The Blues
Tony Toni Toné Lyrics
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Burned up in a factory in Springfield Mass.
He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
Hustlin' down the city streets
And selling his ass for a dollar bag
He's gonna tell you 'bout his Uncle Neddy
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
And a sailer
Oh
He's got the blues this boy
Has got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it, you can hear it
When I was nine years old
My daddy ran away
With a woman he met on a train, oh
His little boy
Ran to the room
Where his piano
Lay in wait for him
He played and he played
He played and he played
He's got the blues, this boy
Has got the blues
You can hear it, you can hear it
He's got the blues, this boy
Has got the blues
A year ago I met a girl
I thought we'd hit a massive groove
But she dumped me
And all we'd hit were the blues
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy
Has really got the blues
The lyrics to Tony Toni Toné's "The Blues" are raw and poignant, telling stories of tragedy and heartbreak. The song begins by introducing several characters and their personal struggles, including the singer's own experiences with abandonment and heartbreak. The first verse tells of a man who lost his mother in a factory fire and whose brother is selling himself on the streets. He also has an uncle locked up in prison and a friend who was killed in a bar fight with military personnel. The second verse tells of the singer's own personal experiences with heartbreak, including his father running away when he was young and being dumped by a girl he thought he had a deep connection with.
Line by Line Meaning
He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
He is going to talk about his mother who died in a Massachusetts factory fire
He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
Hustlin' down the city streets
And selling his ass for a dollar bag
He's going to talk about his younger brother who is selling himself for drugs on the street
He's gonna tell you 'bout his Uncle Neddy
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
He's going to talk about his uncle who is serving time in an Oregon prison
He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
Killed in a bar fight with a pair of Marines
And a sailor
He's going to talk about his friend Eddie who was killed by Marines and a sailor in a bar fight
He's got the blues this boy
Has got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it, you can hear it
The boy has the blues and expresses it through his music
When I was nine years old
My daddy ran away
With a woman he met on a train, oh
His little boy
Ran to the room
Where his piano
Lay in wait for him
He played and he played
He played and he played
The singer recalls his father leaving him and how he turned to playing piano as a way to cope with the pain
A year ago I met a girl
I thought we'd hit a massive groove
But she dumped me
And all we'd hit were the blues
The singer talks about a past relationship that ended badly and left him feeling down
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy
Has really got the blues
The boy is truly feeling down and expresses it through his music
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: RAPHAEL SAADIQ, DWAYNE P. WIGGINS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@DaPhilthyDog
Please teach this generation how to make real music like this!!!
@KingSausage74
The talent of this generation isn't the same.
@musicmusikmann5215
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@coreys.knight1664
This young generation will think it's corny. You will have to be on Bruno Mars/ Silk Sonic level- They'll never understand
@emeraldspeights8050
That moment you realize Tony Toni Tone never came out with any bad music
@tyannaist
Never, it was all good 👍💯
@kakarat1369
Not once did I say "oh I don't like this song" lol
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