Fire down on Johnson Street, the blues are on a roll
Young woman at the microphone got an old woman's soul
She done touched a flame to slow burnin' fuse
Singin' I love the blues

I love the blues
You can talk about the one you love
But I love the blues

Further on down the road at a crossroads bar
There's an old man playin' Delta on a National guitar
Now Mississippi's callin' me and she knows I can't refuse
Cause I love the blues

I love the blues
You can talk about the one you love
But I love the blues

She can make a lyin' man turn and tell the truth
She can make a sober man drink a hundred proof
She can make a rollin' stone stop and make a plan
And in just one night she can take a boy
and make that child a man

I love the blues
You can talk about the one you love
But I love the blues

Copyright 1997 Eric Klein and Steve Ledesma