They Say I'm Different

They say I’m different 'cause I’m a piece of sugar cane

Sweet to the core, that’s right I got rhythm

My great grandma didn’t like the foxtrot

Nah, instead she’d spit her snuff and boogie to Elmore James

 

They say I’m different 'cause I eat chitlins

I can’t help it I was born and raised on’em, that’s right

Every mornin' I'd have to slop the hogs

And they’d be gettin’ off humpin’ to John Lee Hooker

 

They say I’m different 'cause I’m a piece of sugar cane

And when I kick my legs, I got rhythm

My great grandpa was a blues lover

He’d be rockin’ his moonshine to B.B. King and Jimmy Reed

Rock on now

 

[Chorus]

And that’s why they say I’m different

And that’s why they say I’m strange

 

[Verse 2]

I’m talkin bout Big Momma Thornton

I’m talkin bout Lightnin' Hopkins

I’m talkin bout Howlin' Wolf

I’m talkin bout Albert King

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[Chorus]

And that’s why they say I’m different

And that’s why you think I’m strange

 

[Verse 3]

*I’m talkin' bout T-Bone Walker

(I’m talking’ bout) Muddy Waters

Leadbelly-Sonny Terry-Brownie Mcghee-Son House and Freddie King

Bessie Smith

Magic Slim

Dr. John

Hey hey, Bo Diddley, have you heard?

 

[Chorus]

That’s why they say I’m different

That’s why they say I’m strange

That’s why they say I’m funky

And that’s why they say I’m strange

 

That’s why, why, why…

And that’s why

And that’s why they say I’m funky