a rich shade of blue

you see all these people out here on this street

eddie

see they got blues

i'm talking 'bout they poor

they broke

they hungry

that's blues

well

the blues can live in buckhead too

i know it's just a richer shade of blue

but it's still blue

i can feel it

listen

he got everything he want

but everything he need money don't buy

now if that ain't blues i'll say listen

oh

they look at you

all they see is dollar sign

now if that ain't blues i'll say listen

a rich shade of blue

okay

okay

you snappin'

you snappin'

a rich shade of blue

well

i'm just playing what i feel and it sure feels good

a rich shade of blue

i see i'ma have to bring you down to bankhead more often

'cause you goin' off

a rich shade of blue

or we can take it to buckhead and do it peachtree style

a rich shade of blue

everybody fall down sometime

yeah

just like that

oh

but you gotta get back to the place where they know your face

and they don't mind if you cry sometimes

they listen 'cause they cry too

ooh

that's right

right

right

a rich shade of blue

i guess it ain't where you from

it's where you at

a rich shade of blue

it's my birthday and i'm having the best worst time of my life

a rich shade of blue

man

we stand out on this corner any longer

you gon' make me rich

a rich shade of blue