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Some Blue Island Beer Club Songs:

 Alita's Lullaby
 And the Women
 Birthright to the Blues
 Blues In My Pocket
 Dolphins Play
 Eye Contact
 Lone Palm Tree
 No Redeeming Features
 One More Day
 Spent
 Stocking Island
 Til the Lion Come
 Wishing Well Blues
 Wonder Why
 You Make It Easy
Blue Island Beer Club

Birthright to the Blues

Words and Music by Bruce Kula

It doesn't care if you were born up Lake Shore Drive
or way down Chicago Avenue
It's not a thing you pick and choose
If you're a man who's loved a woman
You've got a birthright to the blues

It doesn't care on which end of the big muddy river
your mama told your dad "I do"
Upstream or down, you lose
If you're a man who's loved a woman
You've got a birthright to the blues

It doesn't care who you vote for
It doesn't care what you drive
It doesn't care what you hope for
It delivers the same old jive

It doesn't care if you sing her your purest tune
or poke her name in your new tattoo
We're all in the same damned shoes
If you're a man who's loved a woman
You've got a birthright to the blues

Hear the entire song



 © 2010 Bruce Kula and Colin Ward