B.B. King - What Can I Do (Just Sing The Blues) Lyrics






People say you love but one at time
For every woman there's a man
My baby say she wasn't put here forever
So she's gonna get as many as she can
What can I do
Yes, I just sing the blues
Well, I just sing the blues
'Cause that's the only thing I know to do

Well, some people may be wrong sometimes
But they can't be wrong all the time
Like they say a cat has nine lives
Nine loves has the woman of mine
What can I do
Yes, I just sing the blues
Well, I just sing the blues
'Cause that's the only thing I know to do

Well, the women are funny these days
They do wrong in so many ways
They'll have a man twiddling his fingers
Or either drinking his life away
What can I do
Yes, I just sing the blues
Well, I just sing the blues
'Cause that's the only thing I know to do





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  1. B.... R....

    I'm here, BB.... Rock My World!!!

  2. B.... D....

    thank you for the blues

  3. 2.... ....

    Beale street is where BB got his start Memphis Tennessee home of the blue's and me too. Tammy

  4. J.... R....

    Rappers, eat your hearts out.

  5. B.... ....

    King of Blues

  6. T.... H....

    Yes: You do havr the Blues!!!!!!!!!!

  7. D.... M....

    Uncle’s Favorite; Let The Good Times Roll !!!!!!!!.

  8. L.... H....

    one off the best blues man ever!!!!!

  9. S.... W....

    "Thank you" for YOU, Mr. King!

  10. V.... P....

    When I first got the blues they brought me over in a ship. That's sure blues worthy! America has come a long way. Love from Los Angeles & RIP BB.

  11. T.... P....

    In 1973 I celebrated my Sweet Sixteen Birthday in his Club Ebony on Church Street in Indianola, Mississippi down in the Mississippi Delta. 😀😍

  12. D.... T....

    🎼🎼🎼 missed

  13. s.... g....

    Abosulty no one: ...

    B.B King: I heard the rats tell the bed bugs to give the roaches some.

  14. T.... J....

    King touches guitars and the instantly turn to gold. Rip the greatest of all legends of all time.

  15. J.... M....

    Incredible story telling. BB's best. Chunk Chunk Chunka Chunk

  16. f.... ....

    Was blessed to see him many times starting in the mid 80s, I can say without doubt, he loved us as much as we loved him.

  17. s.... w....

    My Man BB!

  18. B.... R....

    Badass, B. B...... Love you!!!

  19. B.... R....

    Why did I come here this morning (3:07AM)...... Because I am singing the blues!!! 10/22/2019
    Barbara Richmond!!! When will I stop paying my dues?....

  20. H.... ....

    Me absolutely

  21. D.... P....

    It don't get no better than this

  22. R.... W....

    Thought he would go to welare to get some grits and stuff. A lady said you haven't been around long enough. LMAO. That's why he has the blues. Mmmm lol. Mmmmmm

  23. K.... B....

    Reminds me of riding with my dad in our van jamming to the 8 track tape

    K.... B....

    Ken , Wow, 8 Tracks ........ A blast from the 70s child...... A custom van baby. Join the club!!!!

  24. K.... B....

    I grew up in Houston Tx listening to the greatest blues singer of all time hands down

  25. V.... W....

    Can you hear me now. Cali is in the house

  26. T.... l....

    U the man

  27. C.... D....

    Beyond depressing to know I wont ever hear him live. He will live forever in his recordings and his message.

  28. C.... B....

    God Bless ME in HELL! What is my name?

  29. C.... S....

    I give credit to my daddy for giving me the blues , I just love listening to the blues

  30. J.... L....

    Happy birthday to the King of the blues!
    I miss you BB King!
    😎👍🏼👑🎸🌎🇺🇸

  31. m.... ....

    Happy Birthday BB King....mmj

  32. D.... .....

    Grand kids niece's nephew growing up that's why I sing the blues lord help me

  33. s.... w....

    RESPECT

  34. R.... 1....

    Black people voice is been spoke with guitar listen to these lyrics people

  35. T.... L....

    Forever grateful!

  36. C.... O....

    I have listened to this guy since I was a kid, now I am a senior citizen and he still sounds good. This guy has his own style of singing and playing and it is unique, clear and very entertaining. Make room for him in Heaven, he and the angels will keep things moving. I loved you and I miss you B. B. King.

  37. j.... p....

    i recognize a few of the pics in this video from his 82 birthday gig with buddy guy in san francisco. long live the king !

  38. S.... N....

    Awesome song and that bass is hella cool too!

  39. H.... H....

    Can’t forget his band either...pocket groove was so nice.

  40. E.... C....

    Saw Mr. King in 1988, absolutely one of the best performance i´ve ever seen !!!

  41. M.... W....

    "He's the only singer I've ever seen live whose voice punched me in the chest" - one of my friends.

  42. E.... C....

    What A Groove !!!

