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My baby woke up this mornin'
Said ? "b. you must clean up and go"
Well my baby woke up this mornin'
Said ? "b. you must clean up and go"
"'cos the way that you been doin'"
"can't take those treatments no more"

If you ever lay down at night and wake up cold and (???)
Your baby's gone and left you, she had another man
Why i'm gonna move to the deep blue sea
Well i'm tired of beign all alone and livin' in misery

Well, when i woke up this mornin'
She was sittin' down before the glass
And when i start to talk
All she would do was laugh
I'm gonna change my ways, i'm gonna move to the deep blue sea
Well i'm tired of beign all alone and livin' in misery

It had to be you
It had to be you
I've wandered around
Finally found
Somebody who
Could make me be true
Could make me be blue
And even be glad
Just to be sad
Thinking of you

Some others i've seen
Might never be mean
Might never be cross
Try to be boss
They wouldn't do
For nobody else
Gave me a thrill
With all your faults
I love you still
It had to be you
Wonderful you
It had to be you

Some others i've seen
Might never be mean
Might never be cross
Or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
'cause nobody else
Gave me a thrill
With all your faults
I love you still
It had to be you
Had to be you
Had to be you
It had to be you
Wonderful you
It had to be you

It had to be you
Wonderful you
It had to be you
Had to be you
Wonderful you, yeah

Don't care when you go
How long you stay
But good kind treatments
Will bring you back someday
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Aw, but one thing
Really give me the blues
When i wore a hole
In my last pair of shoes
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Just keep on a-bettin'
About the...
You're gonna leave here runnin'
Almost too fast
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Don't like everybody
In my neighborhood
I got a no-good woman
She don't mean me no good
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

You're the greatest thing in my life, baby
Without your love, baby
I don't know just what i would do
Years of loving you, you've been so true
I believe i'd lose my mind if i lost you

I guess i've been lucky to have someone so dear
To talk and laugh and always bring me cheer
After all of these years you've been so true to me, baby
I believe i'd lose my mind if i lost you

After all of the lies i've told you
Just like giving you the stars
And buying you mink coats
Mink coats and diamonds, baby
Money in the bank and each year
Each year two brand new cars

You're the greatest thing in my life, baby
Between me and you i know i've got the best deal
Let me thank you, baby, you've been so true
I'd lose my mind if i lost you

You're sittin' there lookin' proud
Thinkin' you're so fine
Tryin' to run around
With every friend of mine
Think you're so smart baby
Think that i'm a fool
Yeah, i'm gonna tell you baby
You'd better play it cool

I'm tired of your jive
Yeah baby i'm tired of your jive
I refuse to be your fool mama
Hey i'm tired of your jive

You think that i don't see
What you do behind my back
You think i outta love you baby
No matter how you act
You'll never miss your water baby
Till the world goes dry
I'm gonna tell you
Gonna miss me, bye and bye

I'm tired of your jive
Yeah baby i'm tired of your jive
I refuse to be your fool mama
Hey i'm tired of your jive

Sittin' there smilin'
Like nothing's wrong
I don't intend to pull your coat baby
You'll know it when i'm gone
You'll never miss your water baby
Till the world runs goes dry
Now i'm gonna tell you
Gonna miss me, bye and bye

I'm tired of your jive
Baby i'm tired of your jive
Yes, i'm here to tell you woman
Baby i'm tired of your jive

Know i love you for myself
Yes, and you're gone to somebody else
And i'm worried yes, i'm worried all alone

I go to bed prayin' each night
I'm hopin' darlin', you'll treat me right
And i'm worried yes, as a man can be

All i can do is pray
Hope that maybe i'll find you someday
But until then, darlin' i'll pray all day long

I'll do everything i can
Tryin' to get you to understand
I don't want to see you round, darlin' with other men

Ah, you know i love you, love you for myself
Gone and left me for somebody else
All i can do is pray for you

I work hard everyday
Do the same at night
But still my baby
Ain't treating me right

Tell me baby baby baby baby
What can i do?
Do i have to shut your mouth
Just to get along with you?

When i'm home at night
I can't read a book
Without you being huffed up
Giving me a dirty look

Tell me baby baby baby baby
What can i do?
Do i have to shut your mouth
Just to get along with you?

She's so jealous, man
Till it's a sin
She don't even trust me
Out with men

Tell me baby baby baby baby
What can i do?
Do i have to shut your mouth
Just to get along with you?

Oh baby, why can't you treat me right?
Oh baby, why can't you treat me right?
You took all my money and you done me wrong
Staying out all night baby and you won't come home
Oh baby, why can't you treat me right?

Oh baby, you know my love is true
Oh baby, you know my love is true
I do everything you tell me to
You won't do anything baby but try to make me blue
Baby, you ought to treat me right

Oh baby, you're gonna reap just what you sow
Oh baby, you're gonna reap just what you sow
Someday baby, you gonna learn that
If you play with fire you're gotta get burned
Baby, you better treat me right

You're about to believe in love again
I'll take you there and bring you back again
The night is short
Tomorrows are long
Come go with me
While the feeling is strong

Midnight believer
The night believes in you
Midnight believer
The night believes in you

I believe that the night tells us everything
The moves to make with the feel that we bring
You've got the love locked up inside
I've got the touch so there's nothing to hide

Midnight believer
The night believes in you
Midnight believer
The night believes in you

Just tell me baby! just tell me baby!
What can i do to change your mind?
Hey, hey, hey baby
What can i do to change your mind
I've got the blues about you baby*
You keep me worried all the time

You say you love me
I believe you do
But i think you're trying to quit me
And what more can i do?

Hey, hey, hey baby
What can i do to change your mind?
I've got the blues about you baby
You keep me worried all the time

You've got a man in the east
You've got a man in the west
I'm sitting here wondering
Which one you love the best

Hey, hey, hey baby
What can i do to change your mind?
Got the blues about you baby
Keep me worried all the time

*in the original version:
I've got the freight train blues
Baby, and the tracks are all out of line

I want you to stop right there, baby
Baby, and try to understand
Hey, i might have been your fool for a while, baby
But i know i'm a good loving man
And you shouldn't lie to me, baby
Makes me mad as a man can be

I know when you got home last night
Your kissing me was your plan
I know you were just faking me, baby
'cause you'd been out with your other man
And you shouldn't lie to me, baby
Makes me mad as a man can be

Hey, i can't quit you, baby
'cause you're honey but the bees don't know
There's one thing i got to tell you, little girl
Just one thing before i go
That is you shouldn't lie to me, baby
Makes me mad as a man can be

Well, it feels alright, 'n' ev'rything is really ok
Well, it feels alright, 'n' ev'rything is really ok
Well, and the love of my baby, whoo, make me feel this way

Well, she got great big legs, whoo, and the cutest little feet
Yeah, she got great big legs, man, and the cutest little feet
Hey, she upsets ev'rybody, ev'ry man she meet
Alright!

Look out, well, help me, somebody
I love ya baby, oh, sweet like heaven up above
Well, i pray to the lord, you're the only one i love

I walk in my bedroom floor
I hung my head and cry
I gotta find my baby
You know i can

Everyday, everyday i have the blues
Everyday, everyday i have the blues
When you see me worried baby
Because it's you i hate to lose

Oh nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Yes nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Speaking of bad luck and trouble
Well you know i had my share

I'm gonna pack my suitcase, move on down the line
Yes i'm gonna pack my suitcase, move on down the line
Where there ain

When i first met you, said you would be mine
Found out later you was tellin' me a lie
And now i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

Now if there's one thing that i just can't stand
Can't stand to see you with another man
Because i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

I did all for you, did all i could
All i did darlin', it didn't do me no good
And now i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

Now i'm goin' on, goin' on my way
I know you don't love me now darlin'
But you will some old day
Because i'm walkin', walkin' and cryin'
You don't love me no more

When that midnight hour went chiming,
I was in my room alone
Yes, when that midnight hour went chiming,
I was in my room alone
Yes, and when i came home this evening,
I found my baby gone

Oh, i laid my head on my pillow,
I gazed up at the stars up above
Yes, i laid my head on my pillow,
Yes, lookin' up at the stars above
I tell you it's a miserable feeling,
Oh, when you lose the one you love

Oh, i get the blues at midnight,
Oh there's one thing i can't describe
Oh, i get the blues at midnight,
Oh there's one thing i can't describe
Yes, and when you look at your baby's picture
Oh, the tears will come from your eyes

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I was a sailor, i was lost in sea
I was under the waves, before love rescued me
I was a fighter i could turn on a threat
Now i stand accused of the things i've said.

When love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town,
I'm gonna catch that flame.
Maybe i was wrong to ever let you down,
But i did what i did before love came to town.

