Robert Johnson lit the fuse Muddy Waters spread the news it's hear around the world today
It's music from the soul from jazz to rock & roll you know the blues is here to stay
Ain't got no time to lose you know I paid my dues I was born with a passion for the blues
BB's still the king Miss Eta James sure can sing the blues from way down inside
Cotton fields and little shacks the hot sun on our backs no where to run no where to hide
Try walking in my shoes lord knows I've paid my dues I was born with the passion for the blues
I sure miss Stevie Ray Johnny Winter on a summers day Howling Wolf still running free
It's old and it's new so many shades of blues without the root there'd be no tree
Ain't got no time to lose lord knows I've paid my dues I was born with the passion for the blues
It's old and it's new I play it for me and you I was born with the passion for the blues