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Artist: Robben Ford
Canonical path: /ford-robben/he-don-t-play-nothin-but-the-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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He Don't Play Nothin' But the Blues
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He Don't Play Nothin' But the Blues
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met a young man up in New York City
don't carry a cap or a cane
just an old guitar that he got from his daddy
he showed him a little to play
he got family down in Texas
spent time in New Orleans
went his own way learnin' to play what he choose
he don't play nothin' but the blues
people say that he was born like that
playin' ever since he was 10
got a funky sound and a funky way of talkin'
it's all the same to him
when he shows up you know he's gonna get down
nobody's goin' nowhere
cause he'll blow your mind playin' just what he choose
he don't play nothin' but the blues
now play it!
met a young man up in New York City
don't carry a cap or a cane
just an old guitar that he got from his daddy
he showed him a little to play
he got family down in Texas
spent time in New Orleans
went his own way learnin' to play what he choose
he don't play nothin' but the blues
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