| I was green as government ink on a twenty dollar bill
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| I signed a lot of papers, fidn’t know what I had to lose
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| Make no mistake about it, now, you can’t be too white to sing the blues.
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| Some folks make it fast down here, some folks make it slow
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| Learning how the hard way taught me everything I know
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| When that old highway is your teacher a country boy can get confused
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| But one thing I know for certain, you can’t be too white to sing the blues.
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| I’ve learned how to whistle, I’ve learned how to lose
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| I’ve walked a mile in everybody’s shoes
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| Well, you can laugh out loud if you want to
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| But you can’t be too white to sing the blues.
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| --- Instrumental ---
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| Someday when I’m old and rich and I don’t work no more
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| Gonna find myself a rockin' chair and sit on my front porch
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| And while that old sun is settin' a I’m gonna howl at the risin' moon
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| Well, you can go out rockin' now nut you can’t be too white to sing the blues.
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| I’ve learned how to whistle, I’ve learned how to lose
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| I’ve walked a mile in everybody’s shoes
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| Well, you can laugh out loud if you want to
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| But you can’t be too white to sing yhe blues.
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| I said, you can’t be too white to sing the blues, yeah… |