| Ev’rybody understands the blues
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| Are you listening?
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| YEAH!
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| I say ev’rybody understands the blues
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| Ev’rybody from one day to another has the blues
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| You take the little baby that’s layin' in the cradle
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| He can’t get that milk bottle fast enough
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| He go to kickin' an’cryin'
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| An' goin' on, tearin' up the little baby bed
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| He got the blues
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| Can ya dig it?
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| YEAH!
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| Ha, ha, ha
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| You take this girl that’s got this main squeeze
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| That’s her boyfriend, that is, you know
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| An' he just bought a brand new GTO
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| You know she wanna be wit' him ev’rytime he cranks it up
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| An' go around the corner to the soda fountain
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| This is where she wanna go an’show it off
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| Where all the girls and guys be
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| You know what I mean?
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| An' she get ready to go out this particular night
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| An' her mother say, «Daughter you was just out last night
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| You can’t go out tonight, that’s too many nights in a row»
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| She go in the room an’fasten the door
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| An' won’t answer the phone, won’t eat
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| Won’t talk to nobody
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| She got the blues
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| That’s what’s wrong wit' her
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| Some people call them the reds, the pinks
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| When ya get through
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| It’s the old-fashioned country blues
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| That’s right
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| I haven’t seen my main squeeze
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| In ten long weeks, today
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| You know I got the blues
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| Can you dig it? |
| ha, ha, ha
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| YEAH!
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| Woo! |
| Alright!
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| Ah but wait, I don’t think you’re with me
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| Let’s ev’rybody get a thing goin' right here
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| Yes, yes, yes
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| Can you feel it?
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| YEAH!
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| I can’t hear you, can you feel it?
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| YEAH!
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| Yes, yes
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| Sounds awful good, keep it, keep it, right there chilin'
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| Keep it right there, ha ha ha ha
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| The blues!
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| An' when you’re doin' the blues
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| They so strong, that’s the reason there named
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| They call 'em blues power, yeah
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| An' would you believe I invented blues power?
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| YEAH!
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| Ha, ha
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| Can you dig the blues power?
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| YEAH!
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| Let ev’rybody say «yeah»
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| YEAH!
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| Say it again, say «yeah»
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| YEAH!
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| Alright! |
| Alright! |
| Hey! |
| Hey! |
| Hey! |
| Oh! |
| Alright
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| Ha, ha, ha! |
| Well! |
| Woo! |
| Ha, ha, ha! |
| Oh man! |
| Hey!
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| Ooh-oh!
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| Woo!
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| Thank you!
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| Thank you very much!
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| Thank you very kindly!
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| Woo! |