Why I Sing the Blues

Everybody wants to know, they've ask me why I sing the blues Everybody wants to know now, why I keep crying the blues Well, I've been around a little while and I've paid some dues, yes, I have People laying in ghetto flats, cold and numb Looking at roaches, telling bedbugs to move over and give 'em some Oh, it's tight in here, that's one reason I'm singing the blues, yeah Been around a long time, God knows I've paid a few dues, yes, I have Stood in line at the County Hall Heard a man saying "we're gonna build some higher rents for y'all Up in renewal, work on a removal, talk to me, yeah” Don't feel bad about it, just trying to be free Ooh-ooh, I don't want my kids growing up to be no fools You keep rapping to me y'all ain't got no room in school, yeah And you want to know why I'm singing the blues, yeah Been around a little while and I've seen some people paying dues, yes, I have Some of my friends told me I was born to loose But when I looked around they were singing the same old kind of blues, now And you want to know why I'm singing 'em this evening, yeah? Don't be saying those, everybody pays some dues sometimes Yeah, sing the blues now Well I say hey, hey, well I say hey, hey Well I say hey, might be mad as a child today Hey, Lucille, Lucille, whoa-whoa Hey, Lucille, Lucille, whoa-whoa Hey, Lucille, Lucille, whoa-whoa Hey, Lucille, Lucille Might be mad as a child today Whoa-whoa, hey, Lucille, Lucille, whoa-whoa Hey, Lucille, Lucille, whoa-whoa