People been talkin', and it made me scratch my head
I said people been talkin', and it made me scratch my head
They been sayin' over and over, that the blues is dead

Well the blues ain't goin' no where, goin' be here for a great long time
Blue ain't goin' no where, he here for a great long time
Long and forgotten situations then, problem's only mine

You got it mister piano man
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I said so stop with that foolish talk, it ain't nothin' but the myth
I said stop with that foolish talk, it ain't nothin' but some myth
You know the blues ain't dead, he just been takin' his rest

Wake up mister blue!
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