McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, and was ranked No. 17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Although in his later years Muddy usually said that he was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in 1915, he was actually born at Jug's Corner in neighboring Issaquena County, Mississippi, in 1913. Recent research has uncovered documentation showing that in the 1930s and 1940s he reported his birth year as 1913 on both his marriage license and musicians' union card. A 1955 interview in the Chicago Defender is the earliest claim of 1915 as his year of birth, which he continued to use in interviews from that point onward. The 1920 census lists him as five years old as of March 6, 1920, suggesting that his birth year may have been 1914. The Social Security Death Index, relying on the Social Security card application submitted after his move to Chicago in the mid 1940s, lists him as being born April 4, 1915. Muddy's gravestone lists his birth year as 1915.
Plot
In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Keywords: 1950s, african-american, african-american-music, arson, band, bankruptcy, bathtub, bigotry, billboard-magazine, blues-music
If you take the ride, you must pay the price.
Follow the beat to its source.
Willie Dixon: [as a narrator] When you lose that cat that gave you the sound that nobody else could, it hurts. Hurts more than losing your woman.
[from trailer]::Leonard Chess: That's a record!
Mick Jagger: [From trailer] Mr. Waters. We're big fans. We named our band after one of your songs.::Muddy Waters: Yeah?::Mick Jagger: Rolling Stone.
Etta James: Don't be looking at me like I ain't got no draws on.
Muddy Waters: You alright? Damn it.::Little Walter: I had no business being that pretty anyway.
Muddy Waters: You and me not gonna wake up every morning and get everything we want. Mostly we got to take what come. And half the time, that's gonna be a bunch of bullshit.
All aboard!
Mean old Frisco
takes my breath away
mean old Frisco
takes my breath away
well ive been howling ive been trusting
and now im lookin for the day.
Wake a man feel good
got me hold let me down
wake a man feel good
got me hold let me down
cos ive been howling ive been trustin
and now im gettin pushed around.
Can you show me
how the train goes round the bend
can you show me
how the train goes round the bend
and ive howling oh so long
and now im looking for the end.
Wake a man feel good
got me hold let me down
wake a man feel good
got me hold let me down
cos ive been howling ive been trustin
and now im gettin pushed around
Can you show me
how the train goes round the bend
can you show me
how the train goes round the bend
and ive howling oh so long
Well I've been workin' on the high line
Baby, all day and night
Yes, I've been workin' on the high line
Baby, all day and night
I got a streamline woman
She make my electro kick off right
Well now, if you want to be my little girl
You said you really wanna be in the mood
You'd mind me to so proper, when you're blue
Child I've been workin' on the high line
Baby, all day and night
I got a streamline woman
She make my electro kick off right
What kind of woman is that called?
All right, man
Well now, you know I want you to pull down your windows, baby
Pull down your window blinds, so your next door neighbor, little girl
Won't hear that old troubadour whine
Child I've been workin' on the high line
Baby, all day and night
You know you're my streamline woman
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
You know, I love you so
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, now let me walk alone
Turn the lamp down low
Turn the lamp down low
Turn the lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, now let me walk alone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
Down the county farm, with all the shackles on
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog
You know a man down gone
You know a man down gone
You know a man down gone
Down the county farm, with all the shackles on
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
You know, I love you so
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, now let me walk alone
Turn the lamp down low
Turn the lamp down low
Turn the lamp down low
I beg you all night long, baby, please don't go
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way'd out here, now let me walk alone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
Down the county farm, with all the shackles on
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
'Bout to Rolling Forks, you treat me like a dog
You know a man down gone
You know a man down gone
You know a man down gone
Down the county farm, with all the shackles on
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans
I wonder why that southbound train don't run,
I wonder why that southbound train don't run,
Lord, you don't need no tellin', little girl, you know what you've done.
You made me love you, now, your man done come,
You made me love you, baby, now, your man done come,
Gal, I know you happy, but poor Bill's just a lonely boy.
I'm a hard workin' man, I catch the devil everywhere I go,
I'm a hard workin' man, I catch the devil everywhere I go,
Lord, if I can make it to the lowland, I won't have to worry no more.
Standin' at the station, Lord, waitin' for a train,
Standin' at the station, Lord, I was just waitin' for a train,
Lord, deep down in my poor heart, baby, that a lie don't ache in pain.
I've got my ticket, Mr. conductor man, can I ride,
I've got my ticket, please Mr. conductor man, let me ride,
Oh, baby, look how you got me standin' around cyin'
Oh, baby, look how you got me standin' around cyin'
I know I don't love you, little girl,
but, your always restin' on my mind
Oh baby, I ain't gonna be ridin' ya around in my automobile
Oh baby, I ain't gonna be ridin' ya around in my automobile
You got so many men,
that I'm afraid you may get me killed
Oh baby, you ain't nothin' like you used to be
Oh no, don't get me killed, honey
Oh baby, you ain't nothin' like you used to be
When I was deep in love with you little girl,
Sitting in my window, I'm looking out at the rain
I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind
I got double troubles,
I just can't talk for crying
My first woman she love me, and I love her too
When she was living, I could tell she was so true
I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind
I got double troubles, I just can't talk for crying
(Well, allright)
My woman she fooled me, and she made me blue
When she left me, I thought that she was so true
I got troubles, nothing to ease my worried mind
Little girl, little girl
Won't you please ma'm tell me your name
Little girl, little girl
Won't you please ma'm tell me your name
The reason I ask you all these questions
I just want to be your man
Little girl, little girl
Where did you get your sugar from
Little girl, little girl
Where did you get your sugar from
If you wasn't born in Texas
You was raised down on a Louisiana farm
Little girl, little girl
You're just as sweet as you can be
You know your kisses taste like
The sugar you use in tea
Well you got me tryin' to taste your sugar
And your sugar's all right with me
Little girl, little girl
Won't you take me down on your daddy‘s farm
Little girl, little girl
Won't you take me down on your daddy‘s farm
I was doing the things for you baby
So you just wont leave me alone
Little girl, little girl
You're just as sweet as you can be
Little girl, little girl
You're just as sweet as you can be
You know every time I kiss you baby
Give me a pencil and paper, I just want to figure your time
Well I'm gonna put it down in black and white, you know I ain't lyin'
On the twelfth of April and the year in 19 and 61
On the twelfth of April and the year a 19 and 61
Ya know I watched it, a few times now, an' you and your man, was havin' fun
Right then, I quitted you, but you begged me to take you back, uum
Yeah, ya know I think I've quittin' that woman, but she begged me to take her back
Yeah, you know I'z a man-a-my word, now and now this is the way, my bab-ay
Um-hm
'Ciden' I said I'm through, bab-ay I mean I'm through
'Ciden' I said that I ´m through, bab-ay I mean I'm through
You, heard somebody sayin'
That I loved another (ooh ooh ooh)
They don't know, it's not easy fakin'
Lies about your lover (ooh ooh ooh)
Nothing they could tell you
Would change the way it feels
But when they, try to come between us
We still have each other (ooh ooh ooh)
I've heard it all, and I have my faults
But I could never hurt you, I love you through it all
Take the bitter with the sweet
Two hearts are stronger together
Love can be forever
Take the bitter with the sweet
We can't let rumors affect us
We just, have to trust
I, want you more than ever
No matter what they told you (ooh ooh ooh)
If they pry, doesn't really matter
Long as I can hold you (ooh ooh ooh)
People can say what they want to say
But you know that I love you, it's better every day
Take the bitter with the sweet
Two hearts are stronger together
Love can be forever
Take the bitter with the sweet
We can't let rumors affect us
Have you ever been walking
Walking down that old lonesome road?
Have you ever been walking
Walking down that old lonesome road?
No place to go
Whee well brown no place to room and board
Things look so lonesome, down that road ahead
Things look so dark, down that road ahead
Been thinkin' of the way you livin'
Whee well boy and what your mother said
Things look so lonesome
When you ain't got a shelter over your head
Things look so lonesome
When you ain't got a shelter over your head
When you could have been at home
Whee well boy sleepin' in a feather bed
So lonely lonesome
When you gotta travel it all alone
So lonely lonesome
When you gotta travel it all alone
When all you have here boy
I'm goin' down in Louisiana
Be, be, behind the sun
I'm goin' down in Louisiana
Honey, behind the sun
Well, you know I just found out
My troubles just begun
I'm goin' down in New Orleans, hmm
Get me a mojo hand
I'm goin' down in New Orleans
Get me a mojo hand
(spoken: oh take me with you, man, when you goin')
I'm 'on show all you good lookin' women
Yes, how to treat your love
Mamie, don't you hear me call your name
Oh Mamie, don't you hear me calling your name
Well Mamie I wanna see you so bad little girl
Till I don't know what to do
Mamie, won't you please shake my hand
Oh Mamie, Mamie, won't you please shake my hand
Well I love you so hard Mamie
And you know I just can't explain
Mamie, won't you come and kiss me goodbye
Oh Mamie, Mamie, why don't you come and kiss me goodbye
Well you know I hate to see you leave me little girl
You know you gonna make me cry, [Incomprehensible]
Mamie, you got me down on my bended knees
Mamie, you got me down on my bended knees
Well little girl I hate to see you leave me, you hear me?
She's a mean mistreater
And she don't mean me no good
She's a mean mistreater
And she don't mean me no good
Well you know, I don't blame you baby
I'd be the same way if I could
She's a mean mistreater
And the girl mistreats me all the time
She's a mean mistreater
And the little girl mistreats me all the time
Well you know, you just wants to quit me darlin'
Because you got that on your mind
Well, you remember that Monday mornin'
That I knocked up, up on your door
You had the nerve to tell me that you didn't love
Me no more
Can't you remember baby
When I knocked up on your door?
Well you know, you had the nerve to tell me that you
That you didn't love me no more
Well you know, it's lonesome, you know, it's lonesome
When you sleepin' all by yourself
The little girl that you lovin'
She lovin' someone else
And it's lonesome sleepin' by yourself
Well you know
The little woman that you in love with now
Well, that mean old dirty Frisco
And that low down Santa Fe
Mean old Frisco and that low down Santa Fe
You know they take my girl away
Lord, and they blow back out on me
Well, my mama, she done told me
And my papa told me too
Mama told me and my papa told me too
A woman that gets in your face
Lord, she ain't no friend for you
Well, I'm goin' away now, baby
And I won't be back until fall
Goin' away, baby, Lord, I won't be back till fall
If I don't come back by then
Lord, I won't be back at all
Well, that mean old dirty Frisco
And that low down Santa Fe
Mean old Frisco and that low down Santa Fe
Gonna take my girl away
I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over
town
I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over
town
I'm gonna get me a mean black spider, so I can tear her
cobweb down
I got a break comin', no need for me to moan
I got a break is sho' comin', no need for me to moan
That's jus' a mean red spider, she's breakin' up my happy
home
All right stop this stuff man
Go ahead man
If I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind
Well you know if I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my
mind
That's jus' a mean red spider, and she jus' bother me all
Who's that young girl come walkin' down the road
She's walkin' like Maggie but I declare she's walkin' too
slow, oh oh
Who's that young girl walkin' down the road
She walk like Maggie boy but I 'clare the girl walkin'
too slow
The woman I love got great long curly hair
Her mother and father sho' don't 'low me there, oh oh
The girl I love - great long curly hair
Her mother and father, oh no boy they don't 'low me there
The meanest woman I most ever seen
I asked for water she brought me gasoline, oh
The meanest woman boy I most ever seen
I asked her for water and she come runnin' with gasoline
I'm goin' away to leave and I won't be back no mo'
The next time you see me my head'll be white as snow, oh
Goin' away to leave you, I won't be back no mo'
What did I hear goin' on 'round town
You tell everybody you're gonna put the kid down
Whoa Lawd baby you drivin' me insane
You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin'
with the man
You know the kid didn't jive, you know the kid didn't
play
He said what he mean and he meant what he said
Whoa Lord now baby you drivin' me insane
You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin'
with the man
You spendin' my money as it come as a gift
I work for my money upon a eight-hour shift
Whoa, Lord now, baby you drivin' me insane
You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin'
with the man
Now anything you want it, when you just say it
Didn't the kid buy, the time he got paid
Whoa, Lord, baby you drivin' me insane
You been messin' with the kid, you better not be messin'
with the man
You taken the kid's car and you drove it all 'round town
You told everybody you're gonna put him down
Whoa, Lord, baby you drivin' me insane
You been messin' with my kid, you better not be messin'
People they're talkin' about you and I
What they sayin' I know is a lie
The people they're talkin' about me and you
I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
They talk about my dog, they talk about my cat
Sayin' my dog can't bark and my cat can't scratch
The people they're talkin' about me and you
I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
My dog can bark and my cat can scratch
Who started the fire'll have to go out and stop the match
The people they're talkin' about me and you
I done got tired, I'm gonna talk some too
Ain't nobody's business if I bark like a dog
Chasin' rats all up and down the hall
The people they're talkin' about me and you
My eyes keep me in trouble
Wants every woman I see
My eyes keep me in trouble
I want every woman I see
Ahh you pretty women kill me
Just come on and get poor me
I love to love pretty women
Any girl who'll join my pad
I love to love pretty women
Any girl who'll join my pad
I want to love pretty women
Till their hair turns back
I want women on my left, women on my right
Women all day, women all night
I want to love pretty women
That is a natural fact
I want to love pretty women
Any girl who'll join my pad
My eyes keep me in trouble
That is a natural fact
My eyes keep me in trouble
That is a natural fact
I want to love pretty women
I'm just as restless man as the deep blue sea
Oh yeah, they call me muddy water
I'm just as restless man as the deep blue sea
You know I've been like that
Ever since my baby been gone from me
The night she left me
You know the rain boy was pouring down
Oh yeah, I mean the night the little girl left me
You know the rain was pouring down
You know I was the most bluest man
In this whole Chicago town
I got a brand new babe
She just as sweet, man, as a girl can be
Oh Lord, I got a brand new girl
She just as sweet, man, as a apple on a tree
I wanna tell all you people how the little child been sending me
I'm just as restless man as the deep blue sea
I was standing in my kitchen,
Looking way out 'cross the field.
Yes, I was standing in my kitchen,
Looking way out 'cross the field.
I thought I heard, I thought I heard,
My little Geneva call me.
Well I was standing at my window,
Watching the rain begin to fall.
Yes, I was standing at my window,
Watching the rain begin to fall.
I want to see Geneva so bad this morning,
Man, she heals my all in all.
Alright, Geneva
Yes, I was standing in my door,
Watching the sun go behind a tree.
Yes, I was standing in my door,
Watching the sun go behind a tree.
