really, really paid my dues
You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
I just love to sing my blues
I walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
Up in Downbill Street
You know I'm singing the blues
Yes, I really
I just have to sing my blues
I've been around a long time
People, I've really, really paid my dues
Now Father Time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror everyday
And let it tell me the truth
I'm singing the blues
Mm, I just have to sing the blues
I've been around a long time
Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
Yeah, they told me everything
Would be better out in the country
Everything was fine
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
And every people, all the people
Got the same trouble as mine
I got the blues, huh huh
I say I've been around a long time
I've really paid some dues
One more time, fellows!
Blind man on the corner
Begging for a dime
The rollers come and caught him
And throw him in the jail for a crime
I got the blues
Mm, I'm singing my blues
I've been around a long time
Mm, I've really paid some dues
Can we do just one more?
Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
To get myself some grits and stuff
But a lady stand up and she said
"You haven't been around long enough"
That's why I got the blues
Mm, the blues
I say, I've been around a long time
I've really, really paid my dues
Fellows, tell them one more time
Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows
Yeah!