Used to make love under a red sunset,
I was making promises i was soon to forget.
She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown,
But i left her standing before love came to town.

Ran into a juke joint when i heard a guitar scream,
The notes were turning blue when i fell into a dream
As the music played i saw my life turn around
That was the day before love came to town.

Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town,
I'm gonna catch that flame.
Maybe i was wrong to ever let you down,
But i did what i did before love came to town.

I was there when they crucified my lord
I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword
I threw the dice when they pierced his side,
But i've seen love conquer the great divide.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

I've been tossing and turning all night
Staring into the darkness
Afraid to turn on the light
It's got nothing to do with money
I just sure enough want you, honey
And i just can't rest
Till i get it right
'cause when the morning breeze
Starts blowing
That's when you hear me call your name
That's when my love starts showing
It's getting serious, baby
End of the game

'cause i can't get enough of your love
I said i can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I said i can't get enough of your love

You got me walking round in circles
Yeah i'm always pacing the floor
'cause this life i'm living without you
I just can't take no more

When the morning breeze starts blowing
I can hear you call my name
That's when my love starts showing
It's getting serious, baby
End of the game

'cause i can't get enough of your love
I said i can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I said i can't get enough of your love


'cause when the morning breeze
Starts blowing
I can hear me call your name
That's when my love starts showing
It's getting serious, baby
End of the game

'cause i can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I said i can't get enough of your love
I said i can't get enough of your love

I can't get enough of your love

When that ev'nin' sun goes down,
Yeah, you'll find me hangin' around
Because the night life,
It ain't no good life but it's my life

Yeah, yeah, yeah listen to the blues,
Listen to what they're sayin'
Oh, please listen to the blues,
Listen to the blues they're playin'

Ah, ah, all of the people just like you and me,
They're all dreamin' about their old used to be
Because the night life,
It ain't no good life but it's my life

They tell me life's an empty scene,
An avenue of broken dreams
Because the night life,
It ain't no good life but it's my life

I

Worry worry worry
Worry is all i can do
Oh worry worry worry baby
Worry is all i can do
Oh my life is so miserable baby
Baby, and its all on account of you

You hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh you hurt me
You know you hurt me so bad baby
When you said we were through
Oh but i would rather be dead baby
Then to be here so alone and blue

Someday baby
Oh...someday baby
Oh! someday baby
Oh! oh! oh oh yes
Oh! someday baby

"ladies. i said ladies...ladies if you got a man and the man don't do like you think he
Should...ladies you don't hurt 'im. i said don't you hurt him! man happens to be
God's gift to women! so ladies you must know that the man is already grown so you can't
Raise him over again.

So the thing to do is throw your arms around him! hold him close to
You! look him straight in the eyes! and then you tell him... you tell him, you
Say "now baby you been messing up, but i know you gonna do me better." and when he
Look at you as if he wanna know when, then you tell him..."someday baby." and if it seem
Like he's hard of hearing or not paying you much attention or something do like you ladies
Are known to do....put your hands on your hips and then you say it again...ow! he have to
Be a mighty hard hearted person not to listen to you.

But i don't think it's fair to just talk to the ladies, i think i should say a few words to the
Men too. so fellas...i said fellas! fellas if you got a woman and the lady don't do like
You think she should,
Don't you be goin' upside of her head now. you know what i'm talkin' about, don't you be
Beatin' on her. the judgement's much cheaper if you don't beat her. and you see if you hurt
Her you only do one thing...i said if youhurt her you only do one thing! you make her a little
Smarter and she won't let you catch her the next time. so the thing to do is throw your
Arms around the pretty little thing! now listen to me, listen to me...i don't care if she
Weigh thirty-two and a half pounds wet or five hundred and fifty pounds on her feet. if she's
Your lady and you dig her, than she's your pretty little thing...and then you tell
Her! you say "baby! baby i don't care what they say about you on the next block, your
My little lady and i dig you. let em talk, let 'em say what they want to say"

And fellas, you must know too that the ladies, god bless their sweet little souls, ladies
Happen to be god's gift to man too fellas. you all agreed? you better say it cause your wife
Is listening. but there's just one more thing i must say to you fellas, just one more thing.
Don't be too proud to beg. i said don't be too proud to beg! if you have to fall
Down on your knees to let your woman know that you love her, go on down there!
...i can see some of you cats got dirty minds in the place this evening...what i'm tryin'
To say, ladies love to hear their men say "baby i love you!" don't
You ladies? i said ladies love to hear their men say "baby i love you!"
Don't you ladies? so fellas tell your lady that you love her! ...she might
Think you're lying though. tell your lady that you love her even if you are
Lying.

But seriously speaking, when i goof, when i goof i usually slide up to my woman and i look
Straight at her...i have to get my look first...i usually say i look like a little puppy begging
For that last bone you been holding out on. i look straight at her and i say "baby! ...please
Forgive me honey!" and then i wait a few minutes to see how she take it. and then i
Say "baby! ...please forgive me honey!" and then i stand back far enough so that when
She swings i can duck...and then i say "baby! you know when i goofed last week i
Was high..."if she let me get away with that then i look at her real pitifull like this....say
"baby, honey you know when you're high it don't count. " and then i tell her, i say
"if you forgive me honey i'm gonna do better."and if she look at me as if she wanna know
When then i tell her "someday baby..."

Yes someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
Someday, baby
When the blood runs cold in my veins
You know you won't be able to hurt me no more baby
'cause my heart won't feel no pain

Thank you so much, we thank you.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
Right here we're going all back to the begun.
All we go to the very beginnin',
Before we made this and very few people knew about, b.b. king.

We go all back this time.
You remind and go back one time, do you?
Sometimes you feel good go back and start all over again.
Oh boy!
You show so good to me, i will tell that
That you are

Now here it is, three o'clock in the morning,
Oh can't even close my eyes.
Oh yes.
It's three o'clock in the morning baby,
Oh, i can't even close my eyes.
Well, you know i can't find my baby,
Keep on lookin' be satisfied.

I've looked around me, people,
Hey, and my baby she knows she can't be found.
Looked all around me, people,
Oh, my baby, she can't be found.
Well, you know if i don't find my baby,
People, i'm going down to the golden ground.

That's where the fellows hang out down there,
They shoot pool, you know.

Goodbye, everybody,
Oh, i do believe this is the end,
Oh, oh, goodbye everybody,
Oh i do believe that this is the end.
Oh i want you to tell my baby,
Oh, to forgive me for my sins.

A guy feels lonely then, when you hear something like that
You can't do whatever you wanna do.
Because your mind is on the person you know.
You figure something you've done
You don't know what it is because she won't tell you
But every time you look at her, she just starts to crying and won't say nothing.
Then you say to yourself

It's my own fault, baby,
Treat me the way you wanna do,
Oh, yes, my own fault, baby,
Treat me the way you wanna do.
Because when you would love me, baby,
Oh, a good time looked down,
That wouldn't be true.

I go up on my feet and i had a lot of friends,
Now bad luck has hit me people,
And now i'm down again.
Oh, i wonder why?
Why does everything have to happen to me?
I'm blue and i'm lonesome, people,
My heart is filled with misery.

Once i had a lotta money,
They say the greatest man until
But bad luck has hit me now,
Pain has got me down.
Yes, i wonder why, people
Why does everything have to happen to me?
I say i'm blue and i'm lonesome, people,
My heart is filled with misery.

Part 1:
Blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes
Yes the blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes
Well dark is the night, since my baby said good-bye

Oh how i've suffered since my baby went away
Yes how i've suffered since my baby went away
And i've got that feeling that my baby's gone to stay

Take me back baby, forgive me for the wrong i've done
Yes take me back darling, forgive me for the wrong i've done
Well i know i love you, and you're the only one

Yes talk to me baby, call me on the telephone
Yeah talk to me baby, call me on the telephone
Yes the blues has got me, and i want my baby home

Yes if your baby love you, keep her home and treat her nice
Oh if your baby love you, you better keep her home and treat her nice
Well never mistreat a good woman, this is some doggone good advice

Part 2:

Yes it's been so long since i've seen my baby's face
Well it's been so long since i've seen my baby's face
I'm tellin' you people, no one else can ever take her place

Yes the doorbell is ringing, i know there must be somethin' wrong
Yes the doorbell is ringing, i know it must be somethin' wrong
Well looka here it's my baby, she's done changed her mind and come home

So hurry baby, come on in and close the door
Yes hurry baby, come on in and close the door
Let me put my arms around you baby, so my nights won't be dark no more

She told me she'd been loved before
If i took a little less
She'd give a little more
She told me she'd been hurt a lot
But somehow she still knew
What a woman's love was for

She said if i would take a second-hand woman
The night wouldn't be so long
She said if i would take a second-hand woman
She'd put love where love belonged
I said that's alright with me
I'll do everything i can
After all baby i'm a second-hand man

I showed her where i hid the scars
From all the battles i had fought
In lost and lonely wars
It took al night for us to understand
Life had led to us
Loves old soft and healing hand

They say there ain't no woman that a man can trust
That they all use joo-joo, and goofy dust
But i don't argue baby
And i won't make no fuss
Cause i'm glad glad glad, i'm so glad baby
That you put it on me

Oh, i had pretty women in every town
And i played so hard when the sun went down
Oh, but you stopped my partying
You stopped my partying when you came around baby
Mmmm....and i'm so glad
I'm so glad, i'm so glad, i'm so glad baby
That you put it on me

If i hollered for help
The doctor would come
If i asked for medicine
You know he'd give me some
But that wouldn't cure me baby
Oh, and you know that wouldn't be no fun
So you just keep on, keep on mama
Oh, you just keep on puttin' it on me

Yes, just keep it up baby
Keep on puttin' it on me
Keep it up
Keep on, keep on baby...

