This is the story of how you get there
And what you learn when you're going
And how it feels when you get there
It's like knowing but not knowing

Oh baby
Really the blues
Oh baby
It's really the blues

Oh baby (it's really, really, really)
Oh really baby (really, really, really)
Oh baby
Really the blues

This is the story of egg boxes and rehearsal rooms
Auditions in the want ad section
And playing along with your favorite tunes
Before you're sent to the House of Correction

Oh baby
It's really the blues
Oh baby
It's really the blues

Oh baby (it's really, really, really)
Oh really baby (really, really, really)
Oh baby
Really the blues

Don't look after your talent, now you really got the blues
I remember a different you
Don't look after your talent, I guess you're just confused
Now you really got the blues

This is a story of how it feels
This is what we call the life you choose
This is what is life, this is how it feels
Try to stay together without blowing a fuse

Oh baby
It's really the blues
Oh baby
It's really the blues

Oh baby (it's really, really, really)
Oh really baby (really, really, really)
Oh baby
Really the blues

Oh baby
It's really the blues
Oh baby
It's really the blues

Oh baby (it's really, really, really)
Oh really baby (it's really, really, really)
Oh baby
It's really the blues

Oh baby
It's really the blues
Oh baby
It's really the blues

Oh baby (it's really, really, really)
Oh really baby (it's really, really, really)
Oh baby
Really the blues

Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): MICK JONES, TONY JAMES