I want to see Geneva so bad, so bad,
Well, you're a good looking woman
Any man would go for you
You got everything you need, darling
Yeah, you know how to use it too
If you let me be your love one
I'll do anything you wish me to do
I'd be true to you, baby
And I would not mess around
You make me so happy, darling
Take you anyplace in town
Yes, I belong to you alone
Until you put me down
I'm gonna try for your love, baby
In ev'ry way I know how
I'm gonna tweet, tweet, tweet
Gobble, gobble or meow, meow
I'll even quack, quack, quack or moo, moo
Or bow, wow, wow, wow
Yeah, I'm hung up on you, baby
You're a fox and I ain't lying
Ooh, the things I'll do for you
Let me love you, I'll blow your mind
Till that satisfaction comes
Let me tell you people a low down thing or two
I just can't stand that old evil way she do
She gonna miss me, yeah, you're gonna miss me
You're gonna miss me baby, when I'm dead and gone
Came home this mornin', she wouldn't let me in
She said, "Go away baby, I got too many friends"
You're gonna miss me, yeah, you're gonna miss me
You're gonna miss me baby, when I'm dead and gone
Hard to love a woman when the woman don't love you
She'll treat you so low down 'n' dirty, 'till you won't know what to do
You're gonna miss me, hey, you're gonna miss me baby
You're gonna miss me woman, when I'm dead and gone
Well, bye-bye baby, I hope we meet again
You won't be so evil when you won't have too many men
You're gonna miss me baby, yeah, you're gonna miss me
Yeah when the sun rose this mornin', I didn't have my
baby by my side
Well when the sun rose this mornin', I didn't have my
woman by my side
Well I didn't know where she was, she's out with another
And don't the sun look lonesome? She headed down the
highway
Ya know the sun looks so lonesome, settin' down behind
the trees
Well don't the heart look lonesome? When your baby find
someone else
Well blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me
Yeah, blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me
Well you know if I don't soon find my pine top, my
heart's gonna be in misery
Well goodbye bab-ay, I ain't got no more to say
Yeah, goodbye, goodbye, I ain't got no more to say
Well you know, I know you don't love me, go ahead and
Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Take a deep breath (aaahhh)
Open your heart (open your heart), and whisper (I love
you, I love you)
Tell me you love me (you love me), tell me you love me
(you love me)
You love me (you love me)
You love me
Hold me tight (hold me tight)
Don't say goodnight (don't say goodnight)
We have time (lots of time)
Everything's alright (things' gonna be alright)
Hold me darling (never let me go)
Darling and tell me (and tell me)
You love me (you love me, you love me)
No, no, no (no, no, no), even though (even though)
This is not the way I want it to be
But if you (but if you), got to pretend (must pretend)
That's alright with me
Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Take a deep breath (aaahhh)
Open your heart (open your heart)
And whisper (I love you, I love you)
Tell me you love me (you love me), tell me you love me
( you love me)
You love me ( you love me , you love me)
Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Don't say goodnight (don't say goodnight)
We have time (lots of time)
Everything gonna be alright (things' gonna be alright)
Hold me darling (never let me go)
Darling and tell me (please tell me)
You love me
I love you Darling with all my heart and soul
I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
I got an axe handle pistol on a graveyard frame
That shoot tombstone bullets wearin' balls and chain
I'm drinkin' TNT, I'm smokin' dynamite
I hope some screwball start a fight
'Cause I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
All you pretty little chicks with your pretty little hair
I know you feel like I ain't nowhere
But stop what your doin' baby come over here
I'll prove to you baby that I ain't no square
Because I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
I been drinkin' gin like never before
I feel so good I want you to know
One more drink I wish you would
It takes a whole lotta lovin' to make me feel good
'Cause I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
Big leg women, keep your dresses down
You got stuff to make a bulldog hug a hound
If you roll your belly like you roll your dough
People, they's crying
They want some more
Roll your belly like you roll your dough
Hey, people, they's crying
People, they're crying for more
Big leg women sure got something good
People, they's crying about it in the neighborhood
Big leg women sure got something good
Now, if you don't believe me, ask everybody in my
If I ever get lucky mama
Win my train fare home
If I get lucky babe
Win my train fare home
I'm goin' back to the border
Where I'm better known
Oh your calf is hungry mama
Hey baby I believe he needs to suck
Oh your calf is hungry baby
Mama I believe he needs a suck
Oh your milk is turning blue
I believe he's outta luck
Hey yeah, yeah
You know you got me crawlin and the grass grows very
high
I'm just gonna keep on crawlin now baby until the day I
Crawl into your window,
Crawl into your door
Crawl anyway you want now
Baby I'm gonna crawl across your floor
Yallah Yallah oh Yallah
Well that's all right mama
Baby that's all right for you
Oh that's all right baby
Oh mama that's all right for you
To be low down dirty any old way you do
Oh well oh well
You know you got me crawlin now babe and the grass
grows very high
I'm just gonna keep on crawlin now baby until the day I
Gonna craw into your window,
Gonna crawl into your door
Gonna crawl anyway you want now
Baby I'm gonna crawl across your floor, crawl across
I went down 13 Highway, drivin' a brand new V8 Ford
I went down 13 Highway, drivin' a brand new V8 Ford
Oh you know I was drivin' so fast, baby I couldn't hardly see the road
Oh I was drivin' 60 miles an hour, all up and down the hill
Oh you know I was drivin' 60 miles an hour, all up and down the hill
Oh you know I was speedin' so fast, I couldn't hardly control my wheel
(solo)
Don't the highway look lonesome, after the sun done gone down
Oh don't the highway look lonesome, after the sun done gone down
I'm gonna get my 32-20, my baby she ridin' around in a
V8 Ford
Lord, I'm gonna get my 32-20, my little girl ridin'
around in a V8 Ford
Well, you know it musta been a while ago, man, somebody
went out my backdoor
That's the reason I carry my 32-20, that the reason I
carries it ev'ryday
Lord, that's the reason I carry my 32-20, that's the
reason I carries it ev'ryday
Well now, you know how she been runnin' around here,
hmm,
I'd a-swear somebody gonna fade away
Lord, I got a lil' into trouble, down on Mr. Stovall's
place
Lord, I have got in a little trouble, way down on Mr.
Stovall's place
Well now, you know my baby she been runnin' around here
ridin',
And I had to sit down and change my ways
I got a pretty little thing, livin' down by Frairs
Point
I got a pretty little thing, she's livin' down on
Friars Fairs town
Now you know the reason I carry that 32-20, man, I
don't want my little baby ridin' around
Play that thing boy!
Well that's why I tote my 32-20, little gal, ev'rywhere
I go
Yeah, that's why I tote my 32-20, baby, most ev'rywhere
I go
Well now, you know I'm tired of my baby runnin' around
I'm goin' out walkin',
Walking down through the park
I'm gonna walk in the moonlight,
Till the night gets dark
I'm goin' out walkin'
Along the old avenue
I'm gonna walk for so long
Till shw won't know what to do
I'm goin' out walkin'
Walkin' down along the street
I'm gonna walk wer along beside me,
That girl can't be beat
Don't you bother my baby,
No tellin' what she'll do
The girl she may cut you,
Woke up this morning, feel 'round for my shoes,
You know 'bout that babe, had them old walkin' blues.
Woke up this morning, I feel 'round for my shoes,
You know 'bout that babe, Lord, I had them old walkin'
blues.
Leavin' this morning, I had to go ride the blinds.
I've been mistreated, don't mind dying.
This morning, I had to go ride the blinds,
I've been mistreated, Lord, I don't mind dying.
People tell me walkin' blues ain't bad;
Worst old feeling I most ever had.
People tell me the old walkin' blues ain't bad.
I wonder who, gonna be your sweet man when I'm gone?
I wonder who, gonna be your sweet man when I'm gone?
I wonder who you're gonna have to love you?
'Cause I won't ever stay at home
Who's that yonder come walkin', down the street?
She's the most beautiful girl any man would want to meet
I wonder who, gonna be your sweet man when I'm gone?
I wonder who you're gonna have to love you?
Because I won't ever be at home
You know I once have would-a married you?
But, you, you married too soon
I don't have no more break, darlin'
I'll see you after your honeymoon
I wonder who, gonna be your sweet man when I'm gone?
You know I ain't never gonna love you?
(spoken:
Say Minnie!
Where you going?
(spoken:
What you want, Kansas Joe?
I'm going to the mill; what do you think?
Have my corn ground
For what?
Ahw, that old mill is done broke down
I'm just from down there
How do you know?
Ahw, and it broke you down
Ahw, no, I went to get my corn ground
It done broke down
Yeah, it done broke down)
What's the matter with the mill?
Done broke down?)
Can't get no grinding, tell me what's the matter with
the mill
Well, I had a little corn, I put it in a sack
Brought it to the mill and come right back
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no
grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
It done broke down
It done broke down
(spoken: Ahw, grind it)
Now listen here folks, I don't want no stuff
You can't bring me my meal, bring me the husks
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
It done broke down
It done broke down
Well, my papa sat and cried, my brother did, too
They both been to the mill, they can't get nothing to
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
It done broke down
It done broke down
Now listen here folks, I want you to bear this in mind
If you're going to the mill, you're just losing time
What's the matter with the mill?
What's the matter with the mill?
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
It done broke down
It done broke down
Can't tell how long you're gone, can't tell how long you
stay
It's good country fun, it's your home some day
Someday baby, ain't no trouble for me, anymore
Ah keep on dancin' baby, let me dance one dance
Well I know when I go, I'm livin' too fast. Someday
I'll tell him about it, in my neighborhood
Gonna tell that little woman, that she don't do me no
good. Someday
I know you're leaving, and your comin' back home
Oh, without my lovin lady, I can't stay long. Someday
Good Bye baby, ah take my hand
Don't want no woman no, which ain't have no man
Trouble in mind, and I'm blue
Oh you know I won't be blue always
You know the sun is gonna shine in my back door some day
I'm going down to the river
Oh you know I'm gonna sit right down right down there, on
the ground
You know if I get to thinkin' about my baby, I wanna jump
overboard and drown
Well I'm going back to Jackson
Oh you know to my old Jackson, Tennessee
Where you know your girls ain't doin' nothin' but makin'
a fool of me
Well I'm going down to the railroad
Oh you know I'm gonna lay my head right down on the
railroad iron
I'm goin' out walkin',
walking down through the park
I'm gonna walk in the moonlight,
till the night gets dark
I'm goin' out walkin',
along the old avenue
I'm gonna walk for so long,
till she won't know what to do
I'm goin' out walkin',
walkin' down along the street
I'm gonna walk her along beside me,
that girl can't be beat
Don't you bother my baby,
no tellin' what she'll do
The girl she may cut you,
Woke up this morning, feel 'round for my shoes,
You know 'bout that babe, had them old walkin' blues.
Woke up this morning, I feel 'round for my shoes,
You know 'bout that babe, Lord, I had them old walkin'
blues.
Leavin' this morning, I had to go ride the blinds.
I've been mistreated, don't mind dying.
This morning, I had to go ride the blinds,
I've been mistreated, Lord, I don't mind dying.
People tell me walkin' blues ain't bad;
Worst old feeling I most ever had.
People tell me the old walkin' blues ain't bad.
Mama was angry
Said: "Girl you must have lost your head
Only the lazy
Stay the whole day long in bed
Your skirts need mending
And the floor cries to be swept
Don't make me scream, girl
Did you hear just what I said?"
She spoke up to me
Like so many times before
She said: "Now, listen, girl
You ain't walking through that door
Your friends may call you
You won't be hanging 'round no more
By the muddy waters"
OOh yeah, muddy waters
Mama was shouting
Said: "Girl, you better watch your step
That good-for-nothing
You couldn't trust him when he's dead
He makes no money
And though he dresses like a Lord
Sweet child believe me
He'll make your pretty eyes go sore"
She spoke up to me
Like a thousand times before
She said: "Now listen, girl
You ain't walking through that door
No little lady
You two are sailing way too close
By the muddy waters"
Ooh yeah, muddy waters
She spoke up to me
Like a thousand times before
She said: "Now listen, girl
You ain't walking through that door
No little lady
You two are sailing way to close
To the muddy waters"
Ooh yeah, the muddy waters.
I ain't gonna go
Well I have been standin' here and tremblin'
I don't know which a way to go
Well I have been standin' here and tremblin'
I don't know which a way to go
Well you know that little girl I been lovin'
she put me out in the ice and snow
Well I have been standin' here and tremblin'
I have you down in my knees
Well I have been standin' here and tremblin'
I have you down in my knees
You know I am going to tell my little baby
take me back if you please
I am still standin' here and tremblin'
I aint got no where to go
I am still standin' here and tremblin'
I got my whole heart in my hand
You know if i ever get lucky
Oh, baby, look how you got me standin' around cyin'
Oh, baby, look how you got me standin' around cyin'
I know I don't love you, little girl,
but, your always restin' on my mind
Oh baby, I ain't gonna be ridin' ya around in my automobile
Oh baby, I ain't gonna be ridin' ya around in my automobile
You got so many men,
that I'm afraid you may get me killed
Oh baby, you ain't nothin' like you used to be
Oh no, don't get me killed, honey
Oh baby, you ain't nothin' like you used to be
When I was deep in love with you little girl,
Oh, come back, baby
Baby, please don't go, yeah
Oh, you know the way I love you
You will never know
Oh, come back, baby
Can't we talk it over
One more time
You know this well
And what made in one day
Can't we talk it over darling
Just before you go away
Oh, come back, baby
Let's talk it over
One more time
Oh, come back, baby
Don't break up my home
Well, you know I'm gonna miss you, honey
After you're gone
Oh, come back, baby
Let's talk it over
It was early one morning, when all the good work was done
It was early one morning, when all the good work was done
And that big bird was loaded, with that awful atomic bomb
Wrote my baby, I was behind the risin' sun
Wrote my baby, I was behind the risin' sun
I told her, don't be uneasy, because I'm behind the
atomic bomb
Nation after nation, was near and far away
Nation after nation, was near and far away
Well, they soon got the news, and there where they would
stay
Over in east Japan, you know, they let down and cried
Over in east Japan, you know, they let down and cried
And poor Tojo, had to find a place to hide
Homer Harris (with Muddy Waters) [Recorded 1946]
Atomic Bomb Blues
(Homer Harris)
Corrina, Corrina, where ya been so long?
Tell me Corrina, where ya been so long?
I haven't had no lovin', since you been gone
I love Corrina, I tell the world I do
Well I love Corrina, I tell the world I do
Well I hope some day she will, come to love me too
Corrina, Corrina, where you stay last night?
Tell me Corrina, where you stayed last night?