I

Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
I can love you baby
Better than your used-to-be

Oh baby, don't you need a man like me
Oh baby, don't you need a man like me
I can love you baby
Better than any man in town

Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
Oh baby, don't you want a man like me
I can love you baby
Better than your used-to-be

Once upon a time, a long long time ago, wherever you'd lead me, i would surely follow
Girl, you put me through some pain and misery
And now you are standing on my doorstep, telling me how much you need me
Baby, ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)
Ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)

How many times i begged for you to come home, but you laughed at me and said let me
Alone
Through my falling tears i saw you walk away
And now you're beggin' me to forgive you, but this time, baby, it's your turn to beg
Baby, ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)
Ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)

Girl, i used to love you, in ways no one else would love you
Gave you everything that i own
Girl, you can't come back here
Ain't nobody home (chorus: nobody's home)

Once upon a time, when you went on your way
But, girl, i hoped and prayed, that you'd come back some day
But time has made some changes, turned me upside down
So, you can beg me to forgive you, but this time, baby, you can turn right around

Ain't nobody home
Ain't nobody home
Girl, you hurt me once (chorus: ain't nobody home)
I hear you knockin' (chorus: ain't nobody home)

My gal keeps me cryin'
My gal keeps me cryin'
Wringin' my hands and cryin'
Oh lord, make her treat me right
I done got so
I can't stand her out of my sight

She's the best love i ever had
The best love i ever had
But sometime
My baby knows she makes me mad
Sometimes she makes me happy
Then again she makes feel so sad

Hey, she's the best love i ever had
The best love i ever had
But sometime
My baby knows she makes me mad
Sometimes she makes me happy
Then again she makes feel so sad

Got a new way of driving
Come ride in this car with me
Got a new way of driving
Come ride in this car with me
I ride so you bring back your memory

We'll ride in the mornin'
Put your (???) clothes in my (???)
We'll ride in the mornin'
Put your (???) clothes in my (???)
I'll ride so even
I swear i won't do harm

Well we'll ride in the mornin'
We'll ride at night
We'll ride pretty baby til we ride just right

Come on baby in this car with me
I'll ride you so easy
Bring back your memory

Well we'll ride in the mornin'
Ride before day
Ride pretty baby drive the blues away

Come on baby in this car with me
I'll ride you so easy
Bring back your memory

When i first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
When i first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
You just left your home then, woman
Ah, the sweetest thing i'd ever seen

But you wouldn't do nothing, baby
You wouldn't do anything i asked to
You wouldn't do nothing for me, baby
You wouldn't do anything i asked to
You know you ran away from your home, baby
And now you wanna run away from old b. too

You know i loved you, baby
I loved you before i could call your name
You know i loved you, baby
Baby i loved you, i love you before i could call your name
Well, it seems like everything i do now baby
Everything i do is in vain

My brother's in korea, baby
My sister's down in new orleans
Brother's in korea baby
My sister's down in new orleans
You know i'm having so much trouble woman
Baby, i wonder, what in the world is gonna happen to me

You know i love you
And i'll do anything you tell me to
You know i love you
And i'll do anything you tell me to
Well, there ain't nothing in the world, woman
Babe, it ain't nothing
Nothing in the world i wouldn't do it for you

You can treat me mean, baby
But i'll keep on loving you just the same
You can treat me mean baby
But i'll keep on loving you just the same
But one of these days, baby
You're gonna give a lot of money
To hear someone call my name

Yes, sweet sixteen baby... sweet sixteen...
Yes, the sweetest thing baby
The sweetest thing i ever seen
You know i'm having so much trouble, woman
Baby i wonder
Yes i wonder
Baby i wonder
Oh, i wonder what in the world's gonna happen to me

I wonder why, why my baby won't treat me right
I wonder why, why my baby won't treat me right
She go off every day and she won't come home 'till night

"i'll be home" well, last week that's what she said
"i'll be home" well, last week that's what she said
She don't care if i don't eat
'cos she don't know how the rent is paid

She's a gamblin' woman, she chases men in between
She's a gamblin' girl, she chases men in between
She mistreats me and she cheats me
Meanest woman i ever seen

The kid's in bed, i lay awake 'till broad daylight
The kid's in bed, i lay awake 'till broad daylight
Every now and then i wonder will my baby be home tonight

Have you ever wanted someone
And you thought they didn't want you
Have you ever, ever wanted someone
And you thought they didn't want you
You know what you wanted
To say to them, people
But you were afraid she may walk away

Someone like you, baby
Someone like you i ain't never had
Oh someone, someone like you
Someone like you i ain't never had
Maybe i'm asking too much, baby
Oh but i want you, i want you so bad

Oh you look so good to me, baby
Baby, i just got to let you know
Yeah, you look so good
So good to me, baby
I just got to let you know
I wanna keep you forever, baby
I don't wanna ever let you go

So whatever you do, baby
Please leave me a way
To get in touch with you
Oh whatever, ever you do, baby
Please leave me a way
To get in touch with you
I need you so bad, baby
When you leave i'll be so sad

Well, i work hard everyday
Come home straight home with my pay
My baby either drink it up
Or she threw it all away

I'm gonna quit my baby
If she don't stop cheatin' and lyin'
Well, i would rather be alone
Than to be worried out of my mind

Well, i give her all of my money
I think i'm being kind
She buy a quart of bad whiskey
And the rest is beer and wine

Well, a few nights ago
I had to work kinda late
Somebody broke out of my house
Just like he was superman's mate

Well, four o'clock this morning, when i staggered in the block
The little moonshine joint and the rest just begin to rock
I sneaked inside to get a better view
I caught my woman doin' the mambo too

Merry christmas baby
Babe you sure did treat me nice
Yeah! merry merry merry christmas baby
Babe you sure did treat me nice
Gave me a diamond ring for christmas
And now i'm living in paradise

Oh! i'm feeling mighty fine this morning
I've got good music on my radio
Hey baby, i'm feeling mighty fine
I've got good music on my radio
I would love to hug and kiss you baby
While you're standing beneath the mistletoe

Santa came down the chimney
About half past three
He got all of these presents that you'll use
See, i'll help you put on these

Merry merry merry christmas baby
Oh! you sure been good to me
I haven't had a drink this evenin' baby
But i'm all lit up like a christmas tree

Hey! merry merry merry christmas baby
I've got good music on my radio
I said, merry merry merry christmas baby
I've got good music on my radio
I would love to hug and kiss you baby
While you're standing beneath the mistletoe

I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm gonna take her in my arms
I'm gonna hold her all night long
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home

So now, hurry up mister man
Load just as fast as you can
The plane is already late
I'm gonna get home as soon as i can
I wanted to take a bus
But they said the road was bad
I started to take a train but a freight was all they had

I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm gonna take her in my arms
I'm gonna hold her all night long
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home

If there is something wrong
Want to you please let me know
Because my baby needs me
And i really really must go
How bad i wanna see my woman
I guess you'll never know
I would start tryin' to walk
But walkin' is too slow

I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home
I'm gonna take her in my arms
I'm gonna hold her all night long
I'm going home to see my baby, i'm going home

Oh, i wish i was single, 'cause my woman, she drives me mad
I wish i was single, 'cause my woman, she drives me mad
Yes, she's always accusing me of someone of someone i ain't never had

Last night i felt lucky but my luck was running slow
The last hand i caught four aces and the police broke down the door
I said, "lord, lord, what can a poor boy do?"
It's tough when you can't make no money,
Seems like all the bad breaks come to you

