Why I Sing The Blues-Ike

[ti:Why I Sing The Blues] [ar:Ike] [al:All Time Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Why I Sing The Blues - Ike [00:24.09]Everybody wants to know [00:26.14] [00:27.47]Why I sing the blues [00:29.53] [00:31.17]Yes I say everybody wanna know [00:33.67] [00:35.05]Why I sing the blues [00:37.07] [00:38.84]Well I've been around for a long time [00:41.48] [00:42.14]I really have paid my dues [00:44.46] [00:46.80]When I first got the blues [00:48.11] [00:48.81]They brought me over on a ship [00:50.21] [00:51.14]Men were standing over me [00:52.92]And a lot more with a whip [00:54.70]And everybody wanna know [00:55.81] [00:57.78]Why I sing the blues [00:59.69] [01:01.51]Well I've been around for a long time [01:03.82] [01:04.44]Mm I've really paid my dues [01:06.71] [01:09.36]I've laid in a ghetto flat [01:11.22] [01:11.78]Cold and numb [01:12.87] [01:13.47]I heard the rats tell the bedbugs [01:15.69]To give the roaches some [01:17.08]Everybody wanna know [01:18.97] [01:20.52]Why I'm singing the blues [01:22.11] [01:24.15]Yes I've been around for a long time [01:26.66] [01:27.26]People I've paid my dues [01:29.32] [01:54.43]I stood in line [01:56.21] [01:56.82]Down at the county hall [01:58.36]I heard a man say [01:59.49]We're gonna build [02:00.86]Some new apartments for y'all [02:01.91]And everybody wanna know [02:04.60] [02:05.51]Why I'm singing the blues [02:07.43] [02:09.13]Yes I've been around for a long time [02:11.41] [02:11.97]People I'll tell you I've paid my dues [02:14.23] [02:24.65]Everybody wanna know [02:26.46] [02:27.97]Why I'm singing the blues [02:29.70] [02:31.91]I say I've been around a long time [02:34.27]Yes I've really paid some dues [02:36.29] [02:57.13]I've really paid my dues