Some people say 
why do you play the blues? 
Some even ask me 
if I paid my dues. 
Tell them it's somethin' 
to get me through 
everytime that I think of you. 
That's why, 
that's why I play the blues. 

Some people wanna know 
if the blues is here to stay. 
Tell them I don't know, 
but that it's with me every day. 
Stops me from fallin' 
down to the ground 
everytime 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 somethin' 
to get me through 
everytime that I'm thinking 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.