Got home this morning, she was looking kind-a funny
She said, "don't come in here daddy, unless you got some money"
I said, "lord, lord, what can a poor boy do?"
It's tough when you can't make no money,
Seems like all the bad breaks come to you

I asked my woman for some dinner, she looked at me like a fool
She said, "i'm playing checkers, daddy, and i think it's your time to move"
I said, "lord, lord, what can a poor boy do?"
It's tough when you can't make no money,
Seems like all the bad breaks come to you

My pockets are empty, i feel so low
If somebody loves me, ain't said so
And i got holes in both of my shoes
Don't look now but i've got the blues

There ain't nobody on this old earth
Who'll give a nickel for what i'm worth
I got more worries that i can use
Don't look now but i've got the blues

Troubles everywhere, i act like i don't care
But it's not true
'cos i remember things, so many many things
But mostly, i remember you

I'm gonna go some place else
And cry these tears all by myself
I ain't got nothing left to lose
Don't look now but i've got the blues

The world goes round
No one knows what it all means
You're still out there
Looking for a brand new scene
And i'm still here
Never have been hard to find
When new gets old
I'll be playing on your mind

When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around
When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around

The day will come when there's nothing new to see
And then you'll know here is where you want to be
You know my song used to take your heart away
That same old feel is gonna bring you back to stay

When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around
When it all comes down, look for me
I'll still be around

I've traveled from town to town
Seems like everybody wanna throw me down
'cause i'm a poor man
But i'm a good man, understand

I went down to the train station
Looked up on the wall
My money was too light, baby
Couldn't go nowhere at all
I'm a poor man
But i'm a good man, understand

The burden that i carry is so heavy, you see
It seems like there ain't nobody in this world
Who would wanna help poor me

Well, i would be all right, baby
Just give me a break
Good things come to those who wait
'cause i've been a good man
But i'm a poor man, understand

You let me down
All over town
I guess by now i should be gone
Yet here i stand
Still in your hands
Cause you're the best i've ever known

I try and try to say good-bye
I just can't leave your love alone
And after you what will i do
I just can't leave your love alone

I walk away most everyday
Don't need a love that hurts me so
Then every night you get it right
Until i'm moaning soft and low

I try and try to say good-bye
I just can't leave your love alone
And after you what will i do
I just can't leave your love alone

If you would let me love you, baby
There is nothing in the world i wouldn't do for you
Yes if you would let me love you, baby
Ain't nothing in the world i wouldn't do for you
I would even try to walk on water, woman
If you would just say,
"baby i love you too"

If you let me love you, baby
I'll buy you a car made of gold
I'll even give you a fountain of youth, baby
So you will never grow old
Just let me love you, woman

Ain't nothing i wouldn't do in this world
I want you to call me your boy, woman
Baby, and i'm gonna call you my girl

Yeah, i'l lhire you a teacher, baby
To read you storybooks
I'll make you a talkin' mirror, woman
Just to tell you how good you look

Ain't nothing i wouldn't do in this world
I want you to call me your boy, woman
Baby, and i'm gonna call you my girl

Yes, i'm gonna fall on my knees
Would even call the lord
Just to seed the dimple, baby
In your cheeks when you smile

Let me love you
Ain't nothing in the world i wouldn't do for you
I say i would try to walk the water, baby
If you say that you love me too

I said lord up in heaven
Honey, what's been wrong with you
Just give me one good reason
For what we've been going through

Oh go on
'cause you brought me to my knees
Go on, do just what you please
I'd rather you'd just leave me alone
So baby, go on

Are you sure you still love me
All you seem to want to do is fight
Always telling me
I can't do anything right

You'd better go on
You've got me on my knees
Go on, do just what you please
I'd rather you just leave me alone
So baby, go on

Go on, go on, go on, baby, go on
Go on
'cause you brought me to my knees
Go on, do just what you please
You wanna lose your happy home
Then baby, go on

Now i've run out of patience
And the chances are slim
Since i walked around the corner
Saw you kissing on him
You said he's just a long lost friend
If you please
You'd better take him home now
So darling, where's the keys

Go on, got me on my knees
Go on, do just what you please
You wanna lose your happy home
Then baby, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on
I'd rather you just leave me alone
Baby, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, baby, go on
Go on, baby, go on, go on . . .

I used to wake up in the morning with an aching head.
I couldn't remember anything i'd said.
My friends told me i was getting out of line.
If it wasn't for you baby, i'd be doing time.

Since i met you baby,
You've made a new man of me.
Since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
Yes i am.

I used to think i was better than the rest.
Ain't no doubt about it, i was no second best.
Didn't seem to matter what was right or what was wrong.
I did some crazy things before you came along.
Since i met you baby,
You've made a new man of me.

Since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
Yes, i am.

Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
One more time!

Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Since i met you baby.
Well, since i met you baby,
I'm happy as a man could be.
Yes, i am.

Happy as a man can be.
You tell 'em gary!
Yeah!

Days into weeks
Weeks into months
Months into years i'm blue
I'm cracking up over you

I can't survive
I need you here by my side
Every word i say is true
I'm cracking up over you

When i can see you again
Don't know just when that will be
But baby, just look
Can't you see what you're doin' to me?

Why do you torture me?
Never give me a smile
That brings tears from my eyes
I'm cracking up over you

My heart suffers, suffers pain
Nothin' seems to be the same
But with you baby, i'll suffer again
I'm cracking up over you

All of your affection is gone baby and your love is growing cold
I've said all of your affection is gone baby and your love is growing cold
Hey, i've got a new story to tell you this evening, baby
One that ain't never been told

I went to work the other day
But i thought that i would double back
And that car i saw sitting in front of my door
Looked like a brand new, a brand new cadillac, yeah!

I ain't got none now baby
I think you've been cheating on me
I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some outside help
That i don't think i really need

The iceman came by this morning
And you know he didn't leave no ice
The postman came by later baby
And he didn't even ring twice

I think you've been cheating on me
I think you're running out on me
I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some outside help
That i don't think i really need

Now, i want you to tell the iceman
The next time he'd better leave some ice
And i want you to tell the postman
He'd better ring more than twice

And when i come home from work in the morning
Better still be some groceries on the shelf.
I want to tell that slick insurance man
That he'd better write some insurance on his self.

Yes, i think you've been cheating on me
I think you're running out on me
I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some help, some help
Some help, i don't really need

Long about sundown, i've gotta be on my way
Sad long about sundown, i've gotta be on my way
Goin' back to my woman and this time i'm gonna stay

Yes, i've been gone for a long time
Wonder if i'm welcome home
Been gone for a long time
Wonder if i'm welcome home
So many things can happen
When a man leaves his baby all alone

Yes, it took a long time, baby
To realise what a fool i've been
Well, i said it took a long, long time, baby
To realise what a fool i've been
When i knock on the door
I wonder will she let me in

I want to go home but i ain't got sufficient clothes
Doggone my bad luck soul
I ain't got no money and my job's done closed
I would call that old woman but i'm afraid that she may explode

My wife done quit me, my girlfriend too
Doggone my bad luck soul
I ain't got nobody and i don't know what to do
They say things will get better but i don't believe it's true

I thought i had friends but they all disappeared
Doggone my bad luck soul
Everything i do people, everything i do seems to be wrong
It wouldn't be so bad if i knew i had a home

mean old frisco


That mean ole, mean ole frisco
And that long train, the santa fe
That mean ole, mean ole frisco
And that long train, the santa fe
Yes, they've taken my baby away
And they blew back after me

I ain't got no, i ain't got nobody here
I ain't got no, i ain't got nobody here
Well, if i don't hear from her soon
I think i'll leave myself

Oh, i wonder
Do she ever think of me?
Yes, i wonder
Do my baby think of me?
Well, she should be worried
And should hurry back home to me

Well, if you see my baby
Tell her i need her bad
Oh, if you see my baby
Tell her i need her bad
Well, since she left me
Seems i've lost every friend i have

I've been tryin' not to worry
And tryin' to do the best i can
I've been tryin' not to worry
And tryin' to do the best i can
But now since she's gone
I'm a lonely lonely man

I had no worries
Till i met you
But ever since that day, baby
Lord, what i've been doing through
I found no rest
No happiness
You don't do nothing but making me blue

You said you loved me
And i believed in you
I sent you down baby
And been seein' you through
But for that mistake
You made my heart ache
You don't do nothing but making me blue

This life i'm living
Stayin' here with you
Been nothing but heartaches
Woman and you know it's true
You don't satisfy
Won't even try
You don't do nothing but making me blue

Now i'm sayin' it's over
Yes, and leavin' you
Just stay where you are, little girl
I say i'm leavin' you
You had your fun
What's done is done
You don't do nothing but making me blue

I was born and raised down in alabama on a farm way back up in the woods. oh
I was so ragged folks used to call me "patches". papa used to tease me about
It, but deep down inside dad was hurtin' 'cause he'd done the best he could.

