Many questions have been asked Through many generations Why poor people have the blues And poor people have the blues Because so long they have tried To achieve freedom, justice and equality And yet still today Success seems to be A distance away And they are some of the ways They have tried
Some they march, while some stand still Some they die while others live Some they laugh, while some they cry Some hang on, while some pass by With all these things in a poor man's mind He got to have a blues he can't leave behind
Some are high, some are low Some are sure and some don't know Some are weak, and some are strong With all these things in a poor man's mind He got to have a blues, he can't leave behind