Two rocks, a hammer
and some chains to
tie my hands
Two boots, the dirt, some food
some land to
dig it in
I cut the wood
tear down
build up for
moving in
A hole, the mud, a pipe
look out I'm
getting in
Wash your hands and clean the floor
Get some money for the store
Move the papers on your desk
Breathe some air into your head
Pop the bubble
concrete feet will
hold you here
Fall in the lake
then go fishing
Little Bear
Rest your bones
upon the seashore
Salt tears
I'll trade
this lucky key
the next time
you are near
Stop that buzzing over there
Stretch your bones and wash your hair
Change your strings
Dust your wings
Sing a song
Sharpen your sting
There's a baby in the bucket
of my eye
Plastic dolls holding Mary
will be enough
There are mermaids
they can't follow
on the shore
There are hermits
wet from swimming
drying off
Call the plastic wooden doves
Give them wings and they'll fly off
Lucky ones will get away
Smoking signals
I climb your highest mountain
Swim your deepest sea
I'll crawl across your desert
To feed you
I'll drive any mile
I'll fly through any storm
I'll sail the meanest river
To be with you
All for love, all your love
Give me your love, give me your love
I want your love, I need your love
All for love, all of...
I'll be your monkey
I'll dance and sing
I'll be your fool
Your lonely king
I'll gather your honey
I'll plant your seed
I'll be your harvest
Leave you my sting
All for love, all your love
Give me your love, give me your love
I want your love, I need your love
All for love, all of you
All of you, All of you, All of you
mmm ba, mmm ba
Your vigilante
Your immigrant
Your orphan
Your diplomat
I've been your jury
I've been your judge
I've been your murder
Your white dove
Well, I bleed for you
I cry for you
Well, I die for you
Burn out my eyes for you
All for love, all your love
Give me your love, give me your love
I want your love, I need your love
All for love, all of you
All of you, All of you, All of you
we'll just play this one out until it explodes
into a thousand tiny pieces
what's your story universe?
you are melody and numbers
you are shapes and you are rhythms
there are signs that we can learn
to place over the heavens
to predict how long they will burn
how long will i last?
can i turn up the heat?
what star am i circling?
what's circling me?
now my ebb and my flow
and my lack of control
turning on, turning off
saying yes but playing no
things keep changing
things keep changing
things keep changing
we'll just play this one out until it explodes
into a thousand tiny pieces
what's your story universe?
you are melody and numbers
you are shapes and you are rhythms
there are signs that we can learn
to place over the heavens
to predict how long they will burn
how long will i last?
can i turn up the heat?
what star am i circling?
what's circling me?
now my ebb and my flow
and my lack of control
turning on, turning off
Three in the morning closing in
Living in pain, living in sin
Keep it simple man you're gonna make it out
Keep it simple man you're gonna make it out
Red walls looking for distraction
Red walls looking for distraction
Keep it simple man you're gonna make it out
Simple simple man you're gonna make it out
Two Seabee, cigarette smoke
Sunday night is long and cold
Keep it simple man you're gonna make it out
It's all over man, you're gonna make it out
Broken hand, a broken wall
Broken love, crash and fall
Simple simple man you're gonna make it out
Keep it simple man you're gonna make it out
Get up girl, heard you sing
Get up girl, sing for me
Keep it simple now you're gonna make it out
It's all over man, you're gonna make it out
Fire is burning me inside out
Fire is burning me inside out
It's all over, just like that
A fire comes and you can't strike back
It's all over, just like that
A fire comes and you can't strike back
It's all over, just like that
When the fire comes you can't strike back now
It's all over, just like that
A fire comes and you can't strike back
Desire is burning me inside out
Don't you know
for a moment know
you think the world owes you
it don't owe you a thing
there's a man doing time
keeping a rosebush alive
He was wrongly accused
40 years and still survived
Don't you know
for a moment know
you think the world owes you
it don't owe you a thing
When it's given all it can
the best you must invent
when it's given all it can
the best you must go get
There's a rosebush inside
keeping a man alive
and we all need hope
like want the sunshine
You think the world owes you
You got to want the sunshine
It don't owe you a thing
no more politics, i know what's next
call me hypocrite, and burn down bridges
i got a river running through my neck
i got a river running through my heart
and all the blood, it spills, runs to the ocean
while the oceans rise up and mingle with the air
growing fingertips and semen-stained covers
singing mercy me, oh god, oh ecstasy, oh yeah, right there
fantastic chicks, strawberry hips
light me a candle, blow out my wish
unconscious id, turns toward the sun
knows where the warmth is, knows what it wants
wants to be filled in, wants to be filled up
i want to be reborn, i want to be re-loved
and all the babies born swim from the ocean
all the rain that falls runs into the sea
growing crazy mixed-up frogs that preach the coming of disaster
singing mercy me, oh god, oh hell and ecstasy
El Dorado blues, nowhere left to run
grandma got plutonium under the rug
fanatical bliss, fanatical fire
fanatics don't let their babies go dancing
you repress the beat, you repress the wine
your momma mistook you for a lion
she cut off your head, she don't know you're dead
and all the streets you ruled run red
mmm, the grass grows green where the homeless man sleeps
and the mystic sneezes rain [shawls](?), i like your polka-dotted panties
and the heat grows desire as a white back arches
under a hot blue sky, sunny afternoon in the park
ha la na na, ha na na na
la na na, na na na
etc. etc.