  43. S.... W....

    I was born growing up with the BLUES...Now am in named 60'S years till going strong🎉🎊🎈.

  44. D.... N....

    You the real deal man R.I.P.

  45. s.... J....

    Why I listen to the blues? It tells a Story.

    s.... J....

    Shirley, Tell it then!

  46. J.... K....

    Stand Up Indianola Mississippi

  47. J.... B....

    "The Lord's telling me to go with him, but before I do have some good music!"

    J.... B....

    Joe, I was sad and your comment made me laugh. Thanks!!!

  48. T.... M....

    Rip Mr King your loved and missed bye so many down here I know your up there kicking it like a young man with the good lord almighty so I won’t shed a tear I’ll rejoice for ya but I with the rest of the world will miss your music

  49. G.... G....

    Whos still listening to the blues in 2019?

    G.... G....

    I am. I saw BB in concert around 1981 with Bobbie Bluebland in Washington DC. I was a young man then...but I'm enjoying his music more now than ever😎

    G.... G....

    Gideon Giesbrecht All of Buffalo and WNY...

    G.... G....

    My friend the blues will never die they just taken a little rest for the bigger performance in the future

  50. L.... B....

    Never before, and NEVER AGAIN, will there be another guitar player like, BB. He could make a guitar, TALK TO YOU, BABY.

  51. B.... ....

    Thanks from Italy

  52. t.... w....

    I grew up on BB King. Hated it when i was a kid but love it now

  53. M.... D....

    No place to sleep, no place to eat. The blues will sustain you more than you can know.
    That is the Conservative Party policy.

  54. P.... ....

    Jerry Jemmott writing the gospel on Bass. Double, Triple and Quadruple WOW

  55. T.... T....

    "Ive been around a long time, I"ve really paid my dues"

  56. I.... ....

    The king isn’t dead he just returned home.

    We love you king.

  57. B.... D....

    B.B. King & Negan and their love for Lucille! ;-}

  58. B.... R....

    Someone once commented he needed someone to get him some toast, because this song is his jam. Boy, was he spot-on!! The band is kicking!! They make this song BADASS.

  59. G.... W....

    MY DEAR MAMA LOVED THIS MAN😎AND SO DO I🤗

  60. G.... W....

    NO PREACHING AT MY FUNERAL😅JUST PLAY ME SOME DAMN BLUES😎

    G.... W....

    Goose Williams,Put it in your will, have it notarized and give to someone you trust.

  61. M.... H....

    First concert I ever saw-1966. Dad took me to the Boston Globe Jazz Festival at the Hynes Auditorium. Errol Garner (with George Duvivier), BB King (with Roy Haynes), and Buddy Rich. THAT was cool!

  62. M.... G....

    Shook BB"S Hand back in 89" after a gig - more like he slapped me 5*****

  63. B.... ....

    Youre So Deep In My Heart!!

  64. w.... m....

    Sing the blues

  65. P.... A....

    YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  66. g.... ....

    Mamma had sweet lil angel; at 16 I had why I sing the blues ✊🏾🎵✊🏾🎵✊🏾

  67. R.... M....

    Listening numerous times to glean the percussion track, makes me think about how my dear brother
    played during his own Rock career. God was he good. I’ve been singing my own Blues since he left too. The tears never stop.

  68. G.... W....

    Play this song at my funeral😂NO PREACHING 😆

  69. F.... J....

    Love this song my favorite by (MR. BB KING) Rest In Heaven

  70. N.... M....

    Everybody wants to know, why i drink the booze ..... :)

  71. K.... C....

    Before my Grandson could even talk well I would sing this line to him and it got to the point that when he would come over to visit he would pick up his pretend guitar and sing"everybody know"

  72. j.... b....

    What a legend - played to my folks in the 40’s and my brother in the 50’s & this reached me in the 60’s & 70’s! Bad Bad B🎶

