From the recording If I Knew Then
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">A mix of sounds and styles that finally focuses down to what the blues means to a regular guy.</span></p>
Lyrics
<p class="Standard" align="center"><strong>WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES</strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>Verse 1</strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>She said my jeans were nasty</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>full of holes and trashy</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>She gave me 50 dollars</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>to buy a pair more classy</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Shape up and go to Wall-mart</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Be my lovey-dovey</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>I guess that' why they call it the blues. </strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>Verse 2</strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>Well I went to Tommy's thrift store</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>They had a pair for free</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>She would never notice</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>That the crotch was kinda torn</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Strutting in my new jeans</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>I drove to Joe's Saloon</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>I guess that's why they call it the blues</strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>Verse 3</strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>Proud I was so thrifty,</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>I had the cash for beer,</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Several hours later</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>It was time for lovy dovey</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>A man in a uniform</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>Said jail was waiting me</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>I guess that's why they call it the blues,</strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>Verse 4</strong></p>
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<p class="Standard"><strong>She fetched me in the morning,</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>She was really pissed 'bout something</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>A misunderstanding</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>'bout something that is nothing</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>it's a chance you have to take</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>to be a lovey dovey.</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>I guess that's why they call it the blues.</strong></p>