no more politics, i know what's next
you call me hypocrite, come on burn it down
no more politics, i know what's next
we're all hypocrites, come on burn it down
go on, burn it down
This is the way i feel
This is the rhythm
This is the i tone use
Let it go in you
Deep, raining blue
Straight, running through
you Let it into you
Let it move you
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Hip kids, serving coffee and juice
Dinosaurs control the news
I know a fine woman, she can sing the blues
and a drummer man, he always beats the truth
Watch out
Mad girl got it out for me
That’s life, though
Some sad, some sweet
Wanna build a big boat
and built to float
and if it rain falls
we can all hop on
What’s wrong
with your feet, start hopping
How long
until this boat starts rocking
What’s wrong
feel the beat start dropping
How long
until the earth starts shaking
What’s wrong
feel your hips start quaking
How long
'til your heart stops breaking
This is the way i feel
Ode to the rhythm*
Ode to the tone in use*
Let it go in you*
Let it go in you*
Oowapah
What’s wrong
with your feet, start hopping
How long
until this boat starts rocking
What’s wrong
feel the beat start dropping
How long
until the earth starts shaking
What’s wrong
feel your hips start quaking
How long
til your heart starts making
Love love love love
This is the way i feel
This is the rhythm
This is the tone i use
Let it go in you
Deep raining blue
Straight running through
you Let it into you
Let it move you
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
All aboard
This boat is leaving
All aboard
This boat is leaving
All aboard
This boat is leaving
Don't know that she knows
What it is she doing
Don't know that she knows
How deep this will cut
Can't believe you really think
We'll make it through this oh
You fucked me right up
Just fucked me right up
All alone in a house that we were living
All that love just walked out the door
She's off running around
With a brand new man, oh
You fucked me right up
Just fucked me right up
I got a long way to travel
With a heaviness taking hold
It takes along night
When you unravel at home
Don't know that she knows
What it is she doing
Don't know that she knows
We are throwing it all away
Tell me how you think
We're gonna make it through this oh
You fucked me right up
Just fucked me right up
Don't know that she knows
Or even if it matters
The cut's been made
The dice have been thrown
What was our love worth
If it's something we could gamble oh
You fucked me right up
Fucked me right up
Goodbye goodbye
when elizabeth
sways her hips
the whole world
goes mmmmmmm
when elizabeth
sways her hips
the whole world
goes woooooooooo
when elizabeth
sways her hips
the whole world
goes mmmmmmm
when elizabeth
sways her hips
Drink up, drink up
Go on empty your cup
It'll be filled again
Put it down, come down
Feet on the ground
Where you're at's where you stand
Oh it is true, I am blue
Lay off of my shoes
Whatever you do
Pop art, pop tart
Here I am in the bars
Again and again
Be me, no me
City she screams
Choose me, no me
Old shoes, I got the blues
I got no money for to choose
but they say that I am free
I'm free to sell all I am
Move where I can
and be as I happy as I can be
If I were a diamond in the sun
I would shine onto everyone
To be free
Here I am, here I am
Again and again
Calling all cars
Calling all cars
Calling all broken hearts
Come on go out tonight
Shake it out
We're in the same boat
You and I
Two broken hearts
Big wide eyes
So much love to give
Sure am glad I ran into this
You in your T-Rex t-shirt
Your soulful eyes
You shook me out for a night
You took me out for a night
I wanna thank you
Thank you
I wanna thank you
Thank you
Calling all cars
Calling all cars
Calling all broken hearts
Come and go out tonight
Tear it down
Shake it out
I wanna thank you
Thank you
I wanna thank you
Thank you
Sweet morning love
Raining morning love
With your sashay
and your bright smile
and you're sexy
with your fine style
Come and go out tonight
Shake it out
Come and go out tonight
Days like today
try and plan they go their own way
Boom boom goes the day
hear the radio, TV, newspaper
Skyscraper on the pavement
Hey, hey, hey...
