Why I Sing the Blues-Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory

[ti:Why I Sing The Blues] [ar:Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory] [al:6 String Theory] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Why I Sing the Blues - Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory [00:00.02]Written by：B.B. King/Dave Clark [00:00.03] [00:17.86]Everybody wants to know [00:19.86] [00:21.36]Why I sing the blues [00:23.46] [00:26.17]Everybody wants to know [00:27.99] [00:29.70]Why I sing the blues [00:31.57] [00:34.54]Well I've been around a long time [00:36.20] [00:37.55]I really have paid my dues [00:39.38] [00:42.83]I've laid in a ghetto flat [00:44.34] [00:45.28]Cold and numb [00:46.23] [00:47.38]I heard the rats tell the bedbugs [00:48.96] [00:49.54]To give the roaches some [00:51.27]Everybody wants to know [00:53.11] [00:54.79]Why I'm singing the blues [00:56.59] [00:59.59]You know I've been around a long time [01:01.28] [01:02.33]And I really paid my dues [01:03.98] [01:33.59]Everybody wanna know [01:34.74] [01:36.52]Why I'm singing the blues [01:38.36] [01:40.82]Yes everybody wanna know [01:42.97] [01:44.95]Why I'm singing the blues [01:47.42] [01:50.89]I've been around a long time [01:52.64] [01:54.03]I've really paid my dues [01:56.32] [01:58.73]Blind man on the corner [01:59.87] [02:00.40]Begging for a dime [02:01.33] [02:02.22]The rollers come and caught him [02:03.77] [02:05.20]And throw him in the jail for a crime [02:07.24]Everybody wanna know [02:08.14]Why I'm singing the blues [02:10.84] [02:15.30]I've been around a long time [02:17.06] [02:18.88]I've really paid my dues [02:20.70] [02:47.54]My kid's gonna grow up [02:49.74] [02:50.25]Gonna grow up to be a fool [02:51.58] [02:52.63]'Cause they ain't got no more room [02:54.84]No more room for him in school [02:56.50] [02:57.27]And everybody wanna know [02:58.52] [02:59.79]Why I'm singing the blues [03:02.11] [03:04.74]I say I've been around a long long time [03:07.84] [03:08.47]Yes I've really paid some dues [03:10.54] [03:13.01]Now Father Time is catching up with me [03:14.88] [03:15.58]Gone is my youth [03:16.94] [03:17.76]I look in the mirror everyday [03:19.55]And let it tell me the truth [03:20.84] [03:22.11]And everybody wanna know [03:23.96] [03:25.05]Why I'm singing the blues [03:26.61] [03:29.39]Yes I've been around a long long time [03:32.39] [03:33.42]I've really paid my dues [03:35.55] [04:03.37]I stood in line [04:04.58] [04:05.32]Down at the County Hall [04:06.79] [04:08.03]I heard a man say We're gonna build [04:09.78]Some new apartments for y'all [04:11.21] [04:12.50]And everybody wanna know [04:14.15] [04:15.02]Why I'm singing the blues [04:16.62] [04:20.60]Yes I've been around a long time [04:22.59]Yes I've really paid my dues [04:25.01] [04:28.85]Yeah you know the company told me [04:31.18]Guess you're born to lose [04:32.48] [04:33.36]Everybody around me [04:34.97] [04:35.71]It seems like everybody got the blues [04:38.92]But I had 'em a long time [04:40.39] [04:42.45]I've paid my dues [04:43.69] [04:45.82]You know I ain't ashamed of it [04:47.61] [04:48.51]I just love to sing my blues