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Certified Blues

This version of Certified Blues was released by Zz Top in 1971.

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I woke up this mornin’ with these certified blues,
they sure been stalkin’ me ’round.
So down tonight I couldn’t tie my shoes.
They about to drop me in the ground.

If I could shake loose I would feel so fine.
There’s one thing for sure and it’s on my mind.
These certified blues are gonna take their time.

I’ve been livin’ here, way down South,
a place that I wanna stay.
Been workin’ hard just to feed my mouth.
Just can keep them blues away.

There’s one thing for sure and it’s on my mind.
These certified blues are gonna take their time.
If I could shake loose I would feel so fine.

You say you’re feelin’ bad and you don’t know why.
You’re broke and your woman been ly’n’.
And just one thing before I’m fired,
the blues have just been certified.

If I could shake loose I would feel so fine.
There’s one thing for sure and it’s on my mind.
These certified blues are gonna take their time.

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About Lyrics and Certified Blues by Zz Top

The lyrics to Certified Blues are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Zz Top in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Certified Blues are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Zz Top and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Certified Blues back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Certified Blues by Zz Top in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Certified Blues" means the words set to the music of Certified Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Zz Top. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Certified Blues and the lyrics to Certified Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Zz Top who came here looking just for the lyrics to Certified Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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