I Speak the Blues

So you're searchin' for the right words to say To get to know me You feel your tongue tied up and tucked away And it leaves you lonely But it don't have to be hard If you know who you're talkin' to And feel the rhythm and the rhyme Of my soul and my mind That's your clue That I speak the blues (I speak the blues) They're the only words I understand, yeah yeah So if you use another language I'll never know what you had planned You can say whatever you choose I speak the blues I speak the blues, I speak the blues So you think it's gonna take you forever To win me over And you're waiting 'til you say something clever To make you bolder But you don't have to pretend To be anything but you And feel the rhythm and the rhyme Of my soul and my mind That's your clue That I speak the blues (I speak the blues) They're the only words I understand, yeah yeah So if you use another language I'll never know what you had planned You can say whatever you choose I speak the blues I speak the blues, I speak the blues I speak the blues (I speak the blues) They're the only words I understand, yeah yeah So if you use another language I'll never know what you had planned You can say whatever you choose I speak the blues I speak the blues, I speak the blues I speak the blues, I speak the blues