You came home this mornin', the sun was shinin' bright
Bye-bye Corrina, I got to leave ya now
Bye-bye Corrina, I got to leave ya now
Everythin', everythin', everythin's gonna be alright this mornin'
Ooh yeah, whoaw
Now when I was a young boy, at the age of five
My mother said I was, gonna be the greatest man alive
But now I'm a man, way past 21
Want you to believe me baby,
I had lot's of fun
I'm a man
I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
That represents man
No B, O child, Y
That mean mannish boy
I'm a man
I'm a full grown man
I'm a man
I'm a natural born lovers man
I'm a man
I'm a rollin' stone
I'm a man
I'm a hoochie coochie man
Sittin' on the outside, just me and my mate
You know I'm made to move you honey,
come up two hours late
Wasn't that a man
I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
That represents man
No B, O child, Y
That mean mannish boy
I'm a man
I'm a full grown man
I'm a natural born lovers man
I'm a rollin' stone
Man-child
I'm a hoochie coochie man
The line I shoot will never miss
When I make love to a woman,
she can't resist
I think I go down,
to old Kansas Stew
I'm gonna bring back my second cousin,
that little Johnny Cocheroo
All you little girls,
sittin'out at that line
I can make love to you woman,
in five minutes time
Ain't that a man
I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
That represents man
No B, O child, Y
That mean mannish boy
I'm a full grown man
I'm a natural born lovers man
I'm a rollin' stone
I'm a man-child
I'm a hoochie coochie man
well, well, well, well
hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me child
don't hurt me, don't hurt, don't hurt me child
well, well, well, well
Ha ha ha ha ha
Follow just do what ya feel and I'm a follow
I'm a follow just do what ya feel and we gon' follow
Just do what ya feel and I'm a follow
Just do what ya feel and I'm a follow
Haha, Meth-Tical
Who wanna flip with the acrobatic
From ground zero all the way to attic
What we be smokin', Tical
The reservoir is now open
I swim the English Channel backstrokin'
You don't know me or my style
We hold court and blow trial
You catch 'cal when you browse through my X-Files
Who be next now, man's down, hands down
Foreground by your side when it go down
I dedicate this next dart to my fucking heart
Little Meth he the best part, now walk with that one word
Time, time 4 Sum Aksion, dreamin' 'bout Toni Braxton
Blowin' her back out like Bob Baglin
I'm throwin' wrestling holds
Tag team with Funk Doc, we in funk mode, take yo' best shot
If it don't hip it don't hop
If it don't quit it don't stop, that's the life
I be the super-lyrical individual I be splittin' through
That Teflon material to knock Big Ben off of schedule
Better move with a set of tools
I be doin' it to mics when I'm a, heterosexual
I load the mic then cock, drop it like three quarters
When I slaughter don't get caught in the water
'Cause the Brick's got it's own World Order
Leave your bitch in shock like the third rail caught her
Styles stay deeper than orca, I float the seven seas with ease
Did more drugs than pharmacies
So call me that lyrical Genovera, you can't compare
Get you steppin' like stairs, frats, sororities
Don't make me bring it on back I fuck up the majority
Of niggaz lookin' hard at me, I Port 'em like Authority
And when my nigga Meth shine
Out the inner how high mobile rollin' three dimes at a time
Redman and Method Man still
(High, high)
It's that Jersey representer
Get hit from the bottom to your head when you enter
Word, just do what ya feel and I'm a follow
Just do what ya feel and I'm a follow
Just do what ya feel and I'm a follow
Funk Doc break it down
Yo, suck my dick out of animosity
The velocity will fly that head and freeze your camps like pottery
To give lobotomies to all you rap colonies
And shunt your million dollar investment, to economy
Impossibly might be the one in black leather
Name tag sayin' caution when wet by the track wetter'
The hash spreader, I love the grimy shit
Even my girl did grimy shit to me and I went back with her
Three years for carrying a loaded handgun
But it's forever when a nigga and he lands one to your cranium
(Chik-chik blaow)
That red dot on your forehead it's not 'cause you Arabian
(Yo watch you say to him)
You caught up in a tight situation
I should start erasin' your whole organization for makin'
Wack tunes while my whole platoon rock the basement
You couldn't come close if I gave you my bookin' agent
Or producer, royalty points twelve shot loaded Luger
Even a crowd to get you souped up, you're still wack
I peel caps, on the regular
Destroy MC's et cetera, creep like the Predator
Fuck you, your label moms and your editor
Give you two to the jugular, blood be spreadin'
All on my shirt, the king of the flirt shittin'
Bitches hit me off more than New Edition
(Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet)
I make them pigs heart skip a beat from the steel physique
So Iron Lung
(One me gun done)
Get on the mic and break em off a sumthin' sumthin'
We moonshine and grow crops
Purchasin' the handhelds with the sure shots, it got me spittin'
These slugs at my competition, in rap sessions
U A P ain't got no weapon, you lip professin'
Next in, line, parental discretion advised
These explicit, street linguistics
Better than yo' momma biscuits, we bomb shellin'
I might know but ain't tellin', too bad you missed it
Johnny, Dangerously Blaze another enemy made another due paid
Color safe bleach so I don't fade
Scar your mental with my double edged blade, razor sharp
Get yo' band aids hold that
Like E said, ?Get the Bozack?
Show them wack niggaz where the do's at
On the case like I'm Kojak
Kissin' the grits on that Flo' bitch, flip scripts take long shits
Raider Ruckus one, I come with premeditated red rum
Gingivitis to your filthy ass gums
Bottom line either get down or get done, motherfucker
Out my window the sky is looking grey
I poured my wine and roll myself a jay
I missed my ride on the early morning train
I wonder if my life will be the same
I see that this leads me astray
My defence is down when I'm in this daze
I'm stoned
We all need to feel the sun
We all need to feel someone
Like the grass needs the rain to grow
With every high there's always a low
Getting high, feeling low
Muddy waters on my radio
I take my time, nowhere to go
Muddy waters on my radio
Looking back to all my yesterday's
All I cared for was the latest craze
I missed my chances will they ever come again
I wonder if my life will be the same
I see that this leads me astray
My defence is down when I'm in this daze
I'm getting lazy in a smoky haze
I'm stoned
Chorus
I see that this leads me astray
My defence is down when I'm in this daze
I'm getting lazy in a smoky haze
I'm stoned
We all need to feel the sun
Chorus
Feel the sun warm your soul
Shine on me, shine on every one
Drink my wine smoke my blow
Why do men go crazy
When a woman wears her dress so tight?
Why do men go crazy
When a woman wears her dress so tight?
Well, it must be the same old thing
That makes a tomcat fight all night
Why do all of the men try to run
A big legged woman down?
Why do all of the men try to run
A big legged woman down?
Well, it must be the same old thing
That makes a bulldog love a hound
Well, it's the same thing
Well, it's the same old thing
Better tell me who is to blame
Well, the whole world is a-fighting all about that same thing
What makes you feel so good
When your baby gets down her evening gown?
What makes you feel so good
When your baby gets down her evening gown?
Well, it must be the same old thing
That makes a preacher man lay his Bible down
Well, it's the same thing
Well, it's the same old thing
Better tell me who is to blame
I'm gonna say somethin' to you
I don't care how you feel
You just don't realize
You got yourself a good deal
She's nineteen years old
And got ways just like a baby child
Nothin' I can do to please her
To make this young woman feel satisfied
I'm gonna say this to you
I don't care if you get mad
You about the prettiest little girl
That I ever had
She's nineteen years old
And got ways just like a baby child
Nothin' I can do to please her
To make this young woman feel satisfied
(What kind of woman is that?)
Can't ask her where she's going
She tells me where she's been
She starts a conversation
That don't have no end
She's nineteen years old
And got ways just like a baby child
Nothin' I can do to please her
Whoah, yeah!
Whoah, yeah!
Whoah, yeah!
What makes a man go crazy when a woman
wears her dress so tight
What makes a man go crazy when a woman
wears that ol' dress so tight
Must be the same ol' thing
that make a tom cat fight all night
Now, why do all the big men
try to run a big-legged woman down
Now, why do all the big men
try to run a big ol' woman down
Must be the same ol' thing that
makes a bulldog a huggling 'round
It's that ol' same thing,
now tell me who's to blame
The whole world is fighting
about that ol' same thing
What make you feel so good
when your baby's in her evening gown
What make you feel so good
when your baby's in her evening gown
Must be that same ol' thing
that makes a preacher lay his bible down
It's that ol' same thing,
now tell me who's to blame
The whole world is fighting
They call me Muddy Water, I'm just as restless man as the
deep blue sea
Oh yeah, they call me Muddy Water, I'm just as restless
man as the deep blue sea
You know I've been like that, ever since my baby been
gone from me
The night she left me, you know the rain boy was pouring
down
Oh yeah, the night the little girl left me, you know the
rain was pouring down
You know I was the most bluest man, in this whole Chicago
town
I got a brand new babe, she just as sweet man as a girl
can be
Oh Lord I got a brand new girl, she just as sweet man as
a apple on a tree
I wanna tell all you people, how the little child been
Oh, you know it breaks my heart to remember,
People, how headaches just begin
Yeah, you know it breaks my heart to remember,
A-how headaches just begin
Well, you know I was even lonely for someone to love,
Then you know she committed herself?
You know some was born to live reckless,
You know some were born to live true
You know some was born to live reckless,
You know some were born to live true
Well, you know some people was born to live a happy life,
Even if they are sad and blue
Well, you know darlin I don't mind,
Just anything to be with you
Well, you know darlin I don't mind,
I don't mind anything just to be with you
Well, you know we're still havin a good time,
All you people, you know the blues got a soul
Well this is a story, a story never been told
Well you know the blues got pregnant
And they named the baby rock & roll
Muddy waters said it, you know the blues got a soul
James brown said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock &
roll
Ray charles said it, you know the blues got a soul
John lee hooker said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock &
roll
Otis redding said it, you know the blues got a soul
Queen victoria said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock &
Well, now, there's two, there's two trains running
Well, they now want her, going my way
Well, now, one run at midnight and the other one
Running just 'fore day
It's running just 'fore day
It's running just 'fore day
Oh Lord sure 'nough they is
Oh well
Mmm, ho ho, somebody help me
Ho, with these blues
Well, now, she's the one I'm loving, she's the one
I do hate to loose
(I do hate to loose)
I do hate to loose
I do hate to loose
Oh Lord, sure 'nough I do
Oh well huh
I've been crazy yes, I been a fool
I been crazy ho all of my life
Well I done fell in love with a
With another man's wife
With another man's wife
With another man's wife
Oh Lord, sure 'nough I done
Oh well
Long, she's so long and tall
(Tall)
Till she weep like a willow tree
Well, now, they say she's no good
But she's all right
She's all right with me
She's all right, she's all right
Come on, please take a walk with me
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place, baby where we long to be
Come on, please take a walk with me
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place, baby where your plantation
Now you know early one mornin' baby, 'bout half past
four
You know you come knockin' upon poor Nattie's door
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place baby where we long to be
When I call on that gal you know, I'm gonna walk so
slow
Tell ya ev'rytime ya see my little woman come walkin',
walk some more
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place, mama, where we long to be
Well you know I'm gonna take a little walk, on the
avenue
I've got somethin' baby, for you to do
Come on, please take a walk with me
You want your daddy to take a walk wit' you?
Back to the same old place, gal where we long to be
Well now you know I believe I'll walk after I walk
On outta this town
I'm gettin' tired of you doggin' me woman, now
Doggin' me around
Come on, please take a walk with me
Well, I was gone
Gone to the army
I was gone, ver' long time
Well, when I come back home, my baby
Still says she's mine
She still says she's mine
She still says she's mine
She's all right, she's all right
She's all right, she's all right
She's all right, she's all right
Well, I give 'er
Give her all a-my money
Tell me what more, can I do-ooo?