Everyone says just a little word wrong
Everyone says just a little word wrong
you're in babylon
Boom boom goes the day
hear the radio, TV, newspaper
Skyscraper on the pavement
Hey, hey, hey...
Everyone says just a little word wrong
Everyone says just a little word wrong
you're in babylon
This here babylon
He has a flowering spade
Growing out of his chest
Full of magic and healing
She is a flowering spade
As she moves and she sways
You can see that she feels it
She's off to dance with the goat boys
He's off to sail through your wide open ocean
She learned to sing from a siren
He learned to swim from a drop in the water
There are words there are signs
Close your eyes there is magic inside you
Hear this box in your mind
building frames for to trace your desires
She learned to cook from a sailor
He learned to cry in an elephant circus
She found a recipe for flying
He's growing flowers to understand dying
Rejoice
Rejoice
There's no such thing as dying
Rejoice
You traveled for many miles on the whim of adventure
Lost in love you were running from most everything
Now things no longer weigh what they used to
The gold you buried in your backyard's turned to gray
You ever feel like a cow for the city
Feeding off the sewers and the highwires
Can anyone find a map to the beginning
The band slipped out the window they're floating away
You came out swinging your eyes were on fire
They left you spinning you turned to rain
Like rain the pain will rise up around you
Like rain the pain will fall and roll away
Well the onion of your heart starts me crying
Feeding of the new ends for a new life
The ashes from the fire keep me breathing
Fix my broke down wagon let's ride
Oooh ahh...
You ever feel like a cow for the city
Can anyone find a switch and turn these lights down
When the streets gets so loud will we stop hearing
Stepping out with those midnight rounders
Stepping out to the morning's light
Stepping out with those midnight rounders
Watch the stars fall from the sky
Dance the night, morning sailor
Dance the night, diamond eyes
Dance the night, morning sailor
Cock will crow and sun will rise
Stepping out in your cloak of sadness
Stepping out when you lost your light
Deep encasing the drops of water
When the music just tears you up
Dance the night, morning sailor
Dance the night, holy(?) ground
You are your own beat
You are the answer
There is light in you
Just look around
Come come come come come come
Come come come come come come
Come come come come with me...
Come come come come come come
Come come come come come come
Come come com come with me...
Stepping out with those midnight rounders
Stepping out to the morning's light
Stepping out with those midnight rounders
There is light for you
Come with me a while
Sit with me a while
All that I have is time
Drink with me a while
Sip tea a while
All that I have is time
We could find ourselves a bottle
And wander the streets like rows
Smile and wave at all those passing by
Off to make fair homes
Walk with me a while
Talk with me a while
All that I have is time
Come with me a while
Just be a while
All that I have is time
We could find a willow tree
And climb the branch absurd
Sing to all those down below
Warbling like two cuckoo birds
Crazy cuckoo birds
Oh na na...
Ba ba ba, mmm na na...
