Like a long time friend you see now and then One you thought would always be there Wasn't nothin but a song for me to lean on At least it showed me somebody cared It was somethin I never thought I'd lose
So tell me, whatever happened to the blues
You can follow the tracks all the way back To the Louisiana no-lane jive And Ol' John R., they took it so far Did somebody let a good thing die Maybe there was nothin that they could do Tell me, whatever happened to the blues
Don't you know the music was a part of me I ain't talkin what you been doin on the MTV, Lord
Know that I've heard your street-wise words They been jumpin up in my face Wastin lots of time a whole lot of mine Just puttin people in their place You can pick on me if you really want to But tell me, whatever happened to the blues Somebody tell me, whatever happened to the blues