Well now, I really don't
Wanna b'lieve she gon'
She's gon' give it to you
She gon give it to you
She's all right, she's all right
She's all right, she's all right
She's all right, she's all right
(short instrumental break)
Well, I went
Went to the church-house
And I kneeled on my knees to pray
I got to thinkin' about that girl
She drove my
She drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away
She's all right, she's all right
She's all right, she's all right
(short instrumental break)
Well, I could-a
Could-a had religion
Well, this bad old same day
Tell now, whiskey an' women, won't now
Let the ol' poorboy pray
Let the poorboy pray
Let the poorboy pray
She's all right, she's all right
She's all right, she's all right
My baby's long and tall,
Shaped like a cannon ball
And every time she loves me,
Oh, you can hear me squall
I cried hmmm, hmmm,
I believe I change my mind
Ah, she said, "I'm so glad I'm livin'",
I said, "Hmm baby, I'm so glad you're mine"
My baby loves me,
I know she loves me right
She lets me lay down,
And I love her all night
I cried hmmm, hmmm,
I believe I change my mind
Ah, she said, "I'm so glad I'm livin'",
I said, "Hmmm baby, I'm so glad you're mine"
My baby love me,
She love me with a thrill
I don't believe,
She tryin' to get nobody killed
I cried hmmm, hmmm,
I believe I change my mind
Ah, she said, "I'm so glad I'm livin'",
You've got yearnin' and I got burnin'
Baby you look so sweet and cunning
Baby way down inside, woman you need love
Woman you need love, you've got to have some love
I'm gonna give you some love, I know you need love
You just gotta have love, you make me feel so good
You make me feel all right, you're so nice, you're so
nice
You're frettin', and I'm petting
A lot of good things you ain't getting
Baby, way down inside, you need love
You need to be hugged and squeezed real tight,
*the light of the moon on some summer night
You need love and kissing too,
All these things are good for you
I ain't foolin' you need schoolin'
Baby you know you need coolin'
Yeah to keep our love together baby
Oh baby how I tried
You know it wasn't it wasn't easy, it wasn't easy
As a bird flying in the sky
Oh it hurt me it yes it hurt me
When I had to shake your hand and say good bye
Well you know if you had asked me
I would have climbed a mountain high
You know it all tied up and my foot slippin’
You know my body might die
You know I was doin’ the dumb things for you baby
But kiss you and say goodbye
I can't say it Johnny, I can't leave her
Oh to lose you baby
You know it hurt me awful bad
Oh you the best woman
Best little girl I ever had
Well you know for you to be leaving me this morning little girl
I'm goin’ to always be lonely and sad
Yeah to keep our love together
Oh baby how I tried
Well you know it wasn't easy, but was is easy
As the bird that flies in the sky
You know when I had to kiss and shake your hand little girl
And baby, and said goodbye
I never will forget when you and I were for sure
I never will forget when you and I were for sure
You used to break my heart every night when I come home
For me little girl, you should kneel down on your knees and pray
For me little girl, you should kneel down on your knees and pray
I don't want to pray to love me, pray to drive your sins away
You used to put iodine in my coffee and rat poison in my bread
When I feel a little sleepy, you sprinkle lye all in my bed
For me little girl, you should kneel down on your knees and pray
I don't want you to pray to love me, pray to drive your sins away
I maybe getting old
But I got young fashioned ways
I maybe getting old
But I got young fashioned ways
But I'm gonna love a good woman
The rest of my natural days
If my hair's turning grey
I know you think the way I feel
There may be snow up on the mountain
But there's a thaw down under the hill
I maybe getting old
But I got young fashioned ways
I maybe getting old
But I got young fashioned ways
I don't worry about no young one
There'll be no one to take my place
A young horse is fast
But an old horse knows what's going on
A young horse is fast
But an old horse knows what's going on
A young horse may win the race
Yeah I'm so sorry, I got to leave my woman alone
Yeah I'm so sorry, I got to leave my babe alone
Well you know she got a cross eyed cat
Livin' without that man in her home
Every time I start to see this woman
He's in the corner growlin' or layin' down
Every time I start to see this woman
He's in the corner growlin' or layin' down
Yeah you know he too big
To be a house cat
And he too small to be allowed
There's somethin' wrong
Yeah I stop by my baby's house
He start jumpin' from wall to wall
Yeah I stop by my honey's house
He start jumpin' from wall to wall
Yeah he spun those cross eyes at me
Sat back in the corner boy and licked his paw
I made this cat boy
Tell the cat
Tell the cat
Yeah, my woman got a cross eyed cat
Livin' there with her in her home
Yeah, my woman got a cross eyed cat
Livin' there with her boy, down her home
Oh you know I try so hard to do her right
Yeah I'm a crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
Well I'm a crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
I don't want nobody hangin' around with my little girl
now,
I'm just gonna use her for myself
You got me crawlin' baby when the grass was very high
I'm just gonna keep on crawlin' now baby until the day I
Cause I'm a crawlin' king snake and I rule my den
I don't want nobody hangin' around with my lady,
I'm just gonna use her for myself
I'm gon' crawl to your window baby,
I'm gon' crawl over to your door
You've got everything I want now baby,
I wanna crawl up on your floor
Cause I'm a crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
I don't want nobody hangin' around with my little girl,
I'm just gonna use her for myself
Yeah I'm a crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
Baby I'm a crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
I don't want nobody hangin' around with my little girl,
Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Take a deep breath (aaahhh)
Open your heart (open your heart), and whisper (I love
you, I love you)
Tell me you love me (you love me), tell me you love me
(you love me)
You love me (you love me)
You love me
Hold me tight (hold me tight)
Don't say goodnight (don't say goodnight)
We have time (lots of time)
Everything's alright (things' gonna be alright)
Hold me darling (never let me go)
Darling and tell me (and tell me)
You love me (you love me, you love me)
No, no, no (no, no, no), even though (even though)
This is not the way I want it to be
But if you (but if you), got to pretend (must pretend)
That's alright with me
Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Take a deep breath (aaahhh)
Open your heart (open your heart)
And whisper (I love you, I love you)
Tell me you love me (you love me), tell me you love me
( you love me)
You love me ( you love me , you love me)
Close your eyes (close your eyes)
Don't say goodnight (don't say goodnight)
We have time (lots of time)
Everything gonna be alright (things' gonna be alright)
Hold me darling (never let me go)
Darling and tell me (please tell me)
You love me
Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors all down
Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors all down
Ah you know everybody tell me, you must be the elevatin'
woman in town
Well you know when you start to elevate me
You almost scared me to death
You elevate me so fast
I've to stop and catch my breath
Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors all down
Ah you know everybody tells me, you 'bout the elevatin'
woman in town
Well you know I went to your apartment last night
You had your elevator runnin' slow
You know I gave you a buzz
I went to take you up on the fourteenth floor
Elevate me mama, mama five or six floors on down
Well you know everybody tells me, you must be the
She got to take sick and die one of these days
She got to take sick and die oh! one of these days
All the medicine I can buy, and all the doctors she can
hire
She got to take sick and die one of these days
When she's dead I'm gonna bury her very deep
When she's dead I'm gonna bury her very deep
I'm gonna bury her very deep, rubies and diamonds round
her feet
She got to take sick and die one of these days
I got to take sick and die one of these days
She got to take sick and die oh! one of these days
All the medicine she can buy, and all the doctors she can
hire
She got to take sick and die one of these days
She got to take sick and die one of these days
She got to take sick and die one of these days
All the medicine she can buy, and all the doctors she can
hire
She got to take sick and die one of these days
If it was me and all the powers in my hands
If it was me and all the powers in my hands
If it was me and all the powers laying there child in my
hands
Yeah, I be goin' down in Florida
Where the sun shines damn near every day
Yeah, I be goin' down in Florida
Where the sun shines damn near every day
Yeah, I'll take my woman out on the beach
And sit down on the sand and play
Yeah, I think I'll go back to Gainesville
Just to see an old friend of mine
Yeah, I think I'll go back to Gainesville
Just to see an old buddy of mine
Well, you know if we're not too busy
I believe I'll go and [Incomprehensible] sometime
Well, hey, I'll be leaving here in the mornin'
I think I will be on my way
I'm gonna give myself a plenty of time, boys
Well, I don't wanna make myself late
Well, you know I believe
I'll go back down in Gainesville
And, and this time I'm goin' to stay
[Incomprehensible]
Well, I'm going down in Florida
Where the sun shines damn near every day
Yeah, I be goin' down in Florida
For the sun shines damn near every day
Well, I'll take my woman out on the beach
And sit down on the sand and play
I'm gonna take pants out with me
Yeah, down in Florida
That's the place I long to be
Yeah, deep down in Florida
That's the place I long to be
Well, I'll take my woman out in the backyard
jeah you know my baby,she ran of with the garbage man
jeah you know my sweet little baby,she ran of with the
garbage man
(Bernie Roth)
Forty days and forty nights
Since my baby left this town
Sunshinin' all day long
But the rain keep comin' down
She's my life I need her so
Why she left I just don't know
Forty days and forty nights
Since I set right down and cried
Keep rainin' all the time
But the river is runnin' dry
Lord help me it just ain't right
I love that girl with all-a my might
Forty days and forty nights
Since my baby broke my heart
Searchin' for her in a while
Like a blind man in the dark
Love can make a poor man rich
Or break his heart I don't know which
Forty days and forty nights
Like a ship out on the sea
Prayin' for her each night
That she would come back-a home to me
Life is love and love is right
Have you ever been mistreated, and you know what I'm talkin' about
Have you ever been mistreated, and you know what I'm talkin' about
Now you know I work five long years for one woman,
she had the nerve to put me out
I finally learned a lesson, you know a long long time ago
I finally learned a lesson, you know a long long time ago
The next woman that I marry, she got to work and bring me some dough
Yes I been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin' about
Yes I been mistreated, you know what I'm talkin' about
Now you know I work five long years for one woman,
she had the nerve to put me out
She had the nerve
She had the nerve
I went through the jungle
I met a king snake
He said excuse me Mister
I think I made a mistake
I looked at the lion
He bowed his head
I looked at the tiger
And he fell dead
Oh so evil
Evil, as anybody can be
You know I'm the hoochie coochie man
Don't nobody mess with me
I met an elephant
It was big as a house
I made him reduce
So he looked like a mouse
I met a [Incomprehensible] bear
And he was so big
I made him lose his hair
And now he needs a wig
Oh so evil
Evil, as anybody can be
I'm so darn gone evil boy
Don't nobody mess with me
I met a rattlesnake
He thought he was smart
He was double dealing [Incomprehensible] ace card
He sneaked up and bit me
Stretched out and died
So when you see me coming
You better run in high
Oh so evil
Evil, as anybody can be
You know I'm a nature born lover
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues
I'm the happiest man in town, alright
I feel so good, I feel so good
I feel so good, lord, I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm the happiest man in town
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues
I'm the happiest man in town, yeah
I feel so good, I feel so good
I feel so good, lord, I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm the happiest man in town
I ain't got no home, I ain't got no home
I ain't got no home, I ain't got no home
I ain't got no home
I'm the happiest man in town
You need meat, go to the market
You need bread, try the bakery
If you need love, baby
Don't go no further
Just come on home with me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody, to love me
You need grits, go to the grocery
You need fish, go to the sea
You need love, baby
Don't look no further
Just come on home with me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody, to love me
You need money, go to the bank dear
You need honey, look for the bees
You need love, baby
Don't go no further
Just come on home with me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody, to love me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody, to love me
Well now, that clover man way up in Dundee
Well now, that clover man way up in Dundee
Well now, you go down to Mr. Howard Stovall's place, he's
got all the burr clover you need
Well now, the reason that I love that old burr clover
farm so well
Well now, the reason that I love that old burr clover
farm so well
Well now, we always have money and we never raise no hell
Well now, I'm leaving this morning, and I sure do hate to
Well now, I'm leaving this morning, and I sure do hate to
Well now, I've got to leave this burr clover farm, I
ain't coming back no more
Now, good bye everybody and I may not coming back again
Now, good bye everybody and I may not coming back again
Well now, I've got to leave this burr clover farm, my
baby don't want me around
Well, so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say
Well, so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say
Well now, I here do wanna sell you some burr clover,
Well now, I told my man, way up in Dundee
Lord, I told my man, way up in Dundee
Well now, you go down to Mr. Howard Stovall's place, he
got all the burr clover you need
Well now, the reason I love, that old Burr Clover Farm,
so well
Yeah now .the reason I love, that old Burr Clover Farm,
so well
Well now, we always have money and we never raise no hell
Well now I'm leavin' this mo'nin', sho do hate to go,
yeah babe
Lord, I'm leavin' this mo'nin' , an I sho' do hate to go
Well now, I've got to leave that Burr Clover Farm, I
ain't comin' back here no mo'
Play that boy! Yeah told you I was leavin' at 4 o'clock
this mo'nin'
Now goodbye ev'rybody, an I may not come back down
I said goodbye ev'rybody, an I may not come back down
Well now I gotta leave that Burr Clover Farm, my baby
don't want me around
Well so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say
So long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say
Well now I'm gonna sell ya some Burr Clover honey, just
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I know you love me baby, you told me last night
You make me feel like I'm dissatisfied
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank
I love the way you look
Love your little car
But you're darned so slow can't go very far
I don't care what the people think
I'm gonna put a tiger in your tank
I can raise your hood
I can clean your coil
Check your transmission
Then give you the oil
I don't care what the people think
I got to put a tiger in your tank
Your motor's popin needs a listen to
One thing I look for for you to do
You give it a push and if the car don't crank
You know you need a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank (x4)
I don't care what people think
I put a tiger in your tank
I put a tiger in your tank (x3)
I don't care what the people say
Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' 'bout my past life to gone
Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' 'bout my past life to gone
Well you know, I used to have a sweet little mother
You know I had such a happy home
Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' about the time I've been
Screamin' and cryin', thinkin' about the time I've been
Well you know, I used to have seven wives
Well you know, I had twenty girl friends
Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone
Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone
Well you know, I feel my poor self sinkin' down
Well you know, I can't last very long
Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone
Screamin' and cryin', wonderin' where my people gone
Well you know, I feel my poor self sinkin' down
Say what you do!
Snappin of a finger make a dog wag it's tail
A whistle from her voice make a train jump it's rail
Take her to the racetrack show her face
A horse in years'll come in first place!
She's into something
She's into something
She's into something
You should be into something too!
Well you laughted at her about a week ago
Now she's met a man with a whole lotta dough and oh yeah he's rich! I seen the money!
And all she had to was to call the man "Honey"
She's into something
She's into something
She's into something
You should be into something too!
She rides around town
On her wheel
Oh yeah you might say she got herself a stone-cold deal
One thing the girl, she dont have to do
Is worry 'bout no money when the payment's due!
She's into something
She's into something
I want you to rock me, baby
After the sun goes down
I want you to rock me, mama
After the sun go down
I want you to hug and kiss me
Tell me you always be mine
I want you to throw your arms around me
Like a circle round the sun
I want you to throw your arms around me
Like a circle round the sun
I wanna tell you about my baby
Yeah, she ran off with the garbage man
I wanna tell you about my baby
Yeah, she ran off with the garbage man
She better come back quick
Come back and empty my garbage can
I don't know where she's been
And I don't know where she goin'
I don't know where she's been
Please, come on back baby
My trash can is really over flowin'
[Incomprehensible]
She spend all my hard earned cash
You know baby
She spend all my hard earned cash
She better come back this mornin'
Steal you a shotgun
Steal you a shotgun
I had a little corn
I put it in a sack
I get to the mill
and had to bring it right back
What's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
What's the matter with this mill
Done broke down
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
Some people said that a preacher won't steal
I got one down in my corn field
What's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
What's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
One had a bush and one had a peck
The other had the cornfield round his neck
What's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
What's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
I can't get no grinding
Tell me what's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
Done broke down
You don't know the way I feel
I got some more weevil in my corn field
What's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
What's the matter with the mill
Done broke down
I can't get no grinding
I get later on in the evenin' time, I feel like, like
blowin' my horn
I woke up this mo'nin, find my, my little baby gone,
Later on in the evenin', main man, I feel like, like
blowin' my horn
Well I, woke up this mo'nin' baby, find my little baby
gone
A well now, some folks say they worry, worry blues
ain't bad
That's a misery feelin' child, I most, most ever had
Some folks tell me, man I did worry, the blues ain't
Well that's a misery ole feelin', honey now, well gal,
I most ever had
Well, brooks run into the ocean, ocean run in, into the
If I don't find my baby somebody gonna, gonna bury me,
um-hm
Brook run into the ocean, child, ocean run into the sea
Well, if I don't find my baby now, well gal, you gonna
have to bury me
Yes, minutes seem like hours an hours seem like days
Seems like my baby would stop her, her lowdown ways,
Minutes seem like hours child, an hours seem like days
Yes, seem like my woman now, well gal, she might stop
her lowdown ways
Well now I'm, I'm leavin' this mo'nin' if I had-a, whoa
ride the blind
I feel mistreated girl you know now, I don't mind dyin'
Leavin' this mo'nin, tell ya I had-a now ride the blind
Yeah, been mistreated baby now, baby an I don't mind
Don't say I don't love you
Because I stays out all night long
Don't say I don't love you
Because I stays out all night long
You know I'm a country boy
And I don't know what's going on
Don't say I don't love you
Because I will never treat you right
Don't say I don't love you
Because I will never treat you right
I may be a country boy
But I will always treat you right
You know I'm a country boy
And I just love to stay out all night long
You know I'm a country boy
And I always will never treat you right
You know I'm a country boy
And I always will never treat you right
You know I'm a country boy
Walk with my baby
She got great big feet
She long, lean, lanky
An had nothin' to eat
She's my baby
I love her just the same
Yeah an I'm crazy 'bout this woman cause
Caldonia..., your name
Caldonia!
Caldonia!
Don't take your big head so hard?
I love ya
I love ya just the same
You know I'm crazy 'bout this woman because
Caldonia..., your name
Spoken:
You know what?
(What's that?)