All the laughing
All the loving
All the fighting
All the fussing
All the crying
All the dying
All that I have is time
All that we have is time
Walk with me a while
Talk with me a while
Sit with me a while
Sip tea a while
Come with me a while
Just be a while
All that I have is time
I had my head layin' in my hand Ooh, when I woke up this mornin' I had my head layin' in my hand I can't go on givin' If I'm livin' in the house of the blues
Lord, I had a fever My body cold and wrecked with pain Yes, I had such a fever Felt like I was goin' up in flame If I don't get my baby back I know I'm never gonna be the same
She told me she loved me And I just laughed and played the fool Whoa, I thought she was crazy And I thought I was cool But oh, but the lesson I learned It's time for me to go back to another school
Listen to me, baby Hear every word I said I need you here beside me 'Cause without it, I'd be dead
I done lost everything Everything a man can lose I can't go on givin' Still in the house of the blues
She told me that she loved me But I just laughed and played the fool I thought she was crazy And I thought that I was bein' cool Well, I can't go on givin' If I'm livin' in the house of the blues
Alright
I went down to the station
I leaned against the door
I went down to the station
I leaned against the door
You know I know the Empire State
Any time I hear her blow
Then I ask the depot agent
Let me ride, let me ride the blind
Oh depot agent
Please let me ride the blinds
He said I wouldn't mind it son
But this empire state ain't mine
You know he said I have an Empire State
She rides on eastern
She rides on eastern
Eastern time
She runs on ester time
She is the rollingest baby that runs on New York central line
Engineers
I said wasn't me an old farmer
And I trust all engineers
You know they took my women away
Yes the engineers blow the whistle
The farmer only rung the bell
You know my women is on board
And she is waving back farewell
I'm going to tell you all
You on the train
You on the train
The train will do
And I'm gonna tell you all what I know the train will do
It will take your women away
Oh, black mama, what's the matter with you?
Said, if it ain't satisfactory, don't care what I do
Hey, mama, what's the matter with you?
Said, if it ain't satisfactory, baby, don't care what I
You take a brownskin woman'll make a rabbit move to
town
Say, but a jet-black woman'll make a mule kick his
stable down
Oh, a brownskin woman will make a rabbit move to town
Oh, but a real black woman'll make a mule kick his
stable down
Say, t'ain't no heaven, say, there ain't no burnin'
hell
Say, where I'm going when I die, can't nobody tell
Oh, there ain't no heaven, now, there ain't no burnin'
hell
Oh, where I'm going when I die, can't nobody tell
Well, my black mama's face shine like the sun
Oh, lipstick and powder sure won't help her none
My black mama's face shine like the sun
Oh, lipstick and powder, well, they sure won't help her
none
Well, you see my milk cow, tell her to hurry home
I ain't had no milk cow since that cow been gone
If you see my milk cow, tell her to hurry home
Yeah, I ain't had no milk cow since that cow been gone
Well, I'm going to the race track to see my pony run
He ain't the best in the world, but he's a runnin' son-
of-a-gun
I'm going to the race track to see my pony run
He ain't the best in the world, but he's a runnin' son-
of-a-gun
Oh, Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
Wouldn't mistreat you, baby, for my weight in gold
Oh, Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
Wouldn't mistreat you, baby, for my weight in gold
Part Two
Hey, I solemnly swear, Lord, I raise my right hand
That I'm goin' get me a woman, you get you another man
I solemnly swear, Lord, I raise my right hand
That I'm goin' get me a woman, you get you another man
I got a letter this morning, how do you reckon it read?
"Oh, hurry, hurry, gal, you love is dead"
I got a letter this morning, how do you reckon it read?
"Oh, hurry, hurry, gal, you love is dead"
I grabbed my suitcase, I took off, up the road
I got there, she was laying on the cooling board
I grabbed my suitcase, I took on up the road
I got there, she was laying on the cooling board
Well, I walked up close, I looked down in her face
Good old gal, you got to lay here till Judgment Day
I walked up close, and I looked down in her face
Yes, been a good old gal, got to lay here till Judgment
(spoken: Aw sho' now, I feel low-down this evenin'!)
Oh, my woman so black, she shays apart of this town
Can't nothin' "go" when the poor girl is around
My black mama stays apart of this town
Oh, can't nothing "go" when the poor girl is around
Oh, some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad
It's the worst old feelin' that I ever had
Some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad
Buddy, the worst old feelin', Lord, I ever had
Hmmm, I fold my arms, and I walked away
"That's all right, mama, your trouble will come
someday"
I fold my arms, Lord, I walked away
Say, "That's all right, mama, your trouble will come
You know I had a job on the levee
I had a good lookin' woman lived in Hughes.
