down in mississippi i knew a blind man this is what he told me when i tried to lend a hand i go by feel yes i go by feel the only way i know what s real i go by feel people always ask me about the blues i play i say it just comes through me i don t know no other way i go by feel i go by feel the only way i know what s real hey i go by feel sometimes it seems like a mystery i just close my eyes and it comes to me there s somethin i don t even understand i just open my heart and it flows right through my hand listen to it when i m with a woman and i wonder if there s love all the proof i need is right there in her touch i go by feel the only way i know what s real hey i go by feel i go by feel people i go by feel the only way i know if it s real hey i go by feel go by feel go by feel yes that s what i m talkin about oo i go by feel oo i go by feel oo i go by feel