My mother told me to leave that girl alone
(I thought that was a good woman, ain't nothin' wrong
with you)
I don't doubt it boy, but my mother can't
Understand the girl and she doesn't like her
So I'm gonna go right now to her house, find her
Call her just one more time
I hope she hear me?
(Oh she gonna hear you alright!)
Caldonia, Caldonia!
What makes your big head so hard?
What!
I love ya
I love you just the same
You know I'm crazy 'bout this woman
Pine ==
Caldonia ..., your name
I love that girl, boy!
Spoken:
Now you know!
(What?)
My mother keep on tellin' me
That you're the one, no kiddin' buddy
I heard what you said
(Your mother jivin', boy)
Now, she said son, she will bale you around if the
moment is good
Puttin' down what I did...
So now I've gotta go back out and call her, one more,
once
I need one more, ya hear?
Caldonia, 'donia
{What make your big head so hard?}
(I loose her
Loves her just the same)
And I dreams about ya baby
'Cause Caldonia is your name
{All-right}
Spoken:
Now you know
(What?)
My mother keep on tellin' me, to leave that girl alone!
(No kiddin' that's what you said)
No, she said son
(Say what?)
She still would bat me around, but mama wouldn't hear
It wasn't cool, so I'm gonna have to go
Back to the house you know
And call her, one more time
'Donia! Donia! (Donia...(Donia)
What makes your big head so hard?
{I loves her, loves her just the same
Now I'm crazy 'bout ya baby, 'cause Caldonia is your
name}
(Yeah I'm crazy 'bout ya baby)
(Wild about ya baby)
I mean crazy 'bout ya baby
(Wild about ya baby)
Crazy 'bout ya baby
(Wild about ya baby)
(Crazy 'bout ya baby)
(Wild about ya baby)
(And I'm crazy 'bout ya baby
'Cause Caldonia is your name)
(Wild about ya baby)
Crazy 'bout ya baby
(Wild about ya baby)
Crazy 'bout ya baby
(Wild about ya darlin')
I love your style little girl
(Wild about ya baby)
Crazy 'bout ya baby)
(Wild about ya baby
Hello canary bird, this is a letter home
Hello canary bird, this is a letter home
Well you know I want you to fly the whole world over
And find how my baby been gettin' along
Well canary bird, when you get to Clarksdale
Please fly down on Second Street
Yes canary bird when you get to Clarksdale
Please fly down on Second Street
Well you know I don't want you to stop flyin'
Until you take the letter out to Stovall for me
Fly on, canary bird, fly on!
On your way back home, please stop by Memphis a while
Yes on your way back home, please stop by Memphis a while
Well canary bird I want you to stroll down Beale Street
Bring me champagne when im thirsty
Bring me reefer when i want to get high
Bring me champagne when im thirsty
Bring me reefer when i want to get high
Dont you know when im lonely
Bring my woman,
Set her right down on my side
You know it shouldnt be no law
If people just wanna smoke a little dope
You know it shouldnt be no law,
People just wanna smoke a little dope
Cause its good for your head
And it relax the body, dont you know
Man im wanna get so high
Well so high i gotta rest my head
In my baby's breasts
Said i gotta get so high (so high)
So high gotta rest my head on my baby...
????... my girl, said see her.....???
????
Gotta get so high (get so high)
Sho'nuff its my very own right
Gotta get so high (get so high)
Heyyyy sho'nuff its my very own way
I wanna stick to my reefer
It's so cold up north, that a bird can hardly fly
Well it's so cold up north, that a bird can hardly fly
Now you know I'm goin' back down south, let this winter
pass on by
Well I know my baby, don't know what a shape I'm in
Yeah I know my baby, she don't know what a shape I'm in
Now you know I ain't had me no lovin', people you know I
ain't got no friend
Hmmm mmmm
Hmmm mmmm
Now you know I ain't had me no lovin', people you know
ain't got no friend
Well I believe I go, further down the road
Yeah I believe I go, further down the road
Now you know I done stayed over here in Switzerland,
people you know I done almost froze
Well if I could hold, hold my heart in my hand
Yeah if I could hold, hold my heart in my hand
You know I would show you pretty girls, just how to treat
Oh I mistreated my baby last night
Woman from holding you here in my arms
Oh I mistreated my baby last night
Woman from holding you here in my arms
Now you know she been gone twenty four hours
And that's twenty three hours too long
You know if I had a million dollars
I would give every dime to bring her back home
Oh, how my poor heart bleeds peoples
It's so sad to be alone
Now you know she been gone
Just about twenty four hours
And that's twenty three hours too long
Oh my baby's so pretty
This little girl she looks just like a charm
I love this woman
This woman, she looks just like a charm
Now you know she been gone twenty four hours
And that's twenty three hours too long
You know you shook me,
You shook me all night long
You know you shook me, pretty mama,
You shook me all night long
Oh, you kept on shakin' me darlin',
Oh you messed up my happy home
You know you move me baby,
Just like a hurricane
You know you move me baby,
Just like a hurricane
Oh, you know you move me darling,
Just like an earthquake moves the land
Oh, sometimes I wonder what's gonna happen
To my poor wife and child
She made me love her
Now I can't be satisfied
You know you shook me, you shook me all night long
You know you shook me, pretty mama,
You shook me all night long
Oh, you kept on shakin' me darlin',
I wanna tell you about my baby
Yeah, she ran off with the garbage man
I wanna tell you about my baby
Yeah, she ran off with the garbage man
She better come back quick
Come back and empty my garbage can
I don't know where she's been
And I don't know where she goin'
I don't know where she's been
Please, come on back baby
My trash can is really over flowin'
[Incomprehensible]
She spend all my hard earned cash
You know baby
She spend all my hard earned cash
She better come back this mornin'
Steal you a shotgun
Steal you a shotgun
Steal you a shotgun and [Incomprehensible]
I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
I got an axe handle pistol on a graveyard frame
That shoot tombstone bullets wearin' balls and chain
I'm drinkin' TNT, I'm smokin' dynamite
I hope some screwball start a fight
'Cause I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
All you pretty little chicks with your pretty little hair
I know you feel like I ain't nowhere
But stop what your doin' baby come over here
I'll prove to you baby that I ain't no square
Because I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
I been drinkin' gin like never before
I feel so good I want you to know
One more drink I wish you would
It takes a whole lotta lovin' to make me feel good
'Cause I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do honey
I got my brand on you
Oh you may go away and leave me girl, I declare you can't stay
You gonna come runnin' back to me some lonesome day
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do darlin'
I got my brand on you
Oh I'm puttin' my brand you know baby on no certain part
But whenever I kiss you I stab it in your heart
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do baby
I got my brand on you
Oh I got you like a fish baby, you know hangin' on my line
I can reel you in, most any time
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do baby
I got my brand on you
I want you to rock me, baby
After the sun goes down
I want you to rock me, mama
After the sun go down
I want you to hug and kiss me
Tell me you always be mine
I want you to throw your arms around me
Like a circle round the sun
I want you to throw your arms around me
Like a circle round the sun
I want you to call me daddy (oh yeah) and let the world know
You're gonna need,
You're gonna need my help, I say.
You know I won't have to worry,
I'll have everything goin' my way.
Well, you wake up in the morning,
Your face so full of frowns.
Asked you, "What's wrong?"
You say, "I'm sorry, I'm puttin' you down!"
Well, you're gonna need,
You're gonna need my help, I say.
You know I won't have to worry,
Coz' I'll have everything goin' my way.
Well, you leave home in the morning
And you won't come back tonight.
You won't give me no food
You still say you treat me right.
You got to take sick and die some of these days
You got to take sick and die some of these days
All the medicine you can buy and all the doctors you can
hire
You got to take sick and die some of these days
Well I got to take sick and die some of these days
Well I got to take sick and die some of these
All the medicine she can buy and all the doctors she can
hire
She's got to take sick and die one of these days
Probably got to take sick and die some of these days
Probably got to take sick and die some of these days
All the medicine he can buy and all the doctors he can
hire
You got to take sick and die some of these days
You got to take sick and die some of these days
You got to take sick and die some of these days
All the medicine you can buy and all the doctors you can
hire
You got to take sick and die some of these days
Well I got to take sick and die some of these days
Well I got to take sick and die some of these days
All the medicine he can buy and all the doctors he can
hire
They take your love and your money
They take your shugar and your honey
They take you skinny or fat
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bones
They take the shirt of your back
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your phone and your clock
They take everything that you got
They laugh behind your back
Yeah how come people act like that?
They take your love and your money
They take your shugar and your honey
They take you skinny or fat
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bones
They take the shirt of your back
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your phone and your clock
They take everything that you got
They laugh behind your back
Yeah how come people act like that?
Yeah how come people act like that?
How come people act like that?
Why don't you live so, God can use you, anywhere Lord,
anytime
Why don't you live so, God can use you, anywhere, Lord,
anytime
Why don't you think so, God can use you, anywhere, any
time
Why don't you think so, God can use you, anywhere, Lord,
any time
Why don't you walk so, God can use you, anywhere, Lord,
any time
Why don't you walk so, God can use you, anywhere, Lord,
any time
Why don't you moan so, God can use you, anywhere, Lord,
any time
Why don't you moan so, God can use you, anywhere Lord,
any time
Why don't you sing so, God can use you, anywhere Lord,
any time
Don't you worry 'bout what's on my mind
No, I don't want you to think about it
I'm in no hurry, I can take my time
And yes, I always take it
I'm going red and my tongue's gettin' so tied
You're tired
I'm off my head and my mouth's gettin' so dry
I'm high and I'm tired
Let's spend the night together, now woman I need you
Oh, woman, I need you more than ever, girl
Let's spend the night together now
I feel so strong that I can't describe
No, you know I can't imagine it
You know I ain't gonna apologize
No, I ain't gonna tell you nothin' about it
Don't hand me up and don't you let me down
Down, down
We can have fun, you know
Just moving around somewhere in town
Let's spend the night together now, woman, somewhere
Let's spend the night together, oh, won't you, girl
Let's spend the night together now
Oh, let's spend together a night
Girl, oh, I want you now
You know I need you, I need you, let's spend it
Oh, girl let's spend a night together one time, woman
I wanna spend a night with you, girl
I need you now
Yeah, let's spend a night together, woman
We're gonna spend a night
I don't want you to Be no slave I don't want you To wake all day I don't want you To be true I just want to make Love to you
I don't want you to Wash my clothes I don't want you To keep our home I don't want your Money too I just want to make Love to you Love to you Love to you love to you
They tell about the way you Switch and walk Now I can see by the way you Baby talk Now I can know by the way you Treat your man That I could love you baby until the Cryin' shame
I don't want you to Cook my bread I don't want you To make my bed I don't want to Because I'm sad and blue I just want to make Love to you love to you love to you love to you... (repeat, and fade)
On my own again
I got myself to blame
Bitterness remains today
Here I go again
You say you love me darlin'
Please, call me on the phone sometime
You say you love me darlin'
Please, call me on the phone sometime
When I hear your voice
Ease my worried mind
One of these days
I'm gonna show you how nice a man can be
One of these days
I'm gonna show you just how nice a man can be
I'ma buy you a brand new Cadillac
If you only speak some good words about me
Hear my phone ringin'
Sound like a long distance call
(Hey Muddy)
Hear my phone keep ringin'
Sound like a long distance call
When I picked up my receiver
Have you ever been walking
Walking down that old lonesome road?
Have you ever been walking
Walking down that old lonesome road?
No place to go
Whee well brown no place to room and board
Things look so lonesome, down that road ahead
Things look so dark, down that road ahead
Been thinkin' of the way you livin'
Whee well boy and what your mother said
Things look so lonesome
When you ain't got a shelter over your head
Things look so lonesome
When you ain't got a shelter over your head
When you could have been at home
Whee well boy sleepin' in a feather bed
So lonely lonesome
When you gotta travel it all alone
So lonely lonesome
When you gotta travel it all alone
When all you have here boy
Today has been such a long and lonesome day
Today has been a long and lonesome day
I've been sitting here thinking with my mind a million miles away
Well, I love my baby, but my baby she don't love me
I love my baby, but my baby she don't love me
I take all my troubles and calf them down in the deep blue sea
Blues started rolling
And stopped at my front door
Blues started rolling
And stopped at my front door
Change my way of living
Oh I mistreated my baby last night
Woman from holding you here in my arms
Oh I mistreated my baby last night
Woman from holding you here in my arms
Now you know she been gone twenty four hours
And that's twenty three hours too long
You know if I had a million dollars
I would give every dime to bring her back home
Oh, how my poor heart bleeds peoples
It's so sad to be alone
Now you know she been gone
Just about twenty four hours
And that's twenty three hours too long
Oh my baby's so pretty
This little girl she looks just like a charm
I love this woman
This woman, she looks just like a charm
Now you know she been gone twenty four hours
(Big Bill Broonzy)
I'm gonna move, way out on the outskirts of town
I'm gonna move, way out on the outskirts of town
Now that's why I don't want nobody, ooh Lord, baby always hangin' around
I'm gonna tell you baby, we gonna move away from here
I don't want no ice man, I'm gon' buy me a frigidaire,
When I move way out on the outskirts of town
Now that's why I don't want nobody, ooh Lord, baby always hangin' around
I'm gon' bring my own groceries, bring them every day
That's gonna stop that grocery boy, I mean it keep him away,
When I move way out on the outskirts of town
Now that's why I don't want nobody, ooh Lord, baby always hangin' around
It may seem funny, funny as it can be
But if my wife havin' a baby, I want 'em all to look just like me,
When I move way out on the outskirts of town
I'm gonna tell you about my baby
I speak of her with pride
She go all the way to make me satisfied
Oh she's my baby, she's my baby, don't you see
I can't call her sugar 'cause sugar never was so sweet
It ain't no suprise, she serve me in the bed
She manicure my nails, scratch dandruff from my head
She's my baby, she's my baby, don't you see
I can't call her sugar 'cause sugar never was so sweet
When I say what I want, that's the way it's gonna be
She fall over backwards to go right on pleasin' me
Oh she's my baby, she's my baby, can't you see
Give me a pencil and paper, I just want to figure your time
Well I'm gonna put it down in black and white, you know I ain't lyin'
On the twelfth of April and the year in 19 and 61
On the twelfth of April and the year a 19 and 61
Ya know I watched it, a few times now, an' you and your man, was havin' fun
Right then, I quitted you, but you begged me to take you back, uum
Yeah, ya know I think I've quittin' that woman, but she begged me to take her back
Yeah, you know I'z a man-a-my word, now and now this is the way, my bab-ay
Um-hm
'Ciden' I said I'm through, bab-ay I mean I'm through
'Ciden' I said that I ´m through, bab-ay I mean I'm through
I wanna be close to you, baby, as I can get
Close to you, baby, as water is wet
Close to you, baby, as hair on your head
Close to you, babe, you better believe what I said
I wanna be close to you, baby
Yeah, let me be close to you
I wanna be close to you, darlin'
Till you don't know what to say or do
I wanna be close to you, baby, as white is to rice
Close to you, baby, as cold is to ice
Close to you, baby, as fire is to smoke
Close to you, baby, as a pig is to poke
I wanna be close to you, baby
Let me be close to you
I wanna be close to you, darlin'
Till you don't know what to say or do
I said, closer and closer, babe
Closer and closer, baby
Closer and closer, baby
Closer and closer, baby
I wanna to be close to you, darlin'
Till you don't know what to say or do, yeah
I wanna be close to you, baby, as the whites of your eyes
Close to you, baby, as cold is to ice
Close to you, baby, as a egg is to a hen
Close to you, baby, as Siamese twins
I wanna be close to you, baby
Let me be close to you
I want to be close to you, darlin'
On a ship that's made of paper,
Oh yeah, I will sail the seven seas.
