Give me a guitar string and a piano man And a soulful cry to help me do my thing You see I've been around from town to town And I know the blues don't change You heard right and you heard wrong But they said it all a long time ago I've been playing the blues since 1954 And I know they don't change Ohhh - Clever music and clever songs You know they're here today and tomorrow they're gone The blues just keep on hanging on and on 'Cause the blues don't change I said they don't change My home is where I lay my head at Someday mama you know I'll be coming back But right now he aah- calling my name But the blues don't change No they don't change One night stands, cigarette smoke I've played from circuit clubs to riverboats I've played them all you know And I know, I know the blues don't change The blues don't change