Featuring W.C. Handy award nominee Mark Lyon on lead guitar

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When you got nothin', You got nothin' to lose
Best I can hope for is to shake these blues
Cuz I've had the blues all my life
I just didn't know it
Had the blues all my life
I just didn't show it
They say to write a good song
You've got to pay your dues
I'm here to tell ya
I've earned the right to sing the blues



Born in St. Louee
Plastic spoon in my mouth
So I picked up this guitar
And I headed on South
Where the muddy water flow and the people go
Party on Bourbon Street till the mornin' light
And it feels alright!
They say to write a good song you've got to pay your dues
I'm here to tell ya
I've earned the right to sing the blues


Spoken: Now lookie here baby
Well we got nothin'
So we got nothin' to lose
Best we can hope for is to shake these blues
Cuz I've had the blues all my life
I just didn't know it
Had the blues all my life
I just didn't show it
They say to write a good song
You got to pay your dues
I'm here to tell ya
I've earned the right to sing the blues