Blinded By the Blues

I was blinded by the blues, feelin' like Little Stevie Wonder
I was blinded by the blues, feelin' like old Ray Charles
I was blinded by the blues, like that man we saw in New Orleans,
He sang, I open my eyes, and all I can see
Is only what the blues show me.

Am I playin' the blues, or are the blues playin' me?
I look through my eyes, it's black, it's black,
Because of what the blues show me.
Like a fish on a string, in dread of a thing rising out of the blue
And swallowing me whole, I'm gone,
That's what the blues show me.
Am I playin' the blues, or are the blues playin' me?
     (Optional - Repeat all above)

I was blinded by the blues, I was blinded by the blues,
But I can look up and sing Hallelujah at the news.
I was blinded by the blues, I was blinded by the blues,
But I look up and sing Hallelujah through the blues.       (REPEAT)

Hallelujah has its roots in the blues,
You sing the blues, and you're shoutin' to the Lord with the news
Hallelujah has its roots in the blues,
You sing the blues, it's like shoutin' to the Lord with the news

Come save me Lord from the blues
Come save me Lord from the blues
Come save me Lord from the blackness that I see in the blues       (REPEAT)

I was blinded by the blues, I was blinded by the blues,
But I can look up and sing Hallelujah at the news
I was blinded by the blues, I was blinded by the blues,
But I look up and sing Hallelujah through the blues.      (REPEAT 2-3X)
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