I'm a true blues survivor, I'm proud I am

I tried a little bit of this and a little bit of that

Searching for something that would be right for me

Tryin' to find some place where I belong at

I tried a little rock, I tried a little roll

I tried a little top hit(?) and I tried a little soul

Hey hey you don't know what it's like

Fightin' the powers all of my life

I've got my own way of walkin'

My own way of talkin'

I'll do what I want and I'll do what I like

Yeah yeah



Sixteen years old, I'm fresh outa school

Tryin' to figure out what I wanna do

I couldn't find no work and I couldn't stay at home

The only thing to do was to sing the blues

I practise every day, go travellin' every night

Tryin' not to get it wrong, I'm still tryin' to get it right

Hey hey you don't know what I've done

All my life I've beren under the gun

I wanna do my own drivin'

I'm true blues survivin'

And that's what's keepin' me strong strong strong

Yeah yeah



(solo)



(I'm a true blues survivor)

I've been left in distress up sky high

(I'm a true blues survivor)

I've been busted and mistrusted, left by myself

(I'm a true blues survivor)

I've been up, I've been down, left all around

(I'm a true blues survivor)

I been busted, mistrusted, I been up, I been down,

locked in, left out, kept me hangin' around

(I'm a true blues survivor)

(I'm a true blues survivor)

(I'm a true blues survivor)