You know the blues is my kind of music
I want to spread it all around
But it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
Who can't love a Jimmy Reed shuffle?
It's a timeless, classic sound
Still it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
'Cause when you mention that you play the blues
That's when they look at you and frown
They say "the blues doesn't work here" - in their rock-n-roll town
They're gonna let their freak flag fly
Although it sags a bit here and there
They're still searching for that hippie high
With missing teeth and thinning hair
They're still the vanguard of flaming youth
Convinced that rock 'n' roll should rule
And they've been doing their best to live their rock-n-roll dreams
Since the day they left high school!
Yeah nobody said that life is easy
Sometimes it gets me down
Yeah it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
Every blues jam goes the same way
And it's enough to make a feller scream
I know Crossroads from Robert Johnson
But everybody else thinks it's by Cream
I know GL Crockett, Gatemouth Brown,
Muddy Waters and Albert King
While they think that newer, rocked-out covers
Are somehow the same thing!
Maybe it's true that I'm a cynic
But it's because I've been around
It's hard to be a bluesman in a rock-n-roll town!
Yeah it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock-n-roll town!
Dr. Jules Cool Blues - It's Hard to Be a Bluesman Lyrics
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You know the blues is my kind of music
I want to spread it all around
But it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
Who can't love a Jimmy Reed shuffle?
It's a timeless, classic sound
Still it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
'Cause when you mention that you play the blues
That's when they look at you and frown
They say "the blues doesn't work here" - in their rock-n-roll town
They're gonna let their freak flag fly
Although it sags a bit here and there
They're still searching for that hippie high
With missing teeth and thinning hair
They're still the vanguard of flaming youth
Convinced that rock 'n' roll should rule
And they've been doing their best to live their rock-n-roll dreams
Since the day they left high school!
Yeah nobody said that life is easy
Sometimes it gets me down
Yeah it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
Every blues jam goes the same way
And it's enough to make a feller scream
I know Crossroads from Robert Johnson
But everybody else thinks it's by Cream
I know GL Crockett, Gatemouth Brown,
Muddy Waters and Albert King
While they think that newer, rocked-out covers
Are somehow the same thing!
Maybe it's true that I'm a cynic
But it's because I've been around
It's hard to be a bluesman in a rock-n-roll town!
Yeah it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock-n-roll town!
I want to spread it all around
But it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
Who can't love a Jimmy Reed shuffle?
It's a timeless, classic sound
Still it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
'Cause when you mention that you play the blues
That's when they look at you and frown
They say "the blues doesn't work here" - in their rock-n-roll town
They're gonna let their freak flag fly
Although it sags a bit here and there
They're still searching for that hippie high
With missing teeth and thinning hair
They're still the vanguard of flaming youth
Convinced that rock 'n' roll should rule
And they've been doing their best to live their rock-n-roll dreams
Since the day they left high school!
Yeah nobody said that life is easy
Sometimes it gets me down
Yeah it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock 'n' roll town.
Every blues jam goes the same way
And it's enough to make a feller scream
I know Crossroads from Robert Johnson
But everybody else thinks it's by Cream
I know GL Crockett, Gatemouth Brown,
Muddy Waters and Albert King
While they think that newer, rocked-out covers
Are somehow the same thing!
Maybe it's true that I'm a cynic
But it's because I've been around
It's hard to be a bluesman in a rock-n-roll town!
Yeah it's hard to be a bluesman in a rock-n-roll town!
Writer: JULES GLIESCHE
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Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave