I wasn't born in Chigaco
But I can play the blues
I wasn't part of no union
But I paid my dues
I never got into a train wreck
But I went off the rails
I never went under the hammer
'cause I was hard as nails
I never swam in dirty water
But my name was mud
I never knew you was a virus
But you got into my blood
I never was a politician
But I learned to lie
I never led a delegation
I was too smart to try
I wasn't born in Chigaco
But I can play the blues
I wasn't part of no union
But I paid my dues
I never was no kind of prisoner
But I've been to jail
And I was never in a train wreck
But I went off the rails, big time
I never swam in dirty water
But my name was mud
I never knew you was a virus
You got into my blood, blood
I wasn't born in Chigaco
But I can play the blues, ah