You know that pretty little thing
she kept me when I got them government fleet blues.
You know I never pay day
Down South, when you do anything, that's wrong
Down South, when you do anything, that's wrong
Down South, when you do anything, that's wrong
They'll sure put you down on the country farm
Put you down under a man they call " Captain Jack"
Put you under a man called "Captain Jack"
Put you under a man they call "Captain Jack"
He'' sure write his name up and down your back
Put you down in a ditch with a great long spade
Put you down in a ditch with a great long spade
Put you down in a ditch with a great long spade
Wish to God that you hadn't never been made
On a Sunday the boys be lookin' sad
On a Sunday the boys'll be lookin' sad
On a Sunday the boys be lookin' sad
Mmmm, Pearline, Pearline
Yeah oh Pearline
Matter with you?
Don't care what I do
Mmmmm, mmmm, mmmmm, mmmmmm
Love you Pearline
Love you Pearline
I love you Pearline
Why don't you catch my pony, now saddle up my black mare?
...my pony, saddle up, up my black mare?
You know, I'm gonna find my baby, well, in the world somewhere
You know, he's a travelin' horse, an' he's too black bad
He's a travelin' pony, I declare, he's too black bad
You know, he got a gait, now, no Shetlan' ain't never had
You know, I taken him by the rein an' I led him around and 'round
I say, I taken him by the reins an' I, I led him, him 'round and 'round
You know, he ain't the best in the world, but he's the best ever been in this town
You know, he's a travelin' horse and he don't deny his name
He's a travelin' pony and he don't deny his name
You know, the way he can travel is a low-down, old, dirty shame
Why don't you come up here, pony, now come on, please let's us go
I said, "Come up, get up now, please pony, now let's us go"
Let's we saddle on down on the Gulf of, of Mexico
You know, the horse that I'm ridin', he can fox-trot, he can lope and pace
I say, the pony I'm ridin', he can fox-trot, he can lope and pace
You know, a horse with them many gaits, you know, I'm bound to win the race
He's a travelin' horse an' he don't deny his name
He's a travelin' pony, he don't deny his name
Well, I'm goin' away, honey, I won't be back no more
Well, I'm goin' away, honey, I won't be back no more
When I leave this time, I'm gonna hang
crepe
on your door
Well, look-y here, hon', I won't be your dog no more
Well, look-y here, hon', I won't be your dog no more
Excuse me, honey, for knockin' on your door
I say your hair ain't curly and your doggone eyes ain't blue
You know your hair ain't curly and your doggone eyes ain't blue
Well, if you don't want me, what the world I want with you?
Say, look-y here, baby, you ought not to dog me around
I say look-y here, baby, you ought not to dog me around
If I had my belongings I would leave this old bad-luck town
You know that's a shame, what a low-down, dirty shame
Don't you know that's a shame? What a low-down, dirty shame
Mmmm, I'm going to be bad no more
I said I declare I aint going to be bad no more
When I leave this time baby I'm going to hang crepe on your door
Look it you darling, what do you want me to do
Look it ya darling, what do you want me to do
I've done all I could honey, just don't get along with you
Now look it here baby, please don't dog me round
Look it here honey, please don't you dog me round
Mmmm I'm going to leave south end of town
I went in my room and I sat down and cried
Mmmm went in my room and I sat down and cried
I didn't have no blues, but I just wasn't satisfied
Look it here darling, what do you want me to do
Look it here little girl, what do you want me to do
I've done all I could do darling, just don't get along with you
Well, I'm going to be bad no more
Mmmm I'm not going to be bad no more
When I leave her I'm going to hang crepe on your door
I cried last night all on love before
Oooo, all on love before
I'm going to change my way of livin, and I won't have to cry no more
The sun going to shine my back door some day
Sun going to shine my back door some day
Well got up this morning, feeling 'round for my shoes Know about that, I got the walkin' blues I said I got up this morning, I was feeling 'round for my shoes I said you know about that now, I got the walkin' blues.
The blues aint nothing but a lowdown shaking chill If you aint had 'em I hope you never will Oh, the blues is a lowdown old aching chill If you aint had 'em boys, I- I hope you never will.
