When Luther played the blues It came from way down deep inside When Luther played the blues It came from way down deep inside You felt every time he laid up You felt every time he cried Leave your ego, play the music, love the people You know that's the way that he lived This is what he said, he said Leave your ego, play the music and love the people You know that's the way that he lived That's the way that he lived When Luther played the blues He gave us all he had to give Lord you know he did, yes he did (Look out now) A soul fixin' man, he sang of freedom And he sang of love gone bad He was a soul fixin' man and he sang of freedom And Lord, he sang of love gone bad And when Luther sang the blues He gave us everything he had Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye Play on, go ahead, go ahead Bye-bye, Luther, my friend