"Singin' the Blues" adalah lagu yang mengisahkan tentang seorang pekerja keras yang mengalami pencurian gaji setelah pulang kerja. Dalam keputusasaan, ia menyadari kesulitan keuangan yang akan dihadapinya, karena tagihan yang harus dibayar. Dengan rasa kehilangan dan kemarahan, ia menyanyikan lagu blues yang mengekspresikan rasa sakit dan kekecewaan yang dialaminya akibat ulah pencuri yang tidak bermoral. Lagu yang dibawakan oleh Eric Clapton ini menjadi pengingat pahit tentang perjuangan hidup dan kesulitan yang dihadapi banyak orang yang bekerja keras untuk mencari nafkah.
Singin' the Blues Lyrics
Eric Clapton
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.
[Chorus:]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Chorus 2x]
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.
[Chorus:]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Chorus 2x]