When you get worried drop me a line If I don't go crazy, honey, I'm going to lose my mind When you get worried I said sit down and drop me a line If I don't go crazy, honey, I'm going to lose my mind.
Your hair aint curly, your doggone eyes aint blue If you don't want me what the world I- I want with you? Oh, your hair aint curly and your doggone eyes aint blue I said now if you don't want me, babe, what the wide world I want with you?
Don't a man feel bad the Good Lord's sun go down? He don't have nobody to throw his arms around Can't a man feel bad, I said when the Good Lord's sun go down? I said he don't have a soul, not to throw his arms around.
Looky here baby, what you want me to do? I've done all I could just to get a-along with you Looky here honey, what do you want poor me to do? I say I've done all I could, honey, just to get along with you.
You know I love my baby like the cow love to chew her cud I'm layin' round here though I aint doin' no good Ooh, I love you honey like the cow love to chew her cud I'm layin' round here, baby, but I- I sure aint doin' no good.
You know the minutes seem like hours, the hours seem like days Seem like my baby don't stop her lowdown ways Oh, the minutes seem like hours, I said the hours, they seem like days You know it seems like my bride never stop her old lowdown ways.
I'm going to the gypsy now to have my fortune told, I believe somebody is stealing my jelly roll I'm going to the gypsy, I believe I'll have my fortune told, 'Cos I believe somebody is trying to steal my jelly roll.
I got up this morning, feeling sick and bad, Thinking 'bout the good times that I once have had I said soon this morning, I was feeling so sick and bad, You know I was thinking 'bout the good times now that I- I once have had.
The sun is going down behind that old western hill Yes, yes, Ooh, behind that old western hill And I wouldn't do nothing boys, not against my woman's will.
Yes, I'm gonna get me religion, I'm gonna join the Baptist Church. Yes, I'm gonna get me religion, I'm gonna join the Baptist Church. You know I wanna be a Baptist preacher, so I won't have to work.
One deacon jumped up, and he began to grin. One deacon jumped up, and he began to grin. You know he said, "One thing, elder. I believe I'll go back to barrelhousin again."
One sister jumped up, and she began to shout. One sister jumped up, and she began to shout. "You know I'm glad this corn liquor's goin out."
Another deacon jumped up and said, "Why don't ya hush?" Another deacon jumped up and said, "Why don't ya hush?" "You know you drink corn liquor and your lie's a horrible stink."
One sister jumped up and she began to shout. One sister jumped up and she began to shout. "I believe I can tell ya'll what it's all about."
Another sister jumped up, she said, "Why don't ya hush?" Another sister jumped up, she said, "Why don't ya hush?" "You know he's abandoned, and you outta hush your fuss."
I was in the pulpit, I's jumpin up and down. I was in the pulpit, I's jumpin up and down. My sisters in the corner, they're hollerin' Alabama bound.
Grabbed up my suitcase and I took off down the road. Grabbed up my suitcase and I took off down the road. I said, "Farewell church, may the good Lord bless your soul."
You know I wish I had a heaven of my own. You know I wish I had a heaven of my own. I'd give all my women a good ole happy home.
I'm gonna preach these blues and I'm gonna choose my seat and sit down. I'm gonna preach these blues and I'm gonna choose my seat and sit down. But, when the Spirit comes, I want you'all to jump straight up and down.
MMM Hmmmm
No used in sittin in no tent No used in having no fairs This war may last you for years
American defense Well you use some sense Just have to take care of your boys you must raise more produce farmers set sail and use so save allyour worries in toils
No use in save no fairs No us in setting in no tents This war may last you for years
We'll the red white and blue That represents you You ought to do everything that you can Buy a war savin' stamps You men go to their camps Be brave and take this pen
No used in sittin in no tent No used in having no fairs This war may last you for years
Oh that troubles sometimes All upset your mind Well you all know just what to do keep pushin, keep shovin' don't be angry, be loved be a good,fellow, honest and true
No used in sittin in no tent No used in having no fairs This war may last you for years
You can say yes or no but we got to win this war because gentle Mac Arth? is not a friend They won't be enough japs to shoot a little game of craps because the biggest of them all will be dead
No used in sittin in no tent No used in having no fairs This war may last you for years
This war sure do bother our mothers and father our sister and brothers too our friends and relations this war been creation don't let this worry you
Got up this mornin'
Feelin' sick and bad
I'm thinkin' 'bout the good time
That I once have had
I said, I got up this mornin'
And I said, I'm feelin' so sick and bad
Yeah, I'm just thinkin' 'bout the good times, children
That I, I once have had
Did you ever love
When they didn't love you?
You know there wasn't satisfaction
Didn't care what in the world you do
I said you ever love
I said, when they did not love you?
Yeah, didn't look like there'd be satisfaction
Didn't care what in this old world you do
I tell her come here little girl
Why don't you sit down on my knee?
I just wanna tell you how
You have been treatin' me
I said, run here little girl
I said sit right down here on my knee
You know, I just wanna tell you
Just how you've been treatin' me
You know, that's a shame
Ole dirty shame
I'm so sorry the day, honey
I ever knowed your name
I said, you know that's a shame
I said, it's a low down, ole dirty shame
Oh, the way you been treatin' me
Is a low down, ole dirty shame
You know, love, love is a worried
Old heart disease
Look like the very one you be lovin'
Is so hard to please
I said, love
I said, is a worried old heart disease
Look like the very one you be lovin'
Is so confound hard to please
You know, I go into my room
I sat down and cried
I didn't have no blues
But I wasn't satisfied
Yes, I went in my room
And I said, and I sat down and I cried
Yes, I didn't have no blues
But I just wasn't satisfied
You know, did you ever get up in the mornin'
With the blues three different ways?
You had two mind to leave here
And you didn't have but one such stay
Did you ever get up in the mornin'
With the blues three different ways?
You know you had two mind to leave here
An' I'm knockin' on her door She said she's tired of me Don't want me here no more
She said, "Stop your pissin', moanin' and groanin' Or sleep outside with them dogs" Now honey, let me please explain 'Cause I didn't mean you no wrong
I didn't mean to hurt you, baby I wouldn't do that to you She said, "Bite your lip, now, sweet child You're the bastard son of a thousand blues"
Well, my daddy was gone by the day I was born And my mama I have never seen I was born in the back of a black Cadillac And raised by a Gypsy queen
And as a child I was hell gone wild Raised in the eye of a storm By the time I was ten, I was doing time again 'Cause I knew what that gun was for
Oh no no, I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues Oh no no, don't know what I'm gonna do Oh no no, I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues Oh no no, tell me mama, what am I gonna do?
Ladies have come and ladies have gone But there's one I remember quite well Years have gone past but her memory lasts But the stories I cannot tell
Well, I've lived and I've lied And I've loved and I've tried To put my soul to good use
Guess I'm shit out of luck 'Cause that name, it just stuck I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues, dig
Oh no no, I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues Oh no no, don't know what I'm gonna do Oh no no, I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues Oh no no, tell me, what am I gonna do?
Oh no no, I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues Oh no no, I don't know, what am I gonna do? Oh no no, b-b-bastard's, bastard's son, bastard son, baby Oh no no, I don't know what I'm gonna do
Oh no no, I'm the bastard, bastard, bad, bad (?) I'm the bastard, I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues
Well, I got up this mornin', jinx all 'round jinx all 'round, 'round my bed, I said, I got up this mornin' with the jinx all round my bed Know I thought about you and, honey, and it like to kill me dead
Mmmm, look a here now, baby, what you want me, what you want me, me to do? Look a here, honey, I say, what do you want poor me to do? You know i done all the co'rtin' just tryin' to get along with you
You know the blues ain't nothing but a low down shaking, low down shakin', achin' chill I said the blues is a low down ol' aching chill Well, if you ain't had 'em, honey, I hope you never will
Well, blues, blues, is a worried heart, is a worried heart, heart disease Oh, the blues is a worried ol' heart disease Know, 'clare the woman you be lovin', man, is so doggone hard to please
Mmm, I rather be outdoors, walkin' up, walkin' up, and down the road I said, I'd rather be outdoors, I said, walkin' up and down the road Than to be layin' 'round here workin' just for my boa'd and clothes
You see a little girl they call
Louise McGhee
Please do me a favor and shake
her little hand for me
I said if you see a little
her name, Louise McGhee
You know, please do me a favor, shake her little hand for me
I know a little girl
like a car like a choo could
Her little low down way i wish you
had quite when you should
You know I love that little thing
Like a car, like choo you could
Little always, i sure wish you'd quit when you should
Mmm, Lookie here
If I dont go crazy
Lookie here
If I dont go crazy
Lookie here
If I don't loose my mind
You know cause I stayed bothered, one red all the time
Its a shame
A dirty shame
I so sorry the day I ever
know Louise's name
Yeah its a shame
It's a low down dirty shame
I so sorry the day I ever
know Louise's name
I say, come here little girl
throw up your God dog hands
Cause I been your dog ever since that I know your name
Don't come here little girl
I say, throw on up your God dog hands
You know I been your dog, ever since that I know your name
You know when I leave honey
I dont want you to cry no more
I say, when I leave
I dont want you to cry no more
I say, but when I leave this time honey
im gonna hang crape on your door
I gets up in the morning with the blues
3 different ways
I have two mind to leave here
I didnt have but one say stay
I gets up in the morning
I say, with the blues 3 different ways
I got two mind to leave here
i didnt have but one say stay
Honey if I dont ever no more see you
You forever be on my mind
If I dont never no more see you
I say, you forever be on my mind
You know every time I think about you girl
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Well who's that writin', John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
You know God walked down in the cool of the day
And called Adam by his name
And he refused to answer
'Cause he was naked and ashamed
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
You know Christ had 12 apostles
And three he laid away
He said, "Watch with me one hour
Till I go yonder and pray"
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
Christ came on Easter morning
Mary and Martha they went down to see
Go tell My disciples
To meet Me in Galilee
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Yes, I'm gonna get me religion
I'm gonna join the Baptist Church
Yes, I'm gonna get me religion
I'm gonna join the Baptist Church
You know I wanna be a Baptist preacher
Just so I won't have to work
One deacon jumped up and he began to grin
One deacon jumped up and he began to grin
You know he said, "One thing, elder I believe
I'll go back to barrelhousin' again"
One sister jumped up and she began to shout
One sister jumped up and she began to shout
"You know I'm glad this corn liquor's goin' out"
Another deacon jumped up and said, "Why don't ya hush?"
Another deacon jumped up and said, "Why don't ya hush?
You know you drink corn liquor and your lie's a horrible stink"
One sister jumped up and she began to shout
One sister jumped up and she began to shout
"I believe I can tell y'all what it's all about"
Another sister jumped up, she said, "Why don't ya hush?"
Another sister jumped up, she said, "Why don't ya hush?
You know he's abandoned, and you outta hush your fuss"
I was in the pulpit, I's jumpin' up and down
I was in the pulpit, I's jumpin' up and down
My sisters in the corner, they're hollerin' Alabama bound
Grabbed up my suitcase and I took off down the road
Grabbed up my suitcase and I took off down the road
I said, "Farewell church, may the good Lord bless your soul"
You know I wish I had a heaven of my own
You know I wish I had a heaven of my own
I'd give all my women a good ole happy home
I'm gonna preach these blues
And I'm gonna choose my seat and sit down
I'm gonna preach these blues
And I'm gonna choose my seat and sit down
Don? t you mind people grinnin? in your face
Don? t mind people grinnin? in your face
You just bear this in mind, a true friend is hard to find
Don? t you mind people grinnin? in your face
You know your mother would talk about you
Your own sisters and your brothers too
They just don? t care how you? re tryin? to live
They? ll talk about you still
Yes, but bear, ooh, this in mind, a true friend is hard to find
Don? t you mind people grinnin? in your face
Don? t you mind people grinnin? in your face
Don? t you mind people grinnin? in your face
Oh, just bear, ooh this in mind, a true friend is hard to find
Don? t you mind people grinnin? in your face
You know they? ll jump you up and down
They? ll carry you all 'round and 'round
Just as soon as your back is turned
They? ll be tryin? to crush you down
Yes, but bear this in mind, a true friend is hard to find
Don? t you mind people grinnin? in your face
Don? t mind people grinnin? in your face
Don? t mind people grinnin? in your face, oh, Lord
And just bear this in mind, a true friend is hard to find
