i go through the strangest kind of changes tryin to find myself a way to pay my dues and would you believe it i m so urban my suburban friends don t know my bag of blues i m up in the mornin on the corner so sedated that you hardly know it s me and late in the evening when i m mellow there s my fellow with the world for me to see oh it s a world full of cocktails at nine dinners and wine and very late shows and where the crowd goes i m a girl with a world of her own a queen on her throne till every thing s gone and then i wake up to find that i m a stranger in a world where i have never been before i look for the man who held my hand but now i know that he ll be coming back no more i m telling you bout this bag of blues it s payin dues but i got news gimme that i really want that speakin bout bag of blues mister i m payin dues listen i m changin shoes i m gonna make me some changes i walk in a daze and then i m back to my apartment where i ll grab another wink and doze on the sofa till eleven then get up and pour myself another drink then back at the party i ll be hearty while waitin for some better news but now in the meantime i ll just sit right here and cool it we re gonna cool it now and listen to the rhythm ahmad s blues