You and I have felt before The tide of trouble upon the door Though we be from different shores We're Bound by the Blues Lightnin' falls from the sky Muddy Waters on the rise In songs that get us through the times Bound by the Blues Sisters and brothers Of every color Bound to one another Bound by the Blues Flat blade across the strings Cone cries the Reso rings The metal body lady sings Bound by the Blues She's an easy rider on the back Freight train down the track Tales worth tellin' that Are Bound by the Blues Sisters and brothers Of every color Bound to one another Bound by the Blues Voodoo chile and a white strat Baton Rouge's a bummer that Noel said no lookin' back Bound by the Blues On the res where she began Sainte-Marie took a stand With songs she wrote for every man Bound by the Blues From a scale off the chart Every note for a broken heart Each and every piece apart Bound by the Blues Sisters and brothers Of every color Bound to one another Sisters and brothers Of every color Bound to one another Bound by the Blues