  73. A.... U....

    Everybody wants to know
    Why I sing the blues
    Yes, I say everybody wanna know
    Why I sing the blues
    Well, I've been around a long time
    I really have paid my dues
    When I first got the blues
    They brought me over on a ship
    Men were standing over me
    And a lot more with a whip
    And everybody wanna know
    Why I sing the blues
    Well, I've been around a long time
    Mm, I've really paid my dues
    I've laid in a ghetto flat
    Cold and numb
    I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
    To give the roaches some
    Everybody wanna know
    Why I'm singing the blues
    Yes, I've been around a long time
    People, I've paid my dues
    I stood in line
    Down at the County Hall
    I heard a man say, "We're gonna build
    Some new apartments for y'all"
    And everybody wanna know
    Yes, they wanna know
    Why I'm singing the blues
    Yes, I've been around a long, long time
    Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
    Now I'm gonna play Lucille
    My kid's gonna grow up
    Gonna grow up to be a fool
    'Cause they ain't got no more room
    No more room for him in school
    And everybody wanna know
    Everybody wanna know
    Why I'm singing the blues
    I say I've been around a long time
    Yes, I've really paid some dues
    Yeah, you know the company told me
    Guess you're born to lose
    Everybody around me, people
    It seems like everybody got the blues
    But I had 'em a long time
    I've really, really paid my dues
    You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
    I just love to sing my blues
    I walk through the cities, people
    On my bare feet
    I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
    Up and down Beal Street
    You know I'm singing the blues
    Yes, I really
    I just have to sing my blues
    I've been around a long time
    People, I've really, really paid my dues
    Now Father Time is catching up with me
    Gone is my youth
    I look in the mirror everyday
    And let it tell me the truth
    I'm singing the blues
    Mm, I just have to sing the blues
    I've been around a long time
    Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
    Yeah, they told me everything
    Would be better out in the country
    Everything was fine
    I caught me a bus uptown, baby
    And every people, all the people
    Got the same trouble as mine
    I got the blues, huh huh
    I say I've been around a long time
    I've really paid some dues
    One more time, fellows!
    Blind man on the corner
    Begging for a dime
    The rollers come and caught him
    And throw him in the jail for a crime
    I got the blues
    Mm, I'm singing my blues
    I've been around a long time
    Mm, I've really paid some dues
    Can we do just one more?
    Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
    To get myself some grits and stuff
    But a lady stand up and she said
    "You haven't been around long enough"
    That's why I got the blues
    Mm, the blues
    I say, I've been around a long time
    I've really, really paid my dues
    Fellows, tell them one more time
    Ha, ha, ha That's all right, fellows
    Yeah!

  74. D.... ....

    Gots ta dig dat bass!!!!!

  75. B.... O....

    Love From. And man that Bass'..wow

  76. J.... E....

    RIP chuck berry legend of rock and roll

  77. T.... C....

    My. Popa. Showed. Miss. Me. And. Bless. Me. With. My. Inhertace. Etc

  78. W.... J....

    Remember listening to this at Summer sessions for football at Saint Pat's in Chicago as a soph.

  79. M.... G....

    Blind man on a corner begging for a dime = robots came and put him in a darker place.. Blues Done Murdered Me::::::......robots rollers gumballs fuzz pigs

  80. K.... ....

    A masterpiece from the Master. One could learn drumming, guitar playing, bass plаying, singing out of this... What a genius...

  81. P.... M....

    The King. I was born and raised on B.B. nobody can play a guitar like him, his own style. I know it anywhere. No one can imitate.

  82. S.... O....

    B. B. The King...

  83. C.... M....

    Anyone out there want to ride with me to bringe the poor people here,one or two, grive a corvette

  84. E.... ....

    Sang it BB!

  85. P.... P....

    this song is too true that'' s why I got the blues.

  86. A.... B....

    birth of the blues

  87. S.... ....

    2:27 papoooo

  88. B.... A....

    الشطرنج اللعب الان.
    ان تفقد الحصان و الفارس في مقابل الحصن؟
    او ان الملكة في مقابل بيدق؟
    نحن لا نعرف لعب الشطرنج أمام صاحب رقعة الشطرنج.
    صاحب رقعة الشطرنج فلألعاب الدور المنوط بك.
    و كفى.
    ما نطلب منك الا الحق.

    B.... A....

    yea copy that

  89. B.... A....

    وا اسم ط
    واسك مي مرة أخرى.
    السياسة فعل نبيل من جميع الإنسانية من اجل جميع الإنسانة
    و كانا نلعب الشطرنج،،،؟.
    ان نلعب الشطرنج يوما سعيظا، سعيد
    حرية الكلافيي.
    L'EBERTE
    LIBRE ĎE MON CLAVIER
    LIBRE CE QUE ON DIT.

  90. B.... A....

    PILE OÙ FACE DANS UN JEU.
    ET NON POUR UNE FACE DE CAMÉLÉON .

  91. B.... A....

    ☺☺☺

  92. B.... A....

    JUSTICE IS A GOLD JUSTICE, LOGICAL RULES ARE THE WAYS FOR GATEWAYS TO BE IN OURS.
    FOR ONE DOLLAR MORE IN A BANK, IT'S A NO WAY.
    TO BE OR NOT TO BE, IT'S THE DEVICE

  93. B.... A....

    EVREY ONE WHY I AM CRAZY FOR ONE BIG MOROCCO, I HAVE A GENETIC EMPIRE, A EMPIREIEL MOROCCAN, OUR BIG MOROCCO. JUST.

  94. R.... B....

    My favorite blues song other than life ain't nothing but a party. R.i.p the king of blues and rock n roll

  95. K.... J....

    Long live the KING GOD on the strings

  96. K.... J....

    BB the greastest love BB like everyone else