Een van de meest invloedrijke gitaristen ooit. Zonder Albert King geen Jimi Hendrix, geen Eric Clapton, geen Joe Walsh en geen Stevie Ray Vaughan. Dit is zijn magnum opus. Naar verluid heeft Stevie Ray Vaughan de blues geleerd aan de hand van deze song.
If you’re down an’ out, an’ you feel real hurt
Come on over, to the place where I work
An’ all your loneliness, I’ll try to soothe
I’ll play the blues for you
Don’t be afraid, come on in
You might run across, yeah, some of your old friends
All your loneliness, I’ve got to soothe
I’ll play the blues for you
Come on in, sit right here, let’s rap awhile
Ya see I’m kinda lonely too, ya know?
An’ loneliness is a very bad thing
If ya let it get the best of ya
An’ loneliness can get ya down, ya know?
Yeah, yeah, are you comfortable now?
Yeah, yeah, that’s outta sight
Yeah, as I was sayin’ before
Loneliness can get you down, an’ I have heard of, ah
Loneliness blowin’ some good people’s mind, ya know?
But ya can’t do that
This is a big world, this is a big world
An’ there’s too many nice things happenin’ in this world
You’re a very pretty girl
Where you live?
No, no, no, disregard that, that’s okay, that’s okay
Most important thing, I wanna know you
I say, I wanna know you
That’s groovy, ain’t it?
I’ll play the blues for you
I ain’t got no big name
Oh Lord, an’ I ain’t no big star
I’ll play the blues for you on my guitar
All your loneliness, I’ll try to soothe
I’ll play the blues for you
