♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Some people say, why do you play the blues? ♪ ♪ Some even ask me if I play my tunes. ♪ ♪ Tell them it's something that gets me through every time that I think of you. ♪ ♪ That's why, that's why I play the blues. ♪ ♪ Some people want to know if the blues is here to stay. ♪ ♪ Tell them I don't know, that it's with me every day. ♪ ♪ It keeps me from falling down to the ground every time 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 something that gets me through every time that I think 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. ♪