Lyrics to
Singin’ The Blues

This version of Singin’ The Blues was released by Eric Clapton in 1975.

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I’ve been working so hard,
Just came home from my job.
Looked down in my wallet,
Good God, I’ve been robbed.

Now where can my money be,
All my hard-earned pay?
What am I going to do now?
I got my bills to pay.

You got me singin’ the blues,
And I’m paying all my dues.
You got me singin’ the blues,
Ain’t got nothing to lose.

I got to tell you I got the blues down in my pockets.
People, what did I say?
Bills are gonna rob me tomorrow,
Why I need my ten dollars today.

Ain’t no way to get even
Because, you know what I mean,
Every time I make me some money
Somebody’s going to take it from me.

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About Lyrics and Singin’ The Blues by Eric Clapton

The lyrics for Singin’ The Blues are defined as the words making up the song released by Eric Clapton in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Singin’ The Blues have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Eric Clapton and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Singin’ The Blues by Eric Clapton if you think through it. 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 Singin’ The Blues" means the words set to the music of Singin’ The Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. 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 Singin’ The Blues and the lyrics to Singin’ The Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eric Clapton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Singin’ The Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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