Fight a shark with a toothpick,
Crawled home to you on my knees.
There ain't nothin' baby I wouldn't do, sugar,
Oh yeah baby, just to bring you home with me.
I would rise up with the devil,
Oh yeah, I would breathe smoke and fire.
Or say were I on a tightrope,
Walk a canyon on a wire.
Just to kiss your sweet lips, honey,
Oh yeah baby you know you're my desire.
If a shark bought/bite off my leg,
Oh baby and the sea were turned to sand.
Turn my po' self over darlin'
Crawl home to you on my hands.
There ain't nothin' nothin' I wouldn't do baby,
Oh yeah, oh yeah baby, just to be with you.
Give up all of my money,
Whoa, oh baby, I'd sleep right down on the floor.
Call my mother-in-law honey,
Whoa, oh I'd work for you 'til I got sore.
I would do anything for you baby,
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do honey
I got my brand on you
Oh you may go away and leave me girl, I declare you can't stay
You gonna come runnin' back to me some lonesome day
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do darlin'
I got my brand on you
Oh I'm puttin' my brand you know baby on no certain part
But whenever I kiss you I stab it in your heart
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do baby
I got my brand on you
Oh I got you like a fish baby, you know hangin' on my line
I can reel you in, most any time
I got my brand on you
I got my brand on you
There ain't nothin' you can do baby
You know you shook me,
You shook me all night long
You know you shook me, pretty mama,
You shook me all night long
Oh, you kept on shakin' me darlin',
Oh you messed up my happy home
You know you move me baby,
Just like a hurricane
You know you move me baby,
Just like a hurricane
Oh, you know you move me darling,
Just like an earthquake moves the land
Oh, sometimes I wonder what's gonna happen
To my poor wife and child
She made me love her
Now I can't be satisfied
You know you shook me, you shook me all night long
You know you shook me, pretty mama,
You shook me all night long
Oh, you kept on shakin' me darlin',
Oh, you messed up my happy home
Come on, please take a walk with me
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place, baby where we long to be
Come on, please take a walk with me
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place, baby where your plantation
is
Now you know early one mornin' baby, 'bout half past
four
You know you come knockin' upon poor Nattie's door
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place baby where we long to be
When I call on that gal you know, I'm gonna walk so
slow
Tell ya ev'rytime ya see my little woman come walkin',
walk some more
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place, mama, where we long to be
Well you know I'm gonna take a little walk, on the
avenue
I've got somethin' baby, for you to do
Come on, please take a walk with me
You want your daddy to take a walk wit' you?
Back to the same old place, gal where we long to be
Well now you know I believe I'll walk after I walk
On outta this town
I'm gettin' tired of you doggin' me woman, now
Doggin' me around
Come on, please take a walk with me
Back to the same old place, gal where we long to be
You've got yearnin' and I got burnin'
Baby you look so sweet and cunning
Baby way down inside, woman you need love
Woman you need love, you've got to have some love
I'm gonna give you some love, I know you need love
You just gotta have love, you make me feel so good
You make me feel all right, you're so nice, you're so
nice
You're frettin', and I'm petting
A lot of good things you ain't getting
Baby, way down inside, you need love
You need to be hugged and squeezed real tight,
*the light of the moon on some summer night
You need love and kissing too,
All these things are good for you
I ain't foolin' you need schoolin'
Baby you know you need coolin'
Baby, way down inside, woman you need love
Well my home's in the delta,
Way out on that farmer's road.
Now you know I'm living in Chicago,
And people, I sure do hate to go.
Now you know I'm leaving here in the morning,
Won't be back no more.
Well I know my little baby,
This girl don't know what a-shape I'm in.
You know I haven't had no lovin'
Boy you know, in God knows when.
Now you know I just been sittin' here thinkin'
Wondering where in the world she benn.
Look out.
Well I feel like cryin'
But you know, the tears won't come down.
I feel like cryin'
But you know the tears won't come down.
Ah, you know I got a funny feelin'
I'm gonna have to leave your town.
Hmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmm
Have mercy.
Hmmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmm
Ah, you know I just been sittin' here thinkin'
Wondering where in the world she been.
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad Lord and Wednesday's worse, Thursday's oh so sad The eagle flies on Friday, Saturday I go out to play The eagle flies on Friday, Saturday I go out to play Sunday I go to church, I get down to pray Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me You know I tryin', tryin' to find my baby Please send her on home to me
They take your love and your money
They take your shugar and your honey
They take you skinny or fat
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bones
They take the shirt of your back
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your phone and your clock
They take everything that you got
They laugh behind your back
Yeah how come people act like that?
...
They take your love and your money
They take your shugar and your honey
They take you skinny or fat
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your house and your home
They take the flesh from your bones
They take the shirt of your back
Hey how come people act like that?
They take your phone and your clock
They take everything that you got
They laugh behind your back
Yeah how come people act like that?
..
Yeah how come people act like that?
..
How come people act like that?
..
I don't know why they act like that.
Little girl, little girl
Won’t you please ma’m tell me your name
Little girl, little girl
Won’t you please ma’m tell me your name
The reason I ask you all these questions
I just want to be your man
Little girl, little girl
Where did you get your sugar from
Little girl, little girl
Where did you get your sugar from
If you wasn’t born in Texas
You was raised down on a Louisiana farm
Little girl, little girl
You’re just as sweet as you can be
You know your kisses taste like
The sugar you use in tea
Well you got me tryin’ to taste your sugar
And your sugar’s all right with me
Little girl, little girl
Won’t you take me down on your daddy‘s farm
Little girl, little girl
Won’t you take me down on your daddy‘s farm
I was doing the things for you baby
So you just wont leave me alone
Little girl, little girl
You’re just as sweet as you can be
Little girl, little girl
You’re just as sweet as you can be
You know every time I kiss you baby
Cold chills run all over me
I got a letter this morning, my wife had a brand new baby girl
When I got the news I was half way 'round the world
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
Well, you know I'm leaving in the morning, I'm on my way home
When I get there I'ma rock that woman in my arms
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh, oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
Well, you know I'ma give away candy, I'ma have cigars for sale
I know she love me and boy, she wouldn't fail
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh, oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
Well, you know soon as I get home I'ma rock that baby on my knees
Reach out to kiss her mother and say, "Girl, you can't be beat"
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh, oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
See you watching me like a hawk
I don't mind the way you talk
But if you touch me somethin's got to give
I life the life I love and I love the life I live
So if you see me and think I'm wrong
Don't worry 'bout me just let me go
My sweet life ain't nothing but a thrill
I life the life I love and I love the life I live
My diamond ring and my money too
Tomorrow night could belong to you
The girls move me at their will
I life the life I love and I love the life I live
I may bet a thousand on a bet this time
One minute later I can't cover your dime
Tomorrow night I might be over the hill
I just want you to know baby the way I feel
You see me walkin' as I pass you by
Don't talk about me 'cause I could be high
Just forgive me if you will
I Got My Mojo Working
Muddy Waters
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got some red hot tips I got to keep on ice
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
.....
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you (x2)
I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand (x2)
I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command
Got my mojo working [echoed by the crowd] (x4)
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Play on! [instrumental break]
Got my mojo working [echoed by the crowd] (x4)
Got my mojo working, but it - uh uh - just won't work on
The gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born
I got a boy child's comin'
He's gonna be a son of a gun
He gonna make pretty women's
Jump and shout
Then the world wanna know
What this all about
But you know I'm him
Everybody knows I'm him
Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm him
I got a black cat bone
I got a mojo too
I got the Johnny Concheroo
I'm gonna mess with you
I'm gonna make you girls
Lead me by my hand
Then the world will know
The hoochie coochie man
But you know I'm him
Everybody knows I'm him
Oh you know I'm the hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm him
On the seventh hours
On the seventh day
On the seventh month
The seven doctors say
He was born for good luck
And that you'll see
I got seven hundred dollars
Don't you mess with me
But you know I'm him
Everybody knows I'm him
Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man
I got the key to the highway,
Billed out and bound to go.
I'm gonna leave here running;
Walking is most too slow.
I'm going back to the border
Woman, where I'm better known.
You know you haven't done nothing,
Drove a good man away from home.
Live Verse: When the moon peeks over the mountains
I'll be on my way.
I'm gonna roam this old highway
Until the break of day.
Oh give me one, one more kiss mama
Just before I go,
'Cause when I leave this time you know I,
I won't be back no more.
First Verse
Kansas City
by Muddy Waters
(Oh, let's go to Kansas City, now.)
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
I'm gonna be standing on the corner, Twelfth Street and
Vine.
I'm gonna be standing on the corner, Twelfth Street and
Vine;
With my Kansas City baby and my bottle
Of Kansas City wine.
Well, I might take a train, might take a plane,
But if I have to walk,
I'm gonna fly there just the same.
Yeaaaah, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
Well, if I don't leave that woman I know I'm gonna die.
Got to find a brand new baby and here's the reason why:
Ya, ya, ya-eeeee eee, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
Ah - right.
Might take a train, might take a plane,
But if I have to walk,
I'm gonna fly there just the same.
Yeaaaah, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
(One more time)
If I don't leave that woman, know I'm gonna die.
Got to find a brand new baby and that's the reason why:
Ya, ya ya-eeeee eee, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
Yeah, yeah,
they got some crazy little women there
And I'm gonna get me one.
(One more time)
They got some crazy little women there
Hush, ya'll hush, I heard little Anna Mae callin' my name
Hush, ya'll hush, I heard little Anna Mae callin' my name
Well, you know that girl kind-a lisp-tongued, she can't
speak so doggone plain
Anna Mae, she's a good little girl, but, she loves to run
around at night
Anna Mae, she's a good little girl, but, she loves to run
around at night
Well, you know if I can get her mind on me, she'd be so
fit to treat me right.
Bye-bye, Anna Mae, I hope we'll meet again someday
Bye-bye, Anna Mae, I hope we'll meet again someday
Well, now you won't be so doggone evil, baby, you better
I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for
I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for
But these evil-hearted women, man, they will not let me
I love my baby, my baby don't love me
I love my baby, ooooh, my baby don't love me
But I really love that woman, can't stand to leave her be
Ain't but the one thing, makes Mister Johnson drink1
I's worried about2 how you treat me, baby, I begin to
think
Oh babe, my life don't feel the same
You breaks my heart, when you call Mister So-and-So's
name
She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time
She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time
Oh yeah, the woman she's livin' on a poor man's pay,
I bought my babe a mink coat,
with fur just to match her hair
When I asked her out for dinner,
she said, "Oh this is just common wear"
I work hard on two jobs,
and I make overtime every day
Oh, you know I got a, I got a rich man's woman,
but she's livin' on a poor man's pay
I bought my babe a Cadillac,
she said, "That's just a common gift"
When she passes me walkin' on the streets,
she refuse to give me a lift
I told you I work hard on two jobs,
and I make overtime every day
Oh, you know I got a, I got a rich man's woman,
but she's living on a poor man's pay
There ain't no use for you to argue,
just go ahead and let the girl have her way
Even if she's a rich man's woman,
and I know she's livin' on a poor man's pay
I told you I work hard on two jobs,
and I make overtime every day
Oh, you know I know I got myself a rich mans woman,
I got a letter, it come to me by mail
My baby says she’s comin' home
And I hope that she don’t fail
You know I feel so good
Yes I feel so good
Now I feel so good
I feel like
ballin' the jack
I feel so good, I hope I always will
I feel just like a jack out with a jenny
Well behind the hill
I feel so good
Yes I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel like ballin’ the jack
I’m goin' down to the station, just to meet a train
I'd like to see my baby
Know I’ve got dead aim
Because I feel so good
Yes I feel so good
I feel so good
I feel like ballin' the jack
I love my tea, crazy 'bout my Gordon gin
When I get high now baby
Feel like floatin’ ‘round in the wind
'Cause I feel so good
Yes I feel so good
I feel so good baby
(Traditional)
Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long
Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long
Well, I woke up this mornin', didn't know right from
wrong
Well, I told my baby, before I left that town
Well, I told my baby, before I left that town
Well, don't you let nobody, tear my barrelhouse down
Well, ahh, mmm-hmmm, owww, oww ooo, aww, oww, oh
Aaa, mmm-hmmm, oww, oh oh oh owww, oww ooo, aww, oww, oh
Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck
Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck
Well, I would dive to the bottom, never would I come up
Well, I could a had a religion, this bad old thing
instead
Well, I could a had a religion, this bad old thing
instead
No one cares about me No, I ain't even got a friend Well, my baby's gone and left me When will my troubles end?
Black night is falling Oh, I hate to be alone Well, I'm crying for my baby Another day is gone
Got no one to talk with To tell my troubles to I don't even know the minute Baby, since I lost you
Black night is falling Oh, I hate to be alone Well, I'm crying for my baby Another day is gone
Well my mother has her troubles My father has them too My brother sent to rehab And I don't even know what to do
Well I'm a king bee
Buzzing around your hive
Well I'm a king bee, baby
Buzzing around your hive
Yeah I can make honey baby
Let me come inside
Well I'm a king bee
Want you to be my queen
Well I'm a king bee, baby
Want you to be my queen
Together we can make honey
The world has never seen
Well, buzz a while...
Sting you bad...
Well I'm a king bee
Can buzz all night long
Well I'm a king bee, baby
Can buzz all night long
Yeah I can buzz better baby
I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to wake all day
I don't want you to be true
I just want to make love to you
I don't want you to wash my clothes
I don't want you to keep our home
I don't want your money too
I just want to make love to you
Love to you
Love to you
Love to you
They tell about the way you
Switch and walk
Now I can see by the way you
Baby talk
Now I can know by the way you
Treat your man
That I could love you baby until' the
Cryin' shame
I don't want you to cook my bread
I don't want you to make my bed
I don't want you because I'm sad and blue
I just want to make love to you
Love to you
Love to you
Love to you
Well, I was gone
Gone to the army
I was gone, ver' long time
Well, when I come back home, my baby
Still says she's mine
She still says she's mine
She still says she's mine
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
Well, I give 'er
Give her all a-my money
Tell me what more, can I do?