My papa was a great old man
I can see him with a shovel in his hand
Education that he never had
But he did wonders when the times got bad
The little money from the crops we raised
Barely paid the bills we made

Oh life whipped him
Down to the ground
When he tried to get up
Life would kick him back down
On the day papa called me
To his dyin' bed
Placed his hand on my shoulders
And in tears he said

Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you

Two days later papa passed away
And i became a man that day
Everyday i had to work the fields
'cause that's the only way
We got our meals
See, i was the oldest of the family
And everybody was depending on me

Now the years have passed
And everybody's grown
Mama's been livin'
In a brand new home
Lord knows it took
A lot of sweat and tears
And my daddy's voice
To help us through the years
He said -

Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you

Daddy had been sick for a long time, flat on his back. every evenin' after
We'd finish our chores and eat our dinner, we'd all go into papa's room to
Cheer him up a little. and this particular day dad was in good spirits,
Sittin' on the side of the bed, tellin' mama how good she looked. when all
Of a sudden, papa had a pain in his chest. i was too young to understand,
Talkin' about a heart attack here. mama rushed us all out of the room into
The hallway. about ten minutes later she came out with tears in her eyes.
She called out to me, "patches, patches, get in here, boy. your daddy wanna
See you." i went runnin' into papa's room, there papa lay. daddy had tears
In his eyes. i knew something was wrong, daddy was a poor man, but all of my
Life he'd been a proud man. i knelt down on one knee beside the bed, papa
Put his hand on my shoulder. he said, "patches, patches, boy, the hammer of
Life done beat your old papa down to the ground, and i ain't got nobody to
Turn to to take care of mama and the younger. so what i want you to do is
Promise me, son, is that you're gonna do your best to help your mama as much
As you can." i said, "papa, i'm gonna do my best." but little did i know
Then like i know now, that tryin' to climb life's mountains searchin' for a
Top where there ain't no top, sometimes you find yourself frustrated, lazy.
But every time i feel like i can't live my life like i want to, my mind goes
Back to that day when i see those tears in my daddy's eyes. but most of all
I remember his words, "patches, i'm dependin' on you, boy." every time i
Feel like givin' up, i hear his voice. "patches, patches, patches, patches -"

I'm depending on you, son
I've tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest

Patches
I'm depending on you, son
I've tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest
Patches
I'm depending on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you

Since i met you baby
My whole life has changed
Since i met you baby
My whole life has changed
And everybody tells me
That i'm not the same

I don't need nobody
To tell my troubles to
I don't need nobody
To tell my troubles to
'cause since i met you baby
All i need you is you

Since i met you baby
I'm a happy man
Since i met you baby
I'm a happy man
I'm gonna try to please you
In every way i can

Since i met you baby
I'm a happy man
Since i met you baby
I'm a happy man
For since i met you baby
All i need is you
All i need is you

Gone are the days i'm holding you tight
Gone are the times i thrill with delight
Oh how i've missed you and your tender kiss
I've been a fool too long

I took your love then broke your heart
Can you forgive me, we'll make a new start
Guess life ain't worth living if you are not giving
I've been a fool to long

I've played the field but could not conceal
The way i feel about you
Everyone guessed i had no happiness
Loving you the way i do

You carried my heart around in your hand
Yes i still love you, please understand
Life ain't worth living if you are not giving
I've been a fool to long

So many days
I'd rather steal away and die
So many days
I'd rather steal away and die
I was too blue to live
And to mean to die

You've been so mean baby
You've been so mean to me
Baby, you've been so mean
You've been so mean to me
I've got to get even with you woman
You just hang around and see

Baby you ain't no good
You ain't no good no how
Baby you ain't no good
You ain't no good no how
Yes, the way i used to love you woman
Baby that's the way i hate you now

Yes, you can pack your clothes baby
You can pack your clothes and go
Pack your clothes, woman
You can pack your clothes and go
I want you to know baby
You ain't no better than the little girl i had before

I got a boogie-woogie woman
Boogie-woogie all the time
I got a boogie-woogie woman
Boogie-woogie all the time
If she keep on boogyin'
She bound to lose her mind

Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies all night long
Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies all night long
Yes, and the...come
She's still goin' strong

Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies late at night
Well, she boogies in the mornin'
And she boogies late at night
Well, i don't mind her boogyin'
'cause her boogyin' is all right

Well, she's a bogie-woogie woman
And she boogies all the time
Well, she's a bogie-woogie woman
And she boogies all the time
Well, if keep on boogyin'
She bound to lose her mind

Yes, you thought
You had a good thing, baby
You could do what you wanted to do
Yes, but you'd better
Find you another thing, baby
Because this thing
Is cutting out on you
I'm tired of you putting me down
I think i'll do like a mole
And move underground

I tried to do
Everything for you, baby
Tried to give you everything
Even the stars above
Oh but you wanted someone
To play with, baby
And i needed me someone to love
I say i'm tired of you
Putting me down
I think i'll do like a mole
And move underground

Yes, i can't be a winner, baby
Because i was born to lose
I go to bed every night
With troubles, baby
Because i wake up
Thinking about you
I'm tired of you
Putting me down, baby
I think i'm gonna do like a mole
And move underground

Oh i paid the cost, baby
I even sing the blues
I've done everything to please you
And i'm tired of paying my dues
And i'm tired of you
Putting me down
That's why i'm gonna do like a mole
And move underground

Say what you wanna
Say what you please
It don't make no difference, baby
You're all right with me
I'm gonna keep on loving you, baby
I'm gonna keep on till the day i die
I keep on loving you
Baby, because the way you satisfy

I'm gonna tell you one thing
I'm not gonna say it again
The way i love you, baby
You know it's a doggone sin
Gonna keep on loving you
I'm gonna keep on loving you, woman
Baby, until the day i die, yeah

These lyrics are currently unavailable and we are working with the publisher to get the license for this song.

Come back to me, baby
I feel so all alone
It rained last night
And things ain't right
Without my baby home

Every time it rains
I think of you
And that's the time
I feel so blue
When the rain starts falling
My love comes tumbling down
And it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

If you see clouds
Here in my eyes
It's just because
You said good-bye
Although the sun is shining
There's no more summer skies
`cause it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

Remember the night you told me
Our love would always be
I wouldn't be blue and lonely
If you'd come back to me
Every single cloud
Would disappear
I'd wear a smile
If you were here
So baby, won't you hurry
Because i miss you so
And it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

Remember the night you told me
Our love would always be
I wouldn't be blue and lonely
If you'd come back to me
Every single cloud
Would disappear
I'd wear a smile
If you were here
So baby, won't you hurry
Because i miss you so
And it's raining
Teardrops from my eyes

Well, baby, baby, baby look at you
Yes, i said baby, baby, baby, baby look at you
Well, you want to jump on me and hurt me
'cos i won't let you tell me what to do

Well, when i first met you baby
You didn't know what love is about
You were standin' on the streets beggin'
And ragged as a barrel of sauerkraut

Baby, baby, baby look at you
Well now, you want to jump on me and hurt me
'cos i won't let you tell me what to do

Well, you said once that you loved me
I would always be your own
And now you got your hands on some money, baby
And you're drivin' b.b. away from home

Well, you said that you loved me
I always would be your man
Now you thrown me outdoors
And said "go and do the best you can"

Here is somethin' baby, i want you to do
I ain't barrin' nobody baby, i mean you and your lyin' friends too
Don't cry baby, don't even spill a tear
Yes, you just pack your clothes baby,
Baby and get on outta here

I gave you a chance and that you know,
You got greedy and thirsty baby and you spent more and more
There's no need cryin' baby, don't even spill a tear,
You just pack your clothes baby, baby and get on outta here

You and your friends you say you had fun,
You went every place woman, that you wanted to go
And when i tried to talk to you baby,
You didn't listen to a word i say
And now baby you must be crazier, that juice has gone to your head
Ain't no need of cryin' woman, baby, don't even spill a tear
You just pack your clothes baby,
I mean and get on outta here

Well she's thirty-six in the bust
Twenty-eight in the waist
Forty-four in the hips
She's got real crazy legs
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
And i'm telling you people
She's something fine that you really ought to see

Well she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well i've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because i've got a weak heart
Well you upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

Well i've tried to describe her
It's hard to start
I'd better stop now
Because i've got a weak heart
You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Well like being hit by a falling tree
Woman what you do to me

Hold that train, conductor
Please don't let that engineer start
Hold that train, conductor
Please don't let that engineer start
Well, i wanna ride your train this morning
Just to ease my achin' heart

Yes, for the last few mornings lately
Before i get out of my bed
Yes, for the last few mornings lately
Before i get out of my bed
Well, i hear your whistle moanin'
And it almost drives me out of my head

I'll pay my fare when we starts rollin'
All your money's right here in my pants
I'll pay my fare when we starts rollin'
All your money's right here in my pants
Well, i know i should back and buy a ticket
Yes, but i'm afraid to take the chance

Oh, don't stop this train, conductor
Till this old state is out of sight
Yes, don't stop this train, conductor
Till mississippi is out of sight
Well, you know i'm going to california
Where i, i know my baby will treat me right

I've been a roaming romeo
My juliets have been many
But now my roaming days are gone
Too many irons in the fire
Is worse than not having any
I've had my share and from now on

I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you
I'm giving all my love to one baby
Lord help me
If my baby don't come through

I've got a great big amount
Saved up in my love account
Honey, and i decided
Love divided in two won't do
So i'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you

Now here's what i mean.

