Happy Birthday Blues

by B.B. King

From the album: Take It Home

Track 3 of 9 on Take It Home (1979).

Duration: 3:15

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Lyrics for Happy Birthday Blues

Baby lights her cigarette And she takes a look around She says that our mornin' sun Sure does get her down Nothing else for her to see So, then she calls on me Just to help her lose Those happy birthday blues Grandpa takes a drink of wine And tells it like it was Tells me all he wants to do Is what everybody does Said, he'd give the world For a little girl Just to help him lose Those happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Got to pay your dues Those happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Got to pay your dues Those happy birthday blues In and out and on and on Everybody goes And where my fun will finally stop Everybody knows Girls it's me and you Doing what we do Just one way to lose Those happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Got to pay your dues Those happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Got to pay your dues Those happy birthday blues One more time Happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Got to pay your dues Those happy birthday blues Happy birthday Happy birthday blues

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More from Take It Home

  1. Better Not Look Down
  2. Same Old Story (Same Old Song)
  3. Happy Birthday Blues
  4. I've Always Been Lonely
  5. Second Hand Woman
  6. Tonight I'm Gonna Make You A Star
  7. The Beginning Of The End
  8. A Story Everybody Knows
  9. Take It Home