in poverty,
down in
Mississippi town.
Born in poverty, in a
Mississippi town.
Didn't have much money,
but I had the blues all around me,
guitar and blues.
I'm a proud man,
lots of stories to tell.
I'm a proud man,
lots of stories to tell.
My life was in paradise, take it or leave it I could be hell,
all in how you look at it
Call me
Jimmy
Duncan, my name is trouble
and pain
Call me
Jimmy, but it's troubles and pain
Lower down blues and trouble,
you know the blues is my name
I play the blues everywhere,
everywhere I go
I play the blues everywhere,
so many places, everywhere I go
Love to sing and play the blues, blues is all I know
Troubles, blues, and pain
Troubles, blues,
and pain
Troubles, blues, and pain
Blues is my name
I got the blues
That's all I can sing
I ain't singin' nothin' else
Don't know nothin' else
I got the blues I got the blues
I got the blues so bad,
I got the blues
Blues and trouble and poverty,
you know blues is my mood
Help me, help me
Help me, help me
It's always blues and pain
You know the blues is my
name
Yeah,
I, I can reach the sky
I got the blues baby,
blues I can reach the sky
Blues is my name,
blues is my thing
Yeah, I got the blues
I've got blues
That's my thing
Feeling kind of proud
Blues is my name