I've been a roaming juliet
Yeah, she has
My romeos have been many
You're right, baby
But now my roaming days are gone
That's what i wanna hear
Too many irons in the fire
Yeah?
Is worse than not having any
Um huh!
I've had my share and from now on
Yeah?

I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you
Daddy!
I'm giving all my love to one baby
Lord help me
If my baby don't come through

Got a great big amount
Saved up in my love account
Honey, i've decided
Love divided in two won't do
In two, won't do
So i'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i got on you
I'm betting everything i got on you

I'm betting on you, baby.
Got on you.
I'm betting on you.

Yes your letter reached me early this morning baby
And i read every word you had to say
I said your letter reached me early this morning baby
And i read every word you had to say
But you know i just don't understand you waman
If you love me why in the world did you go away

Your letter said that you're doing ok
But then it read: "please, let me come back home."
Your letter said that you're doing ok
But then it read: "please, let me come back home."
Yes, you said you were so tired, so tired baby
And you wanted someone you could call your own

But memories don't fail me woman
I remember the day you left
Oh my memories don't fail me baby
I remember the day you left
Well you know you told me then and i believe you now woman
That you were grown and you've been take care of yourself

So now here is my answer baby
And the words come straight from my heart
Well, here is the answer to you letter woman
And the words come straight from my heart
Yeah it's against my will i know
I could love you still baby
But baby i just can't play the part

If you love me, baby
Why don't you write me sometime
If you, if you love me, baby
Why don't you let me
Hear from you sometime
You don't do nothing
But keep me worried
You just keep me worried
All the time

You know i think about you, baby
I think about you
Every night about this time
Oh you know, you know
You know i think about you, baby
I think about you
Every night about this time
It seems like you would treat me
A little better, baby
It seems like you would be
A little nicer and kind

Let me love you one more time, baby
Let me love you one more time
Before you go away
Let me, let me love you
One more time, baby
One more time before you go away
If you let me love you one more time
I think we can talk it over
Before you go away

Here i am, baby
My heart's right here in my hand
Oh here i am, baby
My heart's right here in my hand
Oh i don't want you to leave me, baby
Don't want you to go
To no other man

I'm cryin' please, baby, honey, please remember me
I'm cryin' please, baby, please remember me
Well, it fills my heart with great consolation, darlin'
To know that you will remember me

Well, i want you to love me, baby
Like the snow falls on the cold, cold ground
Yes, i want you to love me, baby
Like the snow falls on the cold, cold ground
Lord, with your love like that, darlin'
I know you'll never let me down

Well, alright
Just talk to me, baby
Yes, alright

Well, when you were leavin', baby
Well, i could see the smile on your face
Oh, yes, when my baby was leavin'
People, i could see the smile on her face
Well, you know i'm so glad, people
There is no-one can take my place

Sometimes i get impatient
But she cools me without words
And she comes so sweet and so plain
My hummingbird and have you heard
That i thought my life had ended
But i find that it

Yes you're on the top now, baby
But don't nothing stay the same
Hey you're on the top now, baby
But don't nothing stay the same
Every now and then, baby
Lady luck deals another hand

You're calling me your pal now
When i used to be your man
Hey you're calling me your pal now, baby
When i used to be your man
You're flying real high now, baby
Go on and raise your sand

I realize now, baby
Your kind of love ain't true
Hey i realize now, baby
Your kind of love won't do
Well what should've been, baby
Now has all fell through

My baby gives me love
As good as love can be
I just leave her crying
When the blues come over me

Up on a mountain
I'm drowning in the sea
All the clocks say midnight
When the blues come over me

The blues come over me
I pack it up and go
The blues come over me
I catch the wind and blow

And some will take the wine
And some will take the night
When everything's all wrong
Then anything is all right

Some put in a song
And some sing it for their dues
Some go to sleep and wake up
Tangled in the blues

The blues come over me
I pack it up and go
The blues come over me
I catch the wind and blow

The blues come in a whisper
And make you scream and shout
And you'll do most anything
Just to let them out

I may think i'm happy
I may think i'm free
Nothing don't mean nothing
When the blues come over me

The blues come up behind
The blues wait up ahead
The blues ask why you are born
If you just end up dead

The blues, talking about the blues
The blues, oh the blues, the blues
Talking about the blues
When the blues come over me
Talking about the blues
I have to go away
The blues, the blues
When the blues come over me
I have to pack it up and go

When i come home in the morning
And i knock on the door
I don't get that glad-to-see-you welcome
The glad-to-see-you welcome any more
Oh but to me
It's just like it used to be, baby
Because you are still my woman

You know a change have come
And i guess i'll blame it on fate
The thing that once was love
It now seems to turn to hate
Oh i guess it's too late
For me now, baby
But you are still my woman

You know i tried to be
The man you wanted me to be
But whatever i do, baby
It seems to add to your misery
Oh you can do
What you want to, baby
But you are still my woman

You know i'm still hoping and praying
That someday i'll find
Someone to love me
So i can have love and peace of mind
Oh i still love you
Like i did before, baby
Because you are still my woman

Your friends are all telling you
That i'm a no good so-and-so
They say that love and affection
Have now turned to a heart
A heart that's old and cold
It's the same old story
Same old story that's so often told

You are still my woman

Baby, here i stand before you with my heart in my hand
I want you greet it mama hopin' that you'll understand
Oh baby, mama please don't dog me around
Well, i'd rather love you baby, than anyone else i know in town

Well, because you're so nice and lovely
And you have such pleasant ways
If you take to your home i'll be there the rest of my days
That's the truth mama
Yes, you know i wouldn't lie
Well, if i don't love you baby
I swear i hope i die

Oh baby, don't you want a man like me?
Yeah baby, don't you want a man like me?
Well, you think only about our future
And forget about your used to be

Well now, this is my confession mama
And i'm thrilled by all your charms
It seems that i'm in heaven when you hold me in your arms
Now baby, you can have me for yourself
Well now, you was meant for me baby
And i don't want nobody else

Oh baby, don't you want a man like me?
Yeah baby, don't you want a man like me?
Well, you think only about our future
And forget about your used to be

Sit yourself down, girl
And talk to me
Tell me what's on your mind
Don't keep saying
Everything's ok, baby
'cause if it was, girl
You wouldn't be crying

You've been tossing and turning
In your sleep lately, baby
Sitting around crying all day long
Now how in hell do you expect me
To understand, baby
When i don't even know what's wrong

Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out, baby

Well the last five nights
When we went to bed
Oh i could tell something wasn't right
When you turned your back
And you covered your head, baby
You didn't even say good-night

Now if you're tired
And you don't wanna be bothered, baby
Just say the word
And i'll leave you alone
Instead of lying there
Crying your eyes out
You and me oughta be getting it on

Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out, baby
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Please let's straighten it out, baby
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out now, baby

I'd rather be sloppy drunk than anything i know
I'd rather be sloppy drunk than anything i know
Another half a pint, then you'll see me go

My gal done quit me, for somebody else
Oh my gal done quit me, for somebody else
Now i'm sloppy drunk again
Sleeping all by myself

Oh i love my whiskey
Tell the world i do
Oh i love my whiskey
Telling the world i do
And my reason for drinking'...
Tryin' to get along with you

Oh i drink while i'm up
Drink until i fall
I'm gonna drink while i'm up
Drink until i fall
If you tryin' to stop me drinkin
Ain't saying nothing at all

Oh, hey bartender
Bring another half a pint
Oh, hey bartender
Bring another half a pint
Two or three more drinks
I'm gonna raid this joint

Yes! i'm sloppy drunk again
I don't care who knows
Yeahow!

