You take a man and a woman,
That just can't get along,
Sick and tired of doing each other wrong.
Painful words are spoken,
Pressures
That they don't belong in here.
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins1

A young man on the street,
Trying hard to make his way,
Out there in this mean world it gets harder every day.
He tried to find a good fight,
He was starting a new life,
But the saw him closing in.
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins!
Where the blues begins!

Way down on the bottom,
You got the struggle to survive,
Hard work and trouble,
Takes us totally on the line,
It's the same old fight,
You know you just can't win,
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins!

Where the blues begins.
Way down on the bottom,
You got the struggle to survive,
Where the blues begins,
Hard work and trouble,
It takes us totally on the line,
It's the same old fight,
You know you just can't win!
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins.
It's the same old fight,
You know you just can't win!