wasn't born in chicago

i wasn't born in chigaco

but i can play the blues. i wasn't part of no union

but i paid my dues. i never got into a train wreck

but i went off the rails. i never went under the hammer

'cause i was hard as nails. i never swam in dirty water

but my name was mud. i never knew you was a virus

but you got into my blood. i never was a politician

but i learned to lie. i never led a delegation

i was too smart to try. i wasn't born in chigaco

but i can play the blues. i wasn't part of no union

but i paid my dues. i never was no kind of prisoner

but i've been to jail. and i was never in a train wreck

but i went off the rails

big time. i never swam in dirty water

but my name was mud. i never knew you was a virus

you got into my blood

blood. i wasn't born in chigaco

but i can play the blues

ah.