Well, i wish i was a catfish
Swimmin' in the deep blue sea
I'd have all you women
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me
Fishin' after me

Well, i'm broke and i'm hungry
Ragged and i'm dirty too
Well, if i clean up, baby, can i
Stay home with you
Stay home with you
Stay home with you

If i can't, can't come in
Let me sit down front of your door
I'll leave so early, your
Mom won't know
Won't never know
Won't never know

Oh, i know, know my baby
Well, she's going to jump and shout
When my train pulls in and i
I come walkin' out
Come walkin' out
Come walkin' out

Yes, i'm goin', babe i'm goin'
And your crying won't make me stay
Oh, the more that you cry, baby
More i'll go away
More i'll go away
More i'll go away

Well now i know, i know you don't want me
Why in the world won't you tell me so?
Then i won't be caught, baby, 'round
Your house no more
Your house no more
Your house no more

I've got a real fine woman and she gives me everything
I've got a real fine woman and she gives me everything
It just makes me feel so good just to hear my baby call my name

My baby's sly way of loving makes me feel so good i could sing
My baby's sly way of loving makes me feel so good i wanna sing
Yes, i feel just like a millionaire
When i hear my baby call my name

Yes, there ain't nobody like my baby
That's the reason i love her so
Ain't nobody, nobody, nobody like my woman
That's the reason i love her so
Yes, i would even die for her and i want the whole world to know

Yes, when i'm down she'll pick me up
And tell me "daddy you can't lose"
Yes, when i'm down, when i'm down, when i'm down, people
My baby tell me i can't lose
Yes, when all of my friends forget about me
My baby keeps away these blues

Yeah, you won't listen to nothing i tell you, woman
You keep on doin' as you please
Yeah, you won't listen to a thing i tell you, baby
You keep on doin' as you please
But i've taken it as long as i can, baby
When is this foolishness gonna cease

I worried myself crazy, baby
Cried both night and day
I worried myself crazy, woman
I cried both night and day
You didn't believe me, baby
When i told you i'm gonna leave one day

Yeah, you told me that you love me, woman
But action speaks louder than words
Well, you said that you love me, woman
But action speaks louder than words
I won't be foolin' around no more
That's a line everybody has heard

If you don't change for the better, baby
You better do it real soon
If you don't change for the better, woman
And you better do it real soon
Or you will wake up one of these mornings, baby
And find yourself in a empty room

I don't know what love is
But i think i must have it bad
Yeah, you know i don't know what love is people
Whoah, but i think i must have it bad
Yeah, you know some people say love is just a gamble
But whatever it is, it's enough to drive old b. mad

They say love is just a proposition people
It's strictly a game of give and take
Yeah, they tell me love, love, love is a proposition people
They say it's strictly a game of give and take
Whoah, but my woman took all i gave her
And i'm here to tell to you that love proposition stuff's a fake

Oh, i don't claim to be no gambler people
Oh, i don't' know much about the dice
Yes, i don't claim to be no gambler people
I tell you i don't know much about the dice
Oh, but i wait and my baby knows
She knows i'm not the kind who's gonna crap out twice

Yes, she left me early this mornin'
I don't know the reason why
She just got up early this mornin'
Didn't even say good-bye

But i love you, i love you, you know i love you baby
Although you made me cry
Yes, there are a lot of women who want me
Oh, but how you satisfy

Yes, i want to write a letter
But i don't know just where to begin
Yes, i want to write a letter, people
But i don't know just where to begin
Well, i tell you, it's a sin, people
The way i've been treated by my so called friends

Yes, if i got a dollar
They want to borrow half a buck
Whoa, and if i want to gamble
They wanna jinx me and give me bad luck
So, i tell you it's a sin, people
The way i've been treated by my so called friends

Yes, they say friends
They're the greatest thing in the world
Yes, they say close, close friends
They're the greatest thing in the world
But i think that's all wrong people
Because my best friend have taken my girl

Rock me baby, rock me all night long
Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me baby,
Like my back ain't got no bones

Roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
I want you to roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
Want you to roll me baby,
You don't know how it makes me feel

Rock me baby, honey, rock me slow
Yeah, rock me pretty baby, baby rock me slow
Want you to rock me baby,
Till i want no more

Here's a story how it goes
Or so they say
How a girl came along
Took a young boy and stole him away

(but) she loved him so
Treated him nice
They fell in love once
And they fell in love twice
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

So that's the story how it goes
Or so they say
How a girl came along
Took a young boy and stole him away
Said they was crazy
When they jumped the fence
They (ain't) never been seen
Or heard of since
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

Your undercover man
Your undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

(but) she loved him so
Treated him nice
They fell in love once
And they fell in love twice
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

So that's the story how it goes
Or so they say
How a girl came along
Took a young boy and stole him away
Said they was crazy
When they jumped the fence
They (ain't) never been seen
Or heard of since
Nothing went to waste, no
Not one little taste

So whatever you decide
Baby's (honey's) all right with me
I'll understand
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man

Your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Wanna be your undercover man
Undercover man
Undercover man

Your undercover man

The late show is over
And the city is fast asleep
And i'm lost in a world
That's just too cold and deep
I've turned so many ways
I'm spinning like a top
I wish that i could get off
Or get this world to stop

I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
In a world i never made

I'm always chasing dragons
With a sword that's made of tin
So i know in my soul
There's no way i can win
I tried, oh i tried
But there's no place, no place to go
There's no one here who knows me
And no one here i know

I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
In a world i never made

There's a change in your loving
Strange kind of loving
A change in your loving
You are cold to the touch
Change in your loving
Strange kind of loving, baby
A change in your loving
Once you loved me so much

You started a fire
Inside of me
My burning hot body
Was a hundred and three
But lately i'm feeling
A drop in temperature
You're cooling down, baby
And i'm begging for more

There's a change in your loving
Strange kind of loving
A change in your loving
You are cold to the touch
Change in your loving
Strange kind of loving, baby
A change in your loving
Once you loved me so much

With you i was feeling
So secure
When i was down and had the blues
You had the cure
Now things are so different
But i believe i understand
I may be sharing your lips
With another man

Change in your loving
Strange kind of loving

A change in your loving
You are cold to the touch
There's a change in your loving
Strange kind of loving, baby
A change in your loving
Once you loved me so much

A change in your loving
A change in your loving

I want to get married
But no woman will hear my plea
I want to get married
But no woman will hear my plea
Yes, it seems somehow
I can't get one to walk downthe aisle with me

Well, i've only been in love
But three times in my life
Yes, the first, i couldn't satisfy her
But i've only been in love three times in my life
Yes, the second one was a juice-head
And the third was another man's wife

Yeah, they say "join the navy
If you really wanna see the world"
Well, but i say "join b.b. king
Baby if you really want to be loved"

Aw, my time is gone
Babe and i really must say goodbye
Aw, my time is gone
Babe and i really must say goodbye
So you women better watch out
I must have that wife before i die

When i first met you baby
Honey you were almost out of school
When i first met you baby
Honey you were almost out of school
You were real wild then woman
Honey, but you were nobody's fool

I was so in love with you baby
And i tried to get you to love me too
I was so in love with you baby
And i tried to get you to love me too
I thought you had no time for me then woman
Wouldn't do anything i asked to

Oh, sweet thing
You are all i want to see
Oh, sweet thing
You are all i want to see
I having so much trouble baby
I wonder what's gonna happen to me

The blues has got me
And there is teardrops in my eyes
Oh, the blues has got me
There is teardrops in my eyes
Yes, dark is the night
Since my baby said goodbye

Oh, how i've suffered
Since my baby wnet away
Yes, how i've suffered
Since my baby wnet away
Yes, i've got that feeling
That my baby's gone to stay

Take me back, darling
Forgive me for the wrongs i've done
Ah, take me back, darling
Forgive me for the wrongs i've done
Now i know that i love you
And you're the only one

Talk to me baby
Call me on the telephone
Yes, talk to me baby
Call me on the telephone
Well, the blues has got me
And i want my baby home

If your baby loves you
Keep her home and treat her nice
Oh, if your baby loves you
Keep her home and treat her nice
Well, never mistreat a good woman
This is some doggone good advice

Ain't no need to worry about it
Won't do you one bit of good
If you don't treat your baby
Treat your baby like you should
There's been a change in the weather
And it's so plain to see
So plain to see
Everybody's welcome to try
Try and get my airplane running
You're the only one can make it fly

You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit

Don't be listening to no jealous friends
When they start slinging mud
And don't let nobody come between
'cause i've got you in my blood
I wanna start dealing, dealing
Dealing in reality, reality
I'm just trying to survive
And keep my head above the waterline
So i won't get buried alive

