Some people say why do you play the blues? Some even ask me if I paid my dues. Tell them it's somethin' to get me through everytime that I think of you. That's why, that's why I play the blues. Some people wanna know if the blues is here to stay. Tell them I don't know, but that it's with me every day. Stops me from fallin' down to the ground everytime you're not around. That's why, that's why I play the blues. I don't know if it's wrong or right, but the blues is with me day and night. Just don't ask me about the way I feel, all I know is that the blues is real. Tell them it's somethin' to get me through everytime that I'm thinking of you. That's why, that's why I play the blues. That's why I play the blues. That's why I play the blues. That's why, that's why I play the blues.