[Verse 1]
They say I’m different 'cause I’m a piece of sugar cane
Sweet to the core, that’s why 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
Lightning Hopkins
Howling Wolf
Albert King
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
When I was sweet sixteen
[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 get my) Muddy Waters
Leadbelly
Sonny Terry
Brownie Mcghee
Son House and Freddie King
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Oh, 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

[Verse 4]
Little Richard
Wow, you sure showed 'em you sure could sing
Alright, alright
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
He played the blues for me
[Outro]
That’s why
And that’s why
And that’s why they say I’m different

That’s why
And that’s why
And that’s why they say I’m strange

That’s why
And that’s why
And that’s why they say I’m funky