everybody wants to know they ask me why i sing the blues everybody wants to know now why i keep crying the blues well ive been around little while and ive paid some dues yes i have people laying in ghetto flats cold and numb looking at roaches telling bedbugs to move over and give em some oh its hot in here thats one reason im singing the blues yeah been around a long time god knows ive paid a few dues yes i have stood in line at the county hall heard a man say were gonna build some high rises for yall up in renewal work on a removal talk to me yeah dont feel bad about it just trying to be free i dont want my kids growing up to be no fools you keep rapping to me yall aint got no room in school yeah and you want to know why im singing the blues yeah been around a little while and ive seen some people paying dues yes i have some of my friends told me i was born to lose but when i looked around they were singing the same old kind of blues now and you want to know why im singing em this evening yeah dont be saying those everybody pays some dues sometimes yeah sing the blues now