Well now, I really don't
Wanna b'lieve she gon'
She's gon' give it to you
She gon give it to you
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
Well, I went
Went to the church house
And I kneeled on my knees to pray
I got to thinkin' about that girl
She drove my
She drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
Well, I could-a
Could-a had religion
Well, this bad old same day
Tell now, whiskey an' women won't now
Let the ol' poorboy pray
Let the poorboy pray
Let the poorboy pray
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She moves me man, honey and I don't see how its done
She gotta pocket full of money, little doll don't try to help me though
She move me when she get drunk, then she say I'm not nowhere
She call me a dumbbell, she tells me I'm nothing but a square
She moves me man, honey and I don't see how its done
She got a pocket full of money, the little girl don't try to help me though
(What kinda woman is that?)
She move a crazy man, who say now I'm not so dumb
I take her to a funeral boy, the dead jumped up to run
She look at a deaf and dumb boy, said now I can speak
She shook her finger in a blind man's face, once I was blind but now I see
She moves me man, honey and I don't see how its done
You need meat, go to the market
You need bread, try the bakery
If you need love, baby
Don't go no further
Just come on home with me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody, to love me
You need grits, go to the grocery
You need fish, go to the sea
You need love, baby
Don't look no further
Just come on home with me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody, to love me
You need money, go to the bank dear
You need honey, look for the bees
You need love, baby
Don't go no further
Just come on home with me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody, to love me
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
Well I'm goin' down south child
This weather here's too cold
You know I'm goin' down South child
This weather here's too cold
I gotta lay around Chicago I ain't got change in cold
When I woke up this morning and found my baby gone
You know I woke up this morning found my baby gone
I couldn't do nothing but bury my head in home
Well I was in jail with my back turned to the wall
Well I was in jail with my back turned to the wall
Now ... is in a free world having herself a home
When I leave you this morning I'm glad to shake your hand
You know I'm leaving this morning I got to shake your hand
Hey! Hey! Yo quiero andar en bici, Hey! Hey! Solo andar en bici Déjenme salir, ya me quiero ir Hey! Hey! Yo quiero andar en bici, Hey! Hey! Me voy a andar en bici, déjenme salir, que estoy marchitándome
No veo la hora de escapar de aquí por fin Hey! Hey! Voy pedaleando fuerte, Hey! Hey! Pedaleando fuerte Ya están aquí, mis amigos, sí!!! Hey! Hey! No paren de moverse, no pares de moverte
Vamos a seguir hasta el amanecer No veo la hora de escapar de aquí, no veo la hora de escapar de aquí por fin Hey! Hey! Me voy a andar en bici, Hey! Hey! Voy a andar en bici
My love is deep as the ocean for you and my feeling is like the clouds. Well you know my love is deep like the ocean and my feelings like the clouds. Why in the world I aint loving you honey Why in the world don't you tell me how
Yeah I love that woman and you know that aint no joke Well you seem so far well you know that needs some smoke Well you I love that little girl now like a horse loves its owner
Well I love that woman and you know that aint no lie. Well you know I love that woman like a schoolboy do his pie well I aint looking to suit you woman why don't you take time and show me how
You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while
Well, you know I went to a gypsy woman to have my fortune told She say, "You better go back home son and peep through your, your key hole" You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be trouble after while
Well, now, you know I went back home, I took the gypsy woman as she said I peeped through my keyhole and there was another man laying in my bed You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's bad-luck child
I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my
eyes
I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my
eyes
It was a miserable feeling, now babe,
A feeling I do despise
I have to leave, leave you baby, because you know you
done me wrong
I have to leave you baby, because you know you done me
wrong
I'm gonna pack up and leave you darling
And break up my happy home
I'm gonna leave you baby, I'm gonna leave you all alone
I'm gonna leave you baby, I'm gonna leave you all alone
I'm gonna pack up and leave you darling,
Because you know you done me wrong
Well now goodbye, goodbye baby, I'll see you on some
rainy day
Well now goodbye baby, I'll see you on some rainy day
You can go ahead now little darling,
You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's
bad-luck child
You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's
bad-luck child
Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be
trouble after while
Well, you know I went to a gypsy woman to have my fortune
told
She say, "You better go back home son and peep through
your, your key hole"
You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's
bad-luck child
Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be
trouble after while
Well, now, you know I went back home, I took the gypsy
woman as she said
I peeped through my key hole and there was another man
laying in my bed
You know the gypsy woman told me that you your mother's
bad-luck child
Well, you're having a good time now, but that'll be
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
You gonna keep on sailing till you lose your happy home
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
Sail on, sail on my little honey bee, sail on
I don't mind you sailing, but please don't sail so long
All right little honey bee
I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee
I hear a lotta buzzing, sound like my little honey bee
She been all around the world making honey
I got a letter this morning, my wife had a brand new baby girl
When I got the news I was half way 'round the world
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
Well, you know I'm leaving in the morning, I'm on my way home
When I get there I'ma rock that woman in my arms
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh, oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
Well, you know I'ma give away candy, I'ma have cigars for sale
I know she love me and boy, she wouldn't fail
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh, oh boy that's good news, what my baby says
Well, you know soon as I get home I'ma rock that baby on my knees
Reach out to kiss her mother and say, "Girl, you can't be beat"
That's good news, oh boy that's good news
Oh whata groomy day in Newport'verything is sad,sad,sad
Yes what a groomy day in Newport everything is sad,sad.
You know it's a groomy day in Newport
One awhile a time to have a hand
What gonna happened to my music
what gonna happened to the song Bis
Yes it was hard hard world to live in
And been in here all alone
To darling mountains my be it here in all be blues
Yeah yes my be it here in all be blues
But you never see me darling
so you just been upon it's ladies news
I've gotta keep in singin' the blues
yes I've gotta keep singin' my song Bis
Lord sad bad sad bad sad bad
Well I'm goin' away to leave
Won't be back no more
Goin' back down south, child
Don't you want to go?
Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well baby I just can't be satisfied
And I just can't keep from cryin'
Well I feel like snappin'
Pistol in your face
I'm gonna let some graveyard
Lord be your resting place
Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well baby I can never be satisfied
And I just can't keep from cryin'
Well now all in my sleep
Hear my doorbell ring
Looking for my baby
I couldn't see not a doggone thing
Woman I was troubled, I was all worried in mind
Well honey I could never be satisfied
And I just couldn't keep from cryin'
Well I know my little old baby
She gonna jump and shout
That old train be late man, Lord
And I come walking out
I be troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be
satisfied
Well, now it gettin' late on into the evenin' and I feel like
Like blowin' my home
When I woke up this mornin' all I, I had was gone
Now it gettin', late on into the evenin', man now, I feel like
Like blowin' my home
Well now, woke up this mornin', all I had was gone
Well, brooks run into the ocean
The ocean run in, into the sea
But don't find my baby, somebody gonna sure bury me
Brooks run into the ocean, man
That ole ocean run into the sea
Well now, I don't find my baby blue, somebody sure gonna bury me
Well, minutes seemed like hours, an hour don't it seem like days?
Seems like my baby would stop her old evil way
Minutes seemed like hours, an hour seemed like days
Well now, seems like my baby child, whoo-hoo well, child
I'm a howlin' wolf
I've been howlin' all 'round your door
I'm a howlin' wolf
I've been howlin' all 'round your door
I see your smiling face
You won't hear me howl no more
When I start-ta howlin'
Dig me a hole down in the ground
When I start-ta howlin'
Dig me a hole down in the ground
Some people call me a black panther
But my baby, she knows the way I sound
I howled all night long
Everyday I lays up and take my sleep
I howls all night long
Everyday I lays up and take my sleep
After sundown
That's when I makes my full decree
I Be's Troubled
Well if I feel tomorrow, like I feel today
I'm gonna pack my suitcase, and make my getaway
Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind
And I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't keep
from cryin'
Yeah, I know my little ol' baby, she gonna jump and
shout
That ol' train be late girl, and I come walkin' out
Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't
keep from cryin'
Yeah, I know somebody, who' been talkin' to you
I don't need no telling, girl, I can watch the way you
And I be troubled, I be all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't
keep from cryin'
Yeah, now goodbye baby
Got no more to say
Just like I been tellin' you, girl, you're gonna have
to leave my way
Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't
keep from cryin'
Yeah my baby she quit me, seem like mama was dead
I got real worried gal, and she drove it to my head
I be's troubled, I be all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied, and I just can't
Alright, alright.
Thank you so much ladies and gentlemen right here,
right here I want to tell you a little story.
This is about a country boy from down home.
This young man has never been north before.
I want you to listen to me, I got something to tell
you.
He heard about Chicago.
He worked hard over here, made all of that money, 800
dollars.
After caring for his crop, he called his cousin in
Chicago,
and he said, "Cousin, I'm on my way".
He picked all of that cotton.
I said this is about a country boy like myself, B.B.
King you know.
So when he get to Chicago, his cousin meet him and
bring him out to the club.
He said, "Set him up!", cous's payin' for.
Had all the go-go girls set up, waitin' up.
They carried him downtown and put him up in one of the
pleasure hotels.
They brought him back out and said, "Set him up!",
cous's payin' for.
His money got a little lighter, they lured him out from
the Lute and brought him down to Robert's.
And then he said, "Set him up!", cous's payin' for.
And then the 800 dollars, bein' more money then my man
had ever had, began to run out.
Then they moved him out and put him down with the ...
And then, ladies and gentlemen, the go-go girls would
get fewer.
His friends was fewer.
All his buddies are startin' passin' him on the other
side of the street.
And then it happened all his buddies were gone.
And my man knew only one thing to do, it was getting
cold there, like it is today,
you know what I'm talking about.
He went down to the railroad yard,
and one of the few ladies that had helped him to spent
his money, came by to see him.
And she said "You fool!, you fool!", I wouldn't have
spend your money, but the rest of them was spending
your money so I decided to spend my portion too, you
know.
But ladies, God bless 'em, wonderful something's aren't
they?.
They always like to feel like they're needed, and she
knew my man needed her bad.
He gotten sick, he's layin' down there under the
boxcar.
Couldn't read so well, so you know if he couldn't read
so well, he couldn't write too well,
you know what I'm talkin' about?
So this is a letter back down home, I know what I'm
talkin' about.
It go like this:
I've had my fun, whoah, if I don't get well no more
Whoah, I've had my fun, people, ooh, if I don't get
well no more
Yes, my health is faillin' on me now, people
Ooh, and I'm goin', goin' down slow
Yes, tell my mother, people, please tell her the shape
I'm in
Ooh yes, tell my people, mother, tell her the shape I'm
Tell her to pray for me, people, ooh, to forgive,
people, my sins
Oohooh mother, mother I live alone with my prayers
Ooh, tell my mother, people, tell her this is all in
prayers
Yes, if you don't see this old body, mother
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with
Tell your moma and your papa, I'm a little schoolboy
Come on now pretty baby, I just can't help myself
You're so young and pretty, I don't need nobody else
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with
Don't you hear me crying
I'm gonna leave you baby about the break of day
On account of the way you treat me, I got to stay away
Come on now pretty baby, I told you to come on home
(note 1)
You know I love you baby, I gotta get you all alone
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with
Can't you hear me crying
I'm gonna buy me an airplane, fly all over your town
Tell everybody baby, Lord know you're fine (note 2)
Come on now pretty baby, I just can't help myself
You're so young and pretty, I don't need nobody else
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with
Can't you hear me crying
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with
Tell your moma and your papa, I'm a schoolboy too
I'm a schoolboy too
Hey, I'm a schoolboy too
I want to be your chauffeur
I want to ride your little machine (note 3)
I want to be your chauffeur
I want to ride with your little machine
I want to put a tiger, baby
I want to put a tiger, baby
I want to put a tiger, baby
Hey in your sweet little tank
Hey baby now, yes I do
Huh, oh yes I do now
Hey, I gotta
Hey, I gotta come on home with you
Tell your mother
Baby, tell your papa
Tell your mom and your papa
Hey, I'm a schoolboy too
Hey, hey, I'm a schoolboy too
Huh, huh, I'm a schoolboy too
Huh, I wanna take your company
[gunshot] {.. Marxmen!}
[Intro]
Nigga we been here forever (First Family)
Let's go! Yeahhh, y'all know how the game go
Yeah, nigga we at it, we still at 'em nigga
(Put 'em up nigga) Firing Squad! YEAH!
Just make a note of it
One, one, we like it rockin nigga
(Put 'em up) Yeah, we still hip-hoppin nigga
(It's the way of the world) One on one, yeah
Fuckin with the murder staff now (TRUE TO LIFE!!!)
[Billy Danze]
Yo I was drivin an $80,000 car befo' I got with Dash
But I won't lie and say this ain't about the cash
Cognac, six-pack, and some dough in the stash
Sit back and watch my children play in the grass
And hopefully through this writin I'm enlightenin the hood
(Seems sorta sheisty) Yeah; but it ain't all good
Everyone that did me wrong, know this nigga strong
So hopefully for you that animosity is gone
(THROW IT UP!) For the homey Headquarters
And all the other brothers we lost in muddy waters (waters)
How do we go through life when our peeps don't support us
(You put up a good fight) Yeah but the streets still caught us
And the beef still brought us, in the middle of the street
Bodies riddled from bullets from our head to our feet
The game get deep, but y'all just see the surface
Y'all don't see no purpose, y'all just sleep
(HOW SHOULD A YOUNG G STAND?) Don't ask Danze
I don't fuck with them children I'm a grown-ass man
I live on the edge, I was raised where most niggaz pledge
to murder motherfuckers by the dozen
[Hook: unknown singer]
I'm drownin in the.. shallow waters
And I'm trying so hard, to reach the top
Something so unpure.. in the air to catch
I feel siiiin upon me
[Chorus: First Family]
You win some, you lose some
It's two roads to choose from, choose one - muddy waters
If your family chose, the road of the old code
You bound to lose one - these muddy waters
You win some, you lose some
It's two roads to choose from, choose one
Remember how you and the homey rode, make sure you travel
with the homey soul, when steppin through muddy waters
[Lil' Fame]
Yo, I'm in once, hustled in the rain, sleet, snow
(ON THE GRIND) Sheepskin, 40 belows
To feed his family, it was sweet tears and blood
That's what I call love, what do you call love?
