[00:17.77] Everybody wants to know[00:21.34] Why I sing the blues[00:26.10] Yes, I say everybody wanna know[00:29.85] Why I sing the blues[00:34.38] Well, I've been around a long time[00:37.53] I really have paid my dues[00:42.67] I've laid in a ghetto flat[00:45.13] Cold and numb[00:47.63] I heard the rats tell the bedbugs[00:49.57] To give the roaches some[00:51.23] Everybody wanna know[00:54.94] Why I'm singing the blues[01:00.92] Yes, I've been around a long time[01:03.17] People, I've paid my dues[01:05.52][01:33.42] Everybody wanna know[01:36.44] Why I'm singing the blues[01:40.74] Yes, everybody wanna know[01:45.22] Why I'm singing the blues[01:51.05] I've been around a long, long time[01:54.33] I've really, really paid my dues[01:58.56] Blind man on the corner[02:00.18] Begging for a dime[02:02.20] The rollers come and caught him[02:05.18] And throw him in the jail for a crime[02:07.43] Everybody wanna know[02:09.27] Why I'm singing the blues[02:15.05] I've been around a long time[02:19.06] I've paid my dues[02:47.51] My kid's gonna grow up[02:51.03] Gonna grow up to be a fool[02:52.95] 'Cause they ain't got no more room[02:55.11] No more room for him in school[02:57.18] And everybody wanna know[02:59.65] Why I'm singing the blues[03:05.68] I say I've been around a long, long time[03:10.06] Yes, I've really paid some dues[03:13.43] Now Father Time is catching up with me[03:15.68] Gone is my youth[03:17.84] I look in the mirror everyday[03:19.57] And let it tell me the truth[03:21.97] And everybody wanna know[03:25.12] Why I'm singing the blues[03:29.35] Yes, I've been around a long, long time[03:34.01] Now I'm gonna play Lucille[04:03.62] I stood in line[04:05.23] Down at the County Hall[04:08.41] I heard a man say, "We're gonna build[04:09.79] Some new apartments for y'all"[04:12.49] And everybody wanna know[04:15.91] Why I'm singing the blues[04:20.69] Yes, I've been around a long, long time[04:23.42] Yes, I've really paid my dues[04:28.92] Yeah, you know the company told me[04:31.05] Guess you're born to lose[04:33.56] Everybody around me, people[04:36.00] It seems like everybody got the blues[04:39.11] But I had 'em a long time[04:42.65] I've really, really paid my dues[04:46.65] You know I ain't ashamed of it, people[04:48.49] I just love to sing my blues