You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit

Not so very long ago
There was nothing you could say
That ever would
Have convinced me, darling
I couldn't turn and walk away
You got me stung out, baby
Stung out on the end of your line
Yeah, and the hook's in deep
Got the kind of love
Kind of love i wanna keep
Everybody's welcome to try
Try and get my airplane running
You're the only one can make it fly

You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit to me
You've become a habit

No matter how hard i try
I just can't break free
You've become a habit to me
'cause you're my honey and i'm your bee
A habit to me
I said -

You've become a habit to me
Habit to me, habit to me

Oh no matter what you say baby
No matter what you do
The way you've been treating me woman
Is coming back home to you
And your crying won't help you woman
Oh, crying won't help you baby
Oh, crying won't help you woman
'cause you've been so mean to me

Oh, you must remember baby
No matter where you go
Watch those seeds just scatter woman
Because you're gonna reap just what you sow
And your crying won't help you woman
Oh, crying won't help you now
Oh, crying won't help you baby
'cause you been so mean to me

Oh, the way you've been treating me woman
Just can't understand
Oh, i'm gonna leave you woman
Let you do the best you can
And your crying won't help you woman
Oh, crying won't help you now
Oh, crying won't help you woman
'cause you been so mean to me
Look out!

Oh, just before i leave you woman
Just before i shake your hand
I'm gonna get me a woman baby
Not to get your mad
And your crying won't help you woman
Oh, crying won't help you now
Oh, crying won't help you baby
'cause you been so mean to me

There's no doubt about it
A may as well shout about it
I got the blues
I got'em bad

Yes this awful feeling
When you don't have what you thought you had
Oh yesterday, yesterday i sang love songs
But today i got'em bad

Oh, i didn't know she would leave me
I didn't know she was gone
Well, at last she should've told me goodbye people
But she stole away while i was gone
Yes that's what makes me feel so sad people
Oh, and today i got'em bad

Oh, i could tell you much more people
But i think you already how i feel
Oh, i could tell you much, much, much more people
But i think you already how i feel
Yes, you know i'm hurt beyond explaining people
And it's all because i've got a dirty deal

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve

Without saying the word
I'm ready for a party tonight
My fire is on the front burner
Can't you tell by the mood i'm in
You have no need to doubt
Do i have to spell it out
Just read between the lines
Yeah, tonight we're going to unwind

I'll make you see
Baby, we can talk it out
Everything, everything
That i'm thinking about

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
Something up my sleeve

There's a place just for two
And it's just right for me and you
To let our emotions go free
And be what we wanna be
Turn off the lights
Pull out the phone
Do not disturb
Nobody's home

Baby, for so long
I wanted to get next to you
Just let me love you
There's no telling what i may do
'cause -

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
Something up my sleeve

Stay with me, baby
We can work it out
Just let me get next to you
Ain't no telling what i may do

I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve
I've got something up my sleeve, baby
I've got something, baby
Up my sleeve, baby
Give me a chance
I've got something, baby . . .

Hot town summer in the city
Back of my kneck gettin' dirty and gritty
I been down isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around people lookin' half dead
Walkin' down the sidewalk out of their match head
But at night it's a different world
Go out and find the girl
Come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it will be allright
And baby don't you know that you forget it
The day can be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
Cool town evening in the city
Dressed so fine and look so pretty
Cool cat lookin' for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till i reason like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the roof top
But night is a different world
Go out and find the girl
Come on come on let's dance all the night
Despite the heat it will be all right
And baby don't you know that you forget it
The day can be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
But at night it's a different world
Go out and find the girl
Come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it will be allright
And baby don't you know that you forget it
The day can be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
Summer in the city
Hot town summer in the city then again a cool town
Evening in the city
Than the back of my kneck gettin' dirty and gritty
Livin' in the city
In the summer town day
A cool town
A cool girl
Have fun
Evening in the city

I woke up this morning and looked at my life
Filled with so much sorrow and grief
And in my troubled mind
I could see through all my strife
That time is only a thief

Yes time is a thief
That will steal your tomorrows
And leave you only yesterday
Yes time is a thief
That will rob you of your years
Your youth the only ransom you can pay

So treasure each little moment
Don't let a single minute slip away
Because time is a thief
That will rob you of your years
And never return one yesterday

Oh time is a thief
That will rob you of your years
And never return one yesterday

You and me don't see eye to eye
On every little thing
We've missed a lot of sunshine
And caught a lot of rain
If you want to leave i can't make you stay
But there is something i have to say

No matter how high you get
Or how low you go
There's one thing darling
You ought to know

There's a world full of strangers out there
A world full of strangers
Beware
There's a world full of strangers out there
And if it gets too strange
Just come on home

Restless hearts, looking for a love
Are waiting in the street
They're all prepared to give you
The bitter with the sweet
If you wake someday and you reach for me
Well you know, this is where i'll be

No matter how high you get
Or how low you go
There's one thing darling
You ought to know

There's a world full of strangers out there
A world full of strangers
Beware
There's a world full of strangers out there
And if it gets too strange
Just come on home

You say you're leaving, you've shattered my dreams
All of our plans dear, forgotten it seems
Yes, it had to happen
I'm not surprised, but i'll, i'll survive

Your friends have shown you a much better way
All of my loving you baby, all of those years, ended today
Yes, you go on darlin'
I'll dry my eyes, but i'll, i'll survive

Go on! may god bless you
It was fun. while it was fun
Baby, i hate to lose you
I say i hate to lose you baby
It's all over! what's done is done

Hey! you go on darlin', seek your fortune and fame
All your good luck or bad luck
Your friends must take the blame
Oh! i can't beg you no more baby
I've got too much pride, but i'll, i'll survive

Oh, go on! may god bless you
Oh, it was fun. while it was fun
Oh baby, i hate to lose you
I say i hate to lose you baby
It's all over! what's done is done

Hey! you go on baby, seek your fortune and fame
All your good good luck or bad luck
Friends must take the blame
Oh! i can't beg you no more
I've got too much pride, but i'll, i'll survive

Oh! i'll, i'll survive
Baby, i'll survive

Hello baby, i'm so glad to be back
I got the blues for you, baby, that's a natural fact
Now since i'm back let's get into our act

I love you, baby, more than words can say
You know i've missed you while i was away
Now, since i'm back, baby, now it's time to play

Let's rock, roll, while i sing
For you my love i'll do anything
You got to shake your boogie
I'm gonna shake mine too
You're a sweet little angel
Got a whole lot of loving for you

Come on let's swing
Let's have a ball
If you shake it, you can make it
Let's dance

Hey baby, you ain't treating me right
You go off everyday and don't come home til night
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

Well i'm pickin' you up and takin' you to my house
Now you're up and you're treating me like a mouse
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

Well i takin' you into my house and did everything i could
You told everybody in the neighborhood
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

Well if you got a little woman and she won't treat you right
Beat her three times a day and whoop her a little at night
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to do it
That ain't the way to get along

I met a fine beautician
In a very fine condition
She was long and lean
And you know what that means
She's a good lovin' mama
A hard workin' woman
She makes a lot of money
I don't have to worry about a thing

She works hard all day
Dressin' hair
Man you can bet
I want to get somewhere
With my good lovin' mama
My hard workin' woman
She makes a lot of money
I don't have to worry about a thing

I meet the finest woman
From everywhere
Because my baby
Dress their hair
I'll be her lover boy
She treats me like a king
She makes a lot of money
Don't have to worry about a thing

Yes, she keeps her hair
So neat and fine
And every pound of her is mine
I'll be her lover boy
I'll be happy as a king
She makes a lot of money
Don't have to worry about a thing

Well i hate to see the sun sets in the west
'cos i know my whole life gonna be a solid mess
I got to find my baby i declare well i
I ain't had no real good lovin' since my gal said goodbye

Well, i walked this town from door to door
Gal i love can't find no more
I got to find my baby i declare well i
I ain't had no real good lovin' since my gal said goodbye

Well i've looked all around trying to find me a wife
I got to find my big legged brownskin share the rest of my life
I got to find my baby i declare well i
I ain't had no real good lovin' since my gal said goodbye

No one ever tells you
What it's like to love and lose
How it feels to waken
And have breakfast with the blues
How to go on living
How to face another day
No, no one ever tells you the way

No one ever tells you
How it feels to walk alone
Listening for those footsteps
Through the echo of your own
Suddenly it hits you
All those dreams weren't worth a dime
'cause no one ever tells you in time

Long before
The icy winds of winter
Autumn tells the swallows
Time to fly
So why do we pretