Hello world
Have you seen Miss Ida B?
Hello world, yeah
Have you seen Miss Ida B?
She's a coffee colored brown
And she looked something like a Japanese
I love you, Miss Ida B, yeah
And I just can't, I just can't hardly keep it in
I love you, Miss Ida B
And I just can't keep, just can't keep it in
I'm in love with you, Miss Ida B, baby
Ever since, ever since you was a kid
Baby, when I'm gone
Who you gonna let walk in and take my place?
When I'm gone, baby yeah
Who you gonna let walk in and take my place?
I hate to even think about, yeah
Well now, oh wee baby, you know I declare, you sure look fine
I said, ooh whee baby, you know I declare, you sure look fine
Well there's a girl like you a make many a man change his mind
I said, baby, when you walk you know you shake like a willow tree
I said, baby, when you walk woman you know you, shake like a willow tree
Why does a girl like you could love to make a fool of me
Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby 'til your good love drive me crazy
Well now baby, when you walk you know you, shake like a willow tree
Yeah, baby, when you walk woman you know, you shake just like a willow tree
Babe a woman like you, ah would love to make a fool of me
Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me wow baby, let me love you baby
I live out in the woods
People I got wolves' blood in my veins
I live way out in the woods
People you know I've got wolves' blood in my veins
Well you know the crocodiles and the foxes and the grizzles
They all know me by my name
When I was just a little boy
I used to play around with rattlesnakes
Well, when i was a little boy
I used to crawl around in the grass with rattlesnakes
Now I'm a full grown man
Alligators is my associates
Let me explain this
I still live way out in the woods
People you know I ain't afraid of nothin'
I live way out in the woods
An people you know I ain't afraid of nothin'
The bogeyman start runnin'
When he heard me commin'
I sleep with one eye open
And I don't ever leave no trail
Well yeah I sleep with one eye open
And I don't ever leave no trail
If you come into my woods
You just might, loose your tail
cause i love them tails
fox tails
Mustang Sally, guess you better slow your mustang down
Mustang Sally , baby, I guess you better slow your mustang down
You been a runnin' all over town, I guess I'll better put your big feet on the ground, oh yes, I will
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
One of these early mornings,
you gonna be wipin' your weepin' eyes, yes you will
I bought you a vintage mustang,
of nineteen sixty-five
Now you comin' right signifyin' woman, no,
you don't wanna let me ride
Mustang Sally, baby, yeah,
I guess you better slow your mustang down, yes you will darling, I hope you will
Going around running' all over town,
I'm gonna put your big fat feet on the ground, oh yes Sally, well, look at here
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is just ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is just ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally
ride Sally ride
One of these early mornings
You gonna put your bad bad feet on the ground, oh yes I will, Sally
Sally ride Sally ride
Sally ride Sally ride
ride Sally ride
ride Sally ride
ride Sally ride
Let me show you I love you
Each and every day
I would not havin'
Any other way
My mother she taught me
How to show you my love
Because my way's in action
Speak much louder than words
Put your arms around my waist
And look direct in my face
And I'll show you I love you
And no one else can take your place
Let me show you I love you
Each and every day
Because I would not never havin'
Any other way
Put your arms around my waist
And look me direct in my face
And I'll show you I love you
I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she suits me to a Tee
Oh, I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she suits me to a Tee
Well, you know she can stay out all night
But she, still's alright with me
You know she give me everything I want
And a everything I need
She's my woman
I tell ya yes indeed
I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she suits me to a Tee
What I like about the girl
I swear she's alright with me
You know I, never want for nothing
She give me everything I need
When I want that woman
She just mine, yes indeed
I say, I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she's alright with me
Well I'm crazy about the girl
So I swear she's alright with me
Yeah
I wake up early in the morning
my breakfast is right by my bed
I wake up early in the morning
You know, my breakfast is right by my bed
You know if I want for anything else
My baby heard every word I said
And you know she suit me baby, ha ha ha
You know you suit me baby, ha ha ha
I tell she suits me baby, ha ha ha
And she suits me baby, yeah
Oh the girl she suits me baby,
How could you stand there and tell me you love me
When you don't give a damn about yourself?
How could you stand there and tell me you love me
And woman, you don't give a damn about yourself?
You know if you really did, woman, you would be carrying on with someone else.
I want you to stop right there in your tracks, baby
Honey, don't you go no further.
I want you to stop right there in your tracks, woman
Honey, don't you go no further.
You know your lyin' just like a dog, and you standin' there lookin' just like another.
Oh, you keep wasting my time,
Honey, you running around all night long.
Oh, you keep wasting my time, I say
Honey, you running around all night.
If I fight like a dog all day long, honey, tell me when you're gonna bite.
Tonight, I might cut you loose
I think I found me another lover.
Tonight, I might cut you loose
'Cause I think I found myself another lover.
You're lyin' to me just like a dog, and you know you're looking just like another.
[Guitar Solo]
I'm sick an tired of all your lies, darlin'
Honey, you can go back to your mother.
I'm sick an tired of all your lies, darlin'
And honey, you can go back to your mother.
Mary had a little lamb
It's fleece was white as snow, yeah
Everywhere the child went
The lamb, the lamb was sure to go, yeah
He followed her to school one day
And broke the teacher's rule
And what a time did they have
That day at school
Tisket, tasket, baby alright
A green and yellow basket, now
I wrote a letter to my baby
And on my way I passed it, now
The best things in life are free
But you can keep 'em for the birds and bees
Money, that's what I want, that's what I want
Ooh babe yeah that's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
But what it don't get baby I can't use
Money, that's what I want, that's what I want
All I need, that's what I want, yeah
Your lovin' gives me a thrill
But your lovin' don't pay my bills
Money, that's what I want, that's what I want
Oh that's what I want
(Money)
I want you baby it hurts me so
(That's what I want)
(Money)
Never let you go
(That's what I want)
(Money)
Give me everything you got
(That's what I want)
(Money)
Yeah
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(Ohh)
That's what I want
Yeah money
(Money, that's what I want)
Gimme your money baby
(That's what I want)
I wanna be free baby, yeah
(That's what I want)
(That's what I want)
That's what I want yeah yeah yeah
(That's what I want)
Money baby
(Money, that's what I want)
I want your money baby
(That's what I want)
I need your money baby
(That's what I want)
Give me your money money money baby
(That's what I want)
I was standin' at the station,
ten to midnight in the rain
I was mindin' my own bus'ness,
waiting for that midnight train
Nobody in sight, starin' at my shoes,
I took out my paper to find me some good news
Mindin' my own bus'ness,
when the ticket man calls my name
Yeah, yeah, babe
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the line
So I say, "If it ain't too much trouble,
when's the local out of town?"
His reply: "Two a.m."
If I'm leavin' local-bound
I can catch it in forty minutes,
if I want to grab the express
But the local trains are hard to come by,
this time of night, more or less
Listen, said
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the line
So I stood for forty minutes,
it was raining and it was cold
When the express rolled down the track,
I did not care where it was gonna go
Yeah, yeah
He said
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
I think I smell a rat in my house, baby I believe you got just too late
Aw, I smell a rat, I smell a rat in my house, honey, I think you walkin' 'round too late
You know I need a rat in my house like this now, just like I need a hole in my head
You cry baby you afraid at night, you say you can't stay home all alone
Oh you said you afraid, afraid to stay home at night, you say you didn't want to be home alone
Oh, but I can smell a rat in the time I get back, and all, and all you do is gonna make me moan
You got my backdoor wide open, baby you say you're supposed to be afraid
You got my backdoor wide open, and you tell me you're supposed to be afraid
You know the last time I slept with it opened, you know 'was so cold I almost lost my head
Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby, and I do believe it's just drivin' me around
Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby, honey I think you're just drivin' me around
Why don't you leave me alone woman, you know I think there's another women I can go,
I can be found
I think that you have it to explain. honey I'm not that hard to understand
Did you ever try to sit down and explain, I am not that hard to understand
You will be sleeping with the backdoor open, baby or with another man
You're so good, I don't believe I wanna leave you alone
Oh you're so sweet to me, I don't believe, I can leave you alone
Got my nose open baby
You got my nose open baby
Ahh huh
You got my nose open woman
But, I got my eyes on you
You got me weepin' and moanin'
Got me weepin' and moanin'
Hey, you got me weepin' and moanin', oh yes
You got me weepin' and moanin' woman
But I got my eyes on you, look a here
Got my nose open baby
You got my nose open woman
Uhh, ohh, yeah yeah
Got my nose open baby
It's three o'clock in the morning
And the rain began to fall
I know what I need
'Cause I don't have it all
I'm needing someone like you
That I can do love to
Baby, baby
I need you tonight
Outside my window
It's lonely and cold
Inside my heart there's a fire
Burning out of control
Burning for someone like you
I just wanna do love to
Baby, baby
I need you tonight
Your love is coming to me
Like a wolf howlin' at the moon
But that just won't do me
'Cause I can't get you soon
I'm callin' for someone like you
That I can do love to
Baby, baby
I need you tonight
I need you tonight
Callin', callin', callin', callin'
Hit it
Wow, hit it one time now
Go ahead on, huh
Hit it, hit it
Now let me get a little bit of I love ya
Hit it, ooh, hit it now, huh
Go ahead on now, huh, hey
Oh, go ahead
Go ahead on, baby
Go ahead on, do what you wanna now
Do it what you wanna, baby
Do any kind of dance
As a little lamb
Go ahead on and do it, baby
Do it now, do it, baby
Do it, baby, do it, baby
Do it, baby
Go ahead, do it, baby
Go on and do it, baby
Do it, baby, do it, baby
Do it, do it, do it, do it
Do it, do it, do it, do it
Alright, huh
I've got a problem
I've got a problem
I've got a problem
I got a problem
I got a problem with my woman
and I got a problem with my wife
when you see me standin'
with tears in my eyes
oh you must be wondering
how could I wreck my life
'cause I got a problem with my woman
and I got a problem with my wife, well
my wife is number one
and my woman is number two
my woman would do things for me
that my wife wouldn't do
Course I dig my wife, but she don't understand
somtimes it take two y'all
to satisfy a man
now when my problem started
I started messin' with number three
she calls up my wife
and tells on my woman and me
my wife packs up her clothes
and goes home to her mother
and my woman runs off and
finds another lover
I've got a problem
and it's about to wreck my life
problem with my woman
I got a problem with my wife, yeah
(solo)
Well when my problem started
I started messin' with number 3
she calls up my wife
and tells on my woman and me
my wife packs up her clothes
and goes home to her mother
and my woman runs off and
finds another lover
I got a problem
and it's about to wreck my life
problem with my woman
I got a problem with my wife, yeah
You said before we met
That your life was awful tame
Well, I took you to a night club
And the whole band knew your name
Oh well, baby, baby, baby
I've got news for you
Oh, somehow your story don't ring true
Well, I've got news for you
Well, you phoned me you'd be late
'Cause you took the wrong express
And then you walked in smiling
With your lipstick all a mess
Oh, let me say to you little mama
Wo, I've got news for you
Ah, your story don't ring true lil' girl
Yeah, I've got news for you, baby
Oh, you wore a diamond watch
Claimed it was from Uncle Joe
When I looked at the inscription
It said, "Love from Daddy-o"
Oh, well baby, wo lil' girl
I wanna say I've got news for you
Ah, if you think that jive will do
Let me tell you, oh, I've got news for you
Well, somehow your story don't ring true
I didn't know my mama
That she had a son like me, oh no, he baby
I say I didn't know my mama, no, no
I didn't know she had a son like me
Oh baby, baby, baby
I want you to come on, you gotta see it like him
Let me tell you about it
I can look at the sky
You know I can predict the rain
I say I can look at the sky
I believe I can predict the rain
Oh, I can tell when my lady
I can tell when she got another man
Well, this is what I say
I didn't know my mama, oh she had a son like me
I say I didn't know my mama, no, no
I didn't know, I didn't know
I didn't know she had a son like me
All you gotta do is come around me, people
And I'll show you and you can say
Alright
Squeeze water out of rock
And I make water come out of dry sand
I squeeze water out of rock, yeah
I can get water out of dry sand
Oh, when you listen to my story, little girl
I'll prove to you I'm a nutcho man
That's why I didn't know my mother
Had a, had a nice little son like me
I said I didn't know my mother, no, no, no, no, Lord
I didn't know, I didn't not know
I didn't know, girl, she had something like me
All you girls gotta do is look at me
Take your time and come and see, yeah
My love for you is like, is like a sweet refrain
Real, real true love, is like a burning, burning flame
My love for you will live through storm and rain
My love, my love for you is real.
My love for you, words can never express
My love, my love for you is real.
God, God only knows, that I'll love you, love you best
With only you my love could ever rest
My love for you will live forever
If you love me, love me my darling
My love for you makes me want you near
Forever and a day
Won't you show me in your own sweet way?
Within, within my heart, I really need, need you dear
Sometimes true love can make a, make a man shed tears
My love for you is real.
Oh, have you heard the news?
Baby, there is good rockin' in here tonight
Oh, have you heard the news?
Baby, there is good rockin' in here tonight
Oh, we gonna rock and rollin' yeah baby
There will not never be no fuzzin' and fight
I'm gonna hold my little baby
Just as tight as I just can
'Cause tonight my baby gonna know
That I'm her mighty, mighty, mighty man
Have you heard the news?
There will be some good rockin' tonight
Oh, we're gonna rock and rollin' you baby
Gonna have a good, good time tonight
Meet me in a hurry woman
Right behind my bar
Bring my rockin' shoes, Lord
I'm gonna rock away all my blues
Heard the news now, baby
There's some good rockin' in here tonight
We gonna rock and roll now, baby
We gonna rock and roll tonight
Oh, have you heard the news now, baby
Gonna be a rockin' tonight
Listen to me, baby
I'll make everything alright
Now have you heard the news?
There be some good rockin' tonight
Oh, we gonna rock and roll, baby
Till the next broad daylight
Put on your rockin' shoes
Put on your rockin' shoes
Put on your rockin'
Put on your, your rockin' shoes
Oh, and I know we gonna have a ball
We gonna play some funkin' lowdown blues
Oh, we gonna rockin', rockin'
Rockin', rockin', rock don't stop
Rockin', rockin', rockin'
Said don't want you to stop
Oh, we gonna get down
Get on down on you
Oh, we gonna really have a ball
Lord knows I've tried
To do what's right
One whole year of staying home
Both day and night
'Cause I smell a mean trouble
Way over yonder you know I heard a mean, yeah
Always in trouble people
Lord they just won't let me be
The people talk about me
Both night and day
I said, Lord please forgive them
And go the other way
'Cause I smell a mean trouble
Lord I smell trouble ahead of me, oh yeah
Yes, we're always in trouble
Lord, they just won't let me be
And from now on
I will not run and hide
I'll face trouble with a smile
And hope it pass me by
'Cause I smell a mean trouble
Way over yonder, I say I heard a mean
Yes, we're always in trouble
They just won't, they just won't
Woman you know you got to be crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy
Or something tell me you just might be losing your mind
Oh you make me think you're crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, woman
Seem like to me darling you may be losing your mind
The way you been acting lately baby, lord
Oh, you're 'bout to go drive me out of my mind
You know I sit in a dark room, yes
My tears rollin' down my eyes
Oh, you know you make me sit in a dark room
With the tears rollin' down from my eyes
You know I can hear my little girl say
Oh, my father is a hurt child
Oh, when I leave I'm goin' back south
People, where the weather you know they suit my clothes, wow
You know I think I move back south
You know where the weather, you know that good weather sure suits my clothes
You know I've been here in Chicago so long
But in last two winters man you know I've almost froze
You know it snowed in Chicago
'Till I could hardly see myself, he he
Oh, you know it snowed in Chicago
'Till I can walk down the streets you know and I couldn't see myself
Well you know I was tryin' to find my baby
I don't need a whole lots of money
I don't need a big fine car
I got everything that a man could ever want
I got more than I could ask for
Yeah , yeah
And I don't have to run around
I don't have to stay out all night
'Cause I got a sweet, sweet loving woman
And she knows just how to treat me right
My baby she's all right
My baby she's clean out of sight
Don't you know she's a some kind of wonderful
Yes she is, some kind of wonderful
Now hold it Buddy's gonna tell you one more thing
And when she holds in her arms
She sets my soul on fire (sets my soul on fire)
Lord when my baby kisses me people
My heart becomes filled with desire
When she wraps her loving arms around me
Almost drives me out of my mind
I get funny little feelings inside of me
Chills run up and down my spine
My baby she's all right
My baby she's a clean out of sight
Don't you know she's a some kind of wonderful
Yes she is, some kind of wonderful
Now hold it let me tell you one more thing
Tell me is there anybody
That's got a sweet little woman like mine
There's got to be somebody
That's got a sweet little woman like mine
Now tell me
Can I get a witness (Can I get a witness can I get a witness)
Got to get a witness (Can I get a witness)
Can I get a witness
I wanna talk about my baby (Some kind of wonderful)
Talkin' about my baby (Some kind of wonderful)
Talkin' about my baby (Some kind of wonderful)
Talkin' about my baby (Some kind of wonderful)
She's everything I need
So much more than a man can want
Some kind of wonderful
In her high heeled shoes
You build my hopes so high
Didn't let me down so low
It makes no difference baby
I still love you more and more
And every very time you smile
Woman I smile with you
Every time you cry
Woman, you know I cry with you
Now ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
Lord, ain't that lovin' you
I don't believe
I don't believe you know what I'm talkin' about
I don't believe
I don't believe you know what I'm talkin' about
I'm talkin' about love, love, love
I'm talkin' about love, love, love
I'm talkin' about love, love, love
I'm talkin' about love, love, love
You know I told you baby
I would never let you down
It makes no difference that
I will always be around
You treat me like a schoolboy
And that you know is true
It makes no difference by you
I'll be there with you
Ain't that lovin' you
Ain't that lovin' you baby
Lord, ain't that lovin' you
I don't believe
You know I'm smiling with you
Oh, ain't that loving you baby
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
You know you sure look fine
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
You know you sure look fine
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
I love you all the time
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
I said baby don't you know
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
I said baby don't you know
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
You know I love you so
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
Can I take you home tonight
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
Can I take you home tonight
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
Oh, how I'm suffering in my mind
Whoa, you keep me worryin', Lord all the time
I try to smile but my friends all leave
But nothin' I could do to ease my sufferin' mind
Hurt me so bad to be losing the one I love
I cry, I cry, I cry and pray, to the good Lord up above
But where can I find someone
That could ease, Lord my sufferin' mind
So if I have any witness
I know that you will find
That life mean nothin' to you baby
Lord when you have a worried mind
So forgive me what I do
'Cause I guess I just have to
Live on with a sufferin' mind
What can a poor man do
You know when the blues keep bothering him around?
What can a poor man do
You know when the blues keep bothering him around?
Give him a half pint of good liquor and sit down and drink it all down
You know, sometimes I feel
I feel like drinkin' me some gasoline
You know, sometimes I feel
I feel like drinkin' me some gasoline
Strikin' me a match and blow myself up in steam
I feel I'm gonna move on back down south
You know where the water tastes like cherry wine
I feel I'm gonna move on back down south
You know where the water tastes like cherry wine
I am, I'm innocent man
I am, I'm innocent man
You know about it
You surely don't know
But I think that
Probably you'll sure understand
I didn't get a chance to defend myself
I hope it makes it better for someone else
You said, you thought I was using PCP
That's why you all was beating up on me
I am a innocent man
I am a innocent man
You know about it
You surely don't know
But I think that
Probably you'll sure understand
Going downtown
To Kansas Stew
Bring back the second cousin
That little Johnny Cocheroo
Now ain't that a man
I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
I spell man
No B, O child, Y
I spell mannish boy
I'm a man
I'm a full grown man
I'm a man
I'm a hoochie, coochie man
To Many Tears
Don't know what lead up to this
I don't have a clue
How did things get tangled up
I never meant to hurt you
You should have been there for me baby
standing right by my side
now things have changed and I've got to go
to many tears have been cried
to many tears, to many tears oh I've cried in vain, I've cried in vain
ooh to many tears, to many tears oh they drown just like rain oh to many tears
I've tried to be strong
I've tried to do you right
but you left me all alone
one to many nights
chorus
when I needed you the most
emptiness was all I got
I'm not gonna cry no more
I've shed my last teardrop
Lead
Everything is gonna be ok baby
both of us will survive
lets be thankful for the love we shared
and not for those tears that we cried
Chorus x2
I'm catching hell out here
People and you know, I know it ain't right
I say, I'm catching hell out here
And people you know, I know it ain't right
'Cause I'm so broke, I'm so broke right now
That I can't even spend the night
My only son
I don't think he really know who I am
I said, my only son|
I don't think, I don't think he really know who I am
Frankly speaking people, I don't think
I don't think he really gives a damn
Look at here
I pawned my watch, and you know I pawned my doggone ring
I said, yes, I pawned my watch
Baby you know I pawned, I pawned my dog gone ring
You know, I'm trying to ride this old rackety bike
And I don't even have a dog gone chain
Look at here
I'm catching hell, I'm catching hell, yeah
And people and you know that ain't right
I say, I'm catching hell, yeah
And people you know, you know, that ain't right
I'm so broke right now, that I can't even spend the night
There is something on your mind
By the way you look at me
There is something on your mind
By the way you look at me
Can what you're thinkin' bring happiness?
Or will it bring me, it just misery
No, no please don't try to tell me
"I'll think, I can understand"
Don't try to tell me, baby
"I'll think, I will understand"
You want me to try and forgive you
But you can bet I'll do, I'll do
I'll do the, I'll do the best that I can
If you ever think about me
If I ever cross your mind
Oh Lord, if you ever, if you ever
If you ever think about me, baby
If I ever cross your mind, yeah
I want you to know, I want you to know, yeah
You got too many ways
To raise, to sin
You got too many ways
To please your man
You got too many ways
Too many ways for me
You got too many ways
To call me, honey
You got too many ways
To spend my money
You got too many ways
Too many ways for me
You treat me kind in every way
But you so good you know and I can't stay
And I will turn that other cheek
'Cause my head is hard, you know my heart so week
You got too many ways
To please the boys
You got too many ways
To spread your joy
You got too many ways
Too many ways for me
You treat me kind in every way
But you too good you know and I can't stay
And I will turn that other cheek
'Cause my head is hard, you know my heart so week
You got too many ways
To please the boys
You got so many ways
To spread your joy
You got too many ways
Too many ways for me
Too many ways
Too many ways
(Somebody got to help me
)
Tell me who
.. whos gonna fill their shoes
(know what Im talking about)
Tell me who
..whos gonna fill their shoes
Theyre the ones who made the blues
Whos gonna fill their shoes
. (Thats what I need help about)
Down in the delta
.Old sun house
Hard luck and trouble what he was singing about
Robert Johnson heard it
made it his own
He got it started
Now we got to carry on
Tell me who
..whos gonna fill their shoes
Theyre the ones who made the blues
Whos gonna fill those big shoes
Muddy Waters
..Howlin Wolf
..Willie Dixon.....Sonny Boy too
Little Walter
..Otis Spann
..Jimmy Reed I say
.Magic Sound
Tell me who
whos gonna fill those shoes
Theyre the ones who made the blues
Whos gonna fill those great big shoes
.. (Tell me)
BB n Albert
.and Freddie their the King
.they ruled the world by bending those guitar strings
Johnnie n Lightnin and Stevie Ray
Lord knows we got a debt to pay
Tell me who
whos gonna fill those big shoes
(Tell me)
Theyre the ones who made the blues
Whos gonna fill those shoes
Tell me who
..whos gonna fill those shoes
(Tell me)
Tell me who
..whos gonna fill those shoes
(That Ill be hard to do)
Theyre the ones who made the blues
I come up hard, baby but now I'm cool
I didn't make it, sugar, playin' by the rules
I come up hard, baby but now I'm fine
I'm checkin' trouble sugar, movin' down the line
I come up hard, baby but that's okay
'Cause trouble man don't get in my way
I come up hard, baby, I've been for real
Gonna keep movin', gonna go to town
I come up hard, baby, I'm gettin' down
There's only three things that for sure
Taxes, death and trouble
This I know, baby, this I know, sugar
Girl, I ain't gon' let it sweat me, baby
Got me singin', yeah, yeah, whoa
I come up hard, I've had to fight
Take care of my business with all my might
I come up hard, I had to win
Then start all over and win again
I come up hard but that's okay
'Cause trouble man don't get in my way
I know some places and I've seen some faces
I've got good connections they dig in my directions
What people say that's okay
They don't bother me, whoo
Ready to make it, don't fool with no women
Don't care 'bout no trouble got myself together
I feel a kind of protection is all around me
This I know, baby
Girl, I ain't gonna let it sweat me, baby
I come up hard but now I'm cool
I didn't make it, sugar, playin' by the rules
I come up hard, baby but now I'm fine
So many days since you went away
I often think of you night and day
But I know that someday, someday darling
I won't be trouble no more
Trouble, trouble and misery
Is about to get the best of me
But I know that someday, oh someday darling
I won't be trouble no more
I told you my story, I sang my song
About you leaving baby, you know that's wrong
But oh, someday, someday darling
Hey now, when ya see tears comin' from my eyes
Oh yes, oh yes people, yes, I could cry
Oh, I know you see those big tears come from my eyes
From the bottom of my heart, baby, you know I can cry
You know, my mother told me when I was a little boy
She said, "Someday son, you will have the reason why"
You know why
I lay awake at night because of love
Lord I have so much trouble
I lay awake, I lay awake at night because of trouble
Because of so much trouble
People, I just can't, I just can't sleep no more, yeah
All the critters have come to keep me company
I've got a strange feelin', whoa, I never felt like this before
Yes, I've got the strangest, strangest feelin', baby, God knows I never felt like this before
You know when my left eye get to jumpin', hmm, I don't know which way to go
When my left eye get to jumpin', and my flesh begin to crawl,
I know you got some other mule, that's kickin' in my stall
And, I've got the strangest, strangest, strangest, whoa, I've never felt like this before
You know when my left eye get to jumpin', God knows I never felt like this before
Have mercy, baby
I hear ya, baby, pray the blues
You know I feel like my baby, she's got a black cat bone
'Cause everything I do, my baby know what's just goin' on
I've got the strangest, strangest feelin, whoa, I never felt like this before
Woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said baby you must be stone crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so dirty baby
You must think my little heart is made of iron
Lord as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling down from my eyes
Yes I sit, I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little baby looked at me and said daddy
Ooh, God knows you're the hurted child
Oh yeah
Somebody come and get me
Yes I think I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I said I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know playing around in this big city so long man
Ooh, 'til I'm almost just done froze
Darling you must be stone crazy
Or either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so low down and dirty
You must be think my little heart is made of iron
Wow as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down my eyes
Yes I sit, I sit right here right here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little girl looked at me and said
Ooh, my daddy is a hurted child
Ooh, look-a here now
Somebody come here
Lord I believe I'm going back down south
Where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I believe I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I've played around in these big cities so long man
WOKE UP THIS MORNING OH WHAT A SHOCK FOUND OUT THE KEY NO LONGER FITS THE LOCK SHE SAID BABY GO BACK WHERE YOU BEEN CAUSE WHILE YOUR SLIPPIN' OUT SOMEONE ELSE IS SLIPPIN' IN.
Talk to my baby on the telephone
Stop what you're doin' woman and
Come on home
I can't hold out
I can't hold out too long
I get a real good feeling talking to you on the phone
Said, baby don't you worry you know my heart desire
You know I love you baby
I don't wanna see you cry
I can't hold out
I can't hold out too long
A real good feeling people I'm just
Talking to you on the phone
Oh yeah
Baby don't you worry
You walk or fly
You know I love you baby
I don't wanna see you cry
I can't hold out
I can't hold out too long
I get a real good feeling
Let your hair down baby, 'n' let's have a natural ball
Let your hair down baby, 'n' let's have a natural ball
'Cause when you ain't happy, it ain't no fun at all
You can't take it with you, that's one thing for sure
You can't take it with you, that's one thing for sure
Ain't nothing wrong with you girl, the T-Bone shuffle can't cure
Have fun while you can, fate's an awful thing
Have fun while you can, fate's an awful thing
Standin' on the corner
Wait on my girl to come by
Yes standin' on the corner
Waitin' on my girl to come by
Yes I can see nobody's face
And I just gonna break down an' cry
Well I know she's out here
On this street somewhere
Yes I know you're out here woman uh
On this street somewhere
Bye baby now
I found me a new little girl
Yeah hug me baby and uh
Hear me call your name mm
Oh I know you hear me babe I
Keep on callin' your name
Well I didn't hear the answer babe
An' I don't seem to see a dog-gone thing
I'll flag me a cab and I'll
Ride around all over town oh baby
Yes I'll flag me a cab and I think I'll
Ride around all over town
You know if I don't find you woman I ain't gonna let this
Cab here no more put me down
So it's about four o'clock in the mornin' and I'm
Startin' to fall asleep ha ha
I tell the cab driver I just wanna
Find me somethin' to eat
I say I gotta find my woman
And I know she's somewhere somewhere
You know I'm gonna ride I'm gonna ride I say I'm gonna
My baby's a superstar
She's in a class out just by herself
I said, "My baby's a superstar
She's in a class out here by herself"
You know if the good Lord made anything better
He must a kept it for Himself
I was talkin' to a blind man
Talkin' to a blind man the other night
Talkin' to a blind man
Talkin' to a blind man the other night
He said, "Every woman you talkin' about, Buddy"
He said, "Hmm man, what a sight"
He said, "That woman
Man, she's [Incomprehensible]
He said, "That woman
She's like something you've never seen"
She says she should be on centerfold
Of the Playboy magazine
My baby is a superstar
She's in a class by herself
I said, "My, my baby is a superstar
She's in a class by herself
You know if the good Lord made anything else better
He got to have, held it for Himself
My baby is a superstar
And I love her like I do my guitar
My baby is a superstar
And I love her like I do my guitar
I don't care what they say about another woman
I've been around a while
I know wrong from right
And since a long time ago
Things been always black and white
Just like you can't judge a book by the cover
We all gotta be careful
How we treat one another
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same
A man in Louisiana
He never called me by my name
He said "boy do this and boy do that"
But I never once complained
I knew he had a good heart
But he just didn't understand
That I needed to be treated
Just like any other man
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same
I sat my little child down
when he was old enough to know
I said I fell in this big wide world
You're gonna be all kinda froze
I said son it all comes down to just one simple rule
That you treat everybody just the way
You want them to treat you
Yeah
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same
Whoo your love pretty baby, I have in store for you
Whoo your love pretty baby, I have in store for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too
Whoo your kisses pretty baby, that I'm holding all night
Whoo your kisses pretty baby, that I'm holding all night
'Cause I love you baby, I'm going to try to treat you right
Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
Oh your love, pretty baby, I got in store for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too
Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too
Whoo your kisses, pretty baby, I'm holding back for you
Whoo your huggin' and kisses, I'm holding back for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too
Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
Baby please don't you drive me away
Baby please don't you drive me away
Now, you know I need you, want you by my side
My love for you I'll never hide
Now if you love you will hear my plea
Put me out and that's the end of me
Baby please don't you drive me away
One more thing honey
You know I want you, I love you so
I never, never, never, never, never let you go
Baby, please don't you drive me away, oh yeah
Oh please, please don't you drive me away
Don't you hear me telling you?
Don't drive me away
Let me tell you
You know I need you, want you by my side
My love for you I'll never hide
Won't you love me, won't you hear my plea?
Put me out and that's the end of me
Well I tried to tell you baby
But it didn't make no sense
Now you've got me baby
Up against the fence
Ain't that a shame shame shame
Shame on you
Ah it's a shame shame shame
Shame the way you do
Well now you've been gone in the evening
Don't even say you've gone
Six o'clock in the morning
You come walkin' home
Ain't that a shame shame shame
Shame on you
Ah it's a shame shame shame
Shame the way you do
Well I've been sittin' here waitin'
For you to come home
When I wake up baby
I'm sittin' there all alone
Ain't that a shame shame shame
Shame on you
Ah it's a shame shame shame
Jump jump here
Jump jump there
You jump jump jump
Everywhere
When you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top
Shake shake here
Shake shake there
You shake shake shake everywhere
When you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top
Dance dance here
Dance dance there
You dance dance dance everywhere
When you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top, ahahahah he
He fellows
Just wait a minute
Buddy can you play your guitar
Shake shake here
Shake shake there
You shake shake shake everywhere
When you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top, ahaha
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
Sittin' here, thousand miles from nowhere
People, I'm in my one room country little shack
I'm sittin' here, thousand miles from nowhere
People, I'm in my own, own one room country little shack
All my worries and companion
Is a old, is a old eleven foot cotton sack
I'm gonna leave, oh, early in the mornin'
People, because I'm 'bout to go out of my mind
I'm gonna leave you early in the mornin'
People because, just because I'm 'bout to go out of my mind
I'm gonna find me some kind of good woman
Even if she's dumb, deaf, crippled or blind
Play your piano [Incomprehensible]
Yeah, yeah
Lord, you make me feel so good this morning, do it again
Have mercy, have mercy on me, have mercy on me
Alright, yes, yes, yes, oh Lord, have mercy
You don't know
You don't know how, how I feel
Lord, have mercy down in this cotton field
You don't know
People, people, you don't know how I feel
Have mercy in this cotton field
I know you're out there havin' a good time
Why don't you, why don't you make connection with me
And give me some good deal?
Let me have a little bit of Otis Spann, please
So many ways
So many ways you can get the blues
So many ways
So, so many ways you can get the blues
Yes, when you're down here on one of these cotton fields
It's your time now baby
Ohh but it's gonna be mine after awhile
I said it's your time right now baby
Lord but it's gonna be mine after awhile
You know you know if things don't change
I'm gonna move on down
She stayed out last night
And do you know she just walked in
The girl is gettin' ready
She's going back out again
I said just wait one minute
Just before you go
She didn't even look at me
She just turned and walked out the door
It's your time, it's your time, it's your time right now
Ohh, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta feelin'
Ohh it's gonna, it's gonna, it's gonna be my time after awhile
I got a look through my window
And guess what I seen
My baby sat with another man
In a long black limosine
I said it's your time, it's your time
Yes you know I, you know I got that feelin' woman
Baby it's gonna be my time after awhile
I just wanna talk to my baby:
And here's what I wanna say
Go ahead on and mistreat me
But every every dog got his day wow
Somebody better come here and get me baby
You better leave, you better leave my little girl alone
You better go on and leave, mister
You better leave my little girl alone
Lord, before I get evil
Lord, you know I'm gonna do something wrong
You call my house all hours of the night
Well let me, let me tell you mister that's a sure way to start a fight
Now why don't you just go on man and leave my little girl alone
You know I can get evil sometimes
Baby, you know I'm gonna do something wrong
You call my house not later than yesterday
Because I picked up the extension and I heard every word you say
Why don't you just go on man and leave my little girl alone
Lord, you know I can get evil sometimes