Picture the same man losin his life for some lame bitch
he was out on the grind for, long story short
For Father's Day she'll place flowers on his grave
Then head upstate, to visit the nigga that murdered him the next day
(Look at that) My fundamentals come from the Hill
Travelled to it but left love in the 'Ville
Still hear the sound of my footsteps, steppin away
from my childhood toward the physique and the frame of a nigga
But mentally I'm stuck in the past
Askin myself why I was walkin so fast
Muh'fuckers think I'm ballin, I ain't ballin
I'm drinkin wit'cha'll tryin to get heart to face me stallin
It's like my moms is the angel in the sky
And I can see tears comin down the West Indian lady eyes
But, I apologize, and those I've hurt
with my bullshit, please believe I ain't mean it
(He ain't mean it) But I'm still a good man
As a kid I was given a fucked up hand, but I
still march as I scream at the top of my lungs
M.O.P. TO THE DEATH, stompin through muddy waters
[Chorus]
Had a sweet little girl, I lose my baby, boy ain't that bad
Had a sweet little girl, I lose my baby, boy ain't that bad
You can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some little girl you ain't never had
Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad
Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad
You can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some little girl you ain't never had
Ain't that the truth boys (instrumental)
(Repeat 2)
Had a sweet little home, it got burned down, people ain't that bad
My own fault, people ain't that bad
Well you know you can't spend what you ain't got,
you can't lose some blues you ain't never had
(instrumental) Have mercy!
Sweet little home, got burned down, people ain't that bad
Yeah you know I had a sweet little home, it got burned down, people ain't that bad
Whoa you know you can't spend what you ain't got,
Oh baby, you don't have to go
Oh baby, you don't have to go
You know I'm gonna pack up baby, down the road I go
Whoa baby, what's gettin' wrong with you
Whoa baby, what's gettin' wrong with you
You don't treat me nothin' girl, like you used to do
Well I gave you all of my money and let you go downtown
You come back in the evenin' you call me all kind of
clown
Oh baby, you don't have to go
You know I'm gonna pack up baby, down the road I go
Whoa baby, turn your lamp down low
Whoa baby, turn your lamp down low
Woke up this morning, feel 'round for my shoes,
You know 'bout that babe, had them old walkin' blues.
Woke up this morning, I feel 'round for my shoes,
You know 'bout that babe, Lord, I had them old walkin' blues.
Leavin' this morning, I had to go ride the blinds.
I've been mistreated, don't mind dying.
This morning, I had to go ride the blinds,
I've been mistreated, Lord, I don't mind dying.
People tell me walkin' blues ain't bad;
Worst old feeling I most ever had.
People tell me the old walkin' blues ain't bad.
If I ever get lucky, Mama
Win my train fare home
If I get lucky babe
Win my train fare home
I'm goin' back to the border
Where I'm better known
Oh, your calf is hungry, Mama
Hey baby, I believe he needs to suck
Oh, your calf is hungry, baby
Mama, I believe he needs a suck
Oh, your milk is turning blue
I believe he's outta luck
Hey yeah, yeah
You know you got me crawlin'
And the grass grows very high
I'm just gonna keep on crawlin' now baby
Until the day I die
Crawl into your window
Crawl into your door
Crawl anyway you want now
Baby, I'm gonna crawl across your floor
Yallah, yallah, oh yallah
Well, that's all right, Mama
Baby, that's all right for you
Oh that's all right baby
Oh Mama, that's all right for you
To be low down dirty any old way you do
Oh well, oh well
You know you got me crawlin' now babe
And the grass grows very high
I'm just gonna keep on crawlin' now baby
Until the day I die
Gonna craw into your window
Gonna crawl into your door
Gonna crawl anyway you want now
Baby, I'm gonna crawl across your floor
Oh, sad, sad day
Since my baby, she went away
Oh, sad, sad day
Since my baby she went away
How long she been cheatin'
I just found it out yesterday
Oh, sad, sad day
My baby, she don't love me no more, what a shame
Oh, sad, sad day
My baby, she don't love me no more
You know I was knockin' at the front
Somebody went out of my back door
Oh, sad, sad day
My baby, she don't love me no more
Oh, sad, sad day
My baby, she don't love me no more
You know if you don't want me little girl
I pack my few rags and go
Oh, sad, sad day
Since my baby, she put me down
Oh, sad, sad day
Since my baby, she put me down
Yeah, you know my heart's been broken
Now, look what you've done
Now, look what you've done
Now, look what you've done
Now, look what you've done
You left me here, the lonely one
And all I could say, is look what you've done
A broken heart, a weary mind
And [Incomprehensible] few dollars, baby, all the time
I once had a dream, but now I have none
You've taken your love and see what it done
The night bird cries, the shadow falls
Blue memories, and I recall
Your love is my life as warm as the sun
And nine years gone but see what you've done
Saw you last night, I was movin' around
With your new toys, paint the town
But it is ok, keep having your fun
You say you love me darlin'
Please, call me on the phone sometime
You say you love me darlin'
Please, call me on the phone sometime
When I hear your voice
Ease my worried mind
One of these days
I'm gonna show you how nice a man can be
One of these days
I'm gonna show you just how nice a man can be
I'ma buy you a brand new Cadillac
If you only speak some good words about me
Hear my phone ringin'
Sound like a long distance call
(Hey Muddy)
Hear my phone keep ringin'
Sound like a long distance call
When I picked up my receiver
I want you to rock me, baby
Rock me all night long
I want you to rock me, my love
Rock me all night long
I want you to rock me, my woman
Like my back ain't got no bone
I want you to rock me, baby
After the sun goes down
I want you to rock me, baby
After the sun go down
I want you to hug and kiss me
Tell me you always be mine
I want you to throw your arms around me
Like a circle round the sun
I want you to throw your arms around me
Like a circle round the sun
I want you to call me daddy
She got a mean disposition, she got some low-down, dirty ways
She got a mean disposition, she got some low-down, dirty ways
You know I been hopin', I been trustin', that my baby would change someday
Uh-huh, yes, I done rambled, I have rambled for enough to know
Uh-huh, yes, I done rambled, you know I have rambled for enough to know
You know you can't find no heaven, nowhere in this big world you go
People, how come I can't be happy, like everybody else?
Yeah, how come I can't be happy, well you know like everybody else?
You know I've been layin' round in Chicago, you know I just been grievin' my fool self to death
Oh, you gonna need, you gonna need my help, I said
Well, you gonna need, you gonna need my help, I said
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues
I'm the happiest man in town, alright
I feel so good, I feel so good
I feel so good, lord, I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm the happiest man in town
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues, I got the mopper's blues
I got the mopper's blues
I'm the happiest man in town, yeah
I feel so good, I feel so good
I feel so good, lord, I feel so good
I feel so good
I'm the happiest man in town
I ain't got no home, I ain't got no home
I ain't got no home, I ain't got no home
I ain't got no home
Well my home's in the delta,
Way out on that farmer's road.
Now you know I'm living in Chicago,
And people, I sure do hate to go.
Now you know I'm leaving here in the morning,
Won't be back no more.
Well I know my little baby,
This girl don't know what a-shape I'm in.
You know I haven't had no lovin'
Boy you know, in God knows when.
Now you know I just been sittin' here thinkin'
Wondering where in the world she benn.
Look out.
Well I feel like cryin'
But you know, the tears won't come down.
I feel like cryin'
But you know the tears won't come down.
Ah, you know I got a funny feelin'
I'm gonna have to leave your town.
Hmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmm
Have mercy.
Hmmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmm
Ah, you know I just been sittin' here thinkin'
You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes
You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl is a liar.
You know, the girl you love stays out all night long,
Yeah, the girl you love, she stays out all night long.
That's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl's treatin' you wrong.
I need my hat, go get my coat,
Uncle Zak found out baby you don't want it anymore.
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
You know the girl's no good but don't you make no change.
Oh, the girl's no good but don't you make no change.
That's the stuff you gotta watch 'cause you're justified all the same.
She spends your dough, she drinks your gin
And if she rode round the corner then she's ready to go within.
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch
That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
Yeah, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl.
Well, I wish, I was a catfish
Swimmin' in a oh, deep blue sea
I would have all you good lookin' women
Fishin', fishin' after me
Sure 'nough, after me
Sure 'nough, after me
Oh 'nough, oh 'nough, sure 'nough
I went to my baby's house
And I sit down oh, on her steps
She said, "Now, come on in now, Muddy"
You know, my husband just now left
Sure 'nough, he just now left
Sure 'nough, he just now left
Sure 'nough, oh well, oh well
Well, my mother told my father
Just before hmm, I was born
"I got a boy child's comin'
He's gonna be, he's gonna be a "Rollin' Stone"
Sure 'nough, he's a "Rollin' Stone"
Sure 'nough, he's a "Rollin' Stone"
Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a
Well, I feel, yes I feel
Feel that I could lay down oh, time ain't long
I'm gonna catch the first thing smokin'
Back, back down the road I'm goin'
Back down the road I'm goin'
Back down the road I'm goin'
Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long
Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long
Well I want you to rock me baby, like my back ain't got
no bones
Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise
Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise
Well I want you to rock me baby, till you make me
satisfied
See me comin', run get your rockin' chair
See me comin', run get your rockin' chair
Well you know I ain't no stranger, you know I used to
live right here
Want you to roll me, like I roll a wagon wheel
Want you to roll me, like I roll a wagon wheel
You know I want you to roll me over, you know how good
that makes me feel
Rock me easy, rock your baby slow
Rock me easy, rock your baby slow
Well you know I want you to rock me so easy, till I don't
wanna rock no more
Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun
Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun
I want you to call, call me daddy, let me lay down in
Well I am a rambling kid, I've been rambling all of my
days
Yes, I am a rambling kid, I've been rambling all of my
days
Well, you know my baby she want me to stop rambling, so
she says she'll change her ways
Well, now it ain't no use to you rambling, when your baby
don't want you to ramble around
Yes, now it ain't no use to you rambling, when your baby
don't want you to ramble around
Well keep on rambling, she be done drove on out of this
town
Now I ain't gonna ramble, babe, I ain't gonna ramble no
more
Yes, I ain't gonna ramble, babe, I ain't gonna ramble no
more
Well, you know if I keep on a-rambling, I be drifting
from door to door
Well, now, I'm leaving, I'm leaving baby, no I ain't
gonna ramble no more
Lord, I'm leaving, I'm leaving baby, no I ain't gonna
ramble no more
Well, you know I have been rambling around here, lose a
Well I've been to Kansas City
Girls and everything is really alright
Yes, I've been to Kansas City
Girls and everything is really alright
Yeah the boys jump and swing
And to the broad daylight
Yes I dreamed last night
I was standin' on 18th and vine
Yes I dreamed last night
I was standin' on 18th and vine
I shook hands with Piney Brown
An' I could hardly keep from cryin'
Now come to me baby
I want to tell why I'm in love with you
Please come to me baby
I want to tell you why I'm in love with you
Because you understan'
Everything I do
I want to watch you baby
When the tears roll down your cheeks
Yes, I want to watch you baby
When the tears roll down your cheeks
I wanna hold your hand
Tell you that your kind can't be beat
Oh you know it has been such a hard hard journey, I don't
have to cry no more
Keep your light up burnin', so I can know the score
I got one more mile, oh you know I only got one more mile
to go
Oh you know my journey was so hard,
But I don't have to worry 'bout you no more
Oh you know they tell me that thousands of school kids,
every one have a mate
The little girl that I love, she the richest in the state
I got one more mile, oh you know I only got one more mile
to go
Oh you know my journey has been so hard,
But I don't have to worry 'bout you no more
Oh you know I made a mistake for gamblin', I betted my
money wrong
I was bettin' on my baby, but she weren't even at home
I got one more mile, oh you know I got one more mile to
Oh you know it has been such a long journey,
Oh yeah, someday I'm goin' to catch you soon
Oh yeah, someday I'm goin' to catch you soon
Look you in the mornin'
I'm gonna catch you in the afternoon
This gonna take my heart, must be made of steel
Just stay out all night, boy
You know, how to make her feel about
Oh yeah, someday I'm goin' to catch you soon
Look you in the mornin'
I'm gonna catch you in the afternoon
She want me do like Daniel, sleep in the lion den
I asked her where she's goin', boy
She tell me where she been
Oh yeah, someday I'm goin' to catch you soon
Look you in the mornin'
I'm gonna catch you in the afternoon
Well alright, well alright
I get to tell 'em 'bout the way
She'll break down and cry, I don't love you, Marie
[Incomprehensible]
Oh yeah, someday I'm goin' to catch you soon
Look you in the mornin'
I'm gonna say somethin' to you
And I don't care how you feel
You just don't realize
You got yourself a good deal
She's nineteen years old
She got ways just like a baby child
Nothin' I can do to please her
To make this young woman feel satisfied
I'm gonna say this to you
I don't care if you get mad
You're about the prettiest little girl
That I ever had
She's nineteen years old
She got ways just like a baby child
Nothin' I can do to please her
To make this young woman feel satisfied
I can't ask her where she's going
She tells me where she's been
She starts a conversation
That don't have no end
She's nineteen years old
She got ways just like a baby child
Nothin' I can do to please her but mmm, yeah
Woah, yeah, woah, yeah, woah, yeah
Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame
Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame
Well you know it's nine below zero, she put me down for
another man
Gave her all of my money, all of my love and everything
I gave her all of my money, all of my love and everything
Nine below zero, she put me down for another man
She lied to me, she didn't tell me everything
She lied to me, the woman didn't tell me everything
Well you know its nine below zero cousin, she put me down
for another man
Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame
Ain't this a pity, people ain't this a cryin' shame
It's nine below zero, she put me down for another man
(Well alright!)
I'm gonna retire on the delta, layin' out there in the
fallin' rain
I'm gonna retire on the delta, layin' out there in the
fallin' rain
You know it's nine below zero people, and my love don't
Well I wonder, I wonder, every place I go
Yeah you know I just wonder, I wonder, every place I go
My letter's gone dead, and my pencil it won't write no
more
Sometime I wonder why she put me out of doors (I don't
like that one)
Yeah sometime I wonder why she put me out of doors
Well you know my letter's gone dead, and my pencil it
won't write no more
Anybody ask you, why did I punch you in your nose
Yeah you know if anybody ask you, why did I punch you in
your nose
Well you know my letter's gone dead, and my pencil it
won't write no more
I went to buy some ink, but they don't keep it no more in
the stores
Yeah you know I went to buy myself some ink, but they
don't keep it no more in the stores
Well you know my letter's gone dead, and my pencil it
It's my own fault, I don't blame you for treating me the
way you do
It's my own fault, I don't blame you for treating me the
way you do
When you was deep in love with me, at that time, little
girl, I didn't love you
You used to make your paycheck and then bring it all home
to me
You know I would go up on the corner, make every woman
drunk I see
That's my own fault. honey, I don't blame you for
treating me the way you do
When you was deep in love with me, at that time, little
girl, I didn't love you
You know I used to take you out, little girl, and keep
you weeks after weeks
You were so scared to quit me, little darling, I may make
a 'fore day creep
That's my own fault, girl, honey, I don't blame you for
treating me the way you do
When you was deep in love with me, at that time, little
girl, I wouldn't be true