a rich shade of blue

you see all these people out here on this street, eddie, see they got blues, i'm talking 'bout they poor, they broke, they hungry, that's blues, well, the blues can live in buckhead too, i know it's just a richer shade of blue, but it's still blue, i can feel it, listen, he got everything he want, but everything he need money don't buy, now if that ain't blues i'll say listen, oh, they look at you, all they see is dollar sign, now if that ain't blues i'll say listen, a rich shade of blue, okay, okay, you snappin', you snappin', a rich shade of blue, well, i'm just playing what i feel and it sure feels good, a rich shade of blue, i see i'ma have to bring you down to bankhead more often, 'cause you goin' off, a rich shade of blue, or we can take it to buckhead and do it peachtree style, a rich shade of blue, everybody fall down sometime, yeah, just like that, oh, but you gotta get back to the place where they know your face, and they don't mind if you cry sometimes, they listen 'cause they cry too, ooh, that's right, right, right, a rich shade of blue, i guess it ain't where you from, it's where you at, a rich shade of blue, it's my birthday and i'm having the best worst time of my life, a rich shade of blue, man, we stand out on this corner any longer, you gon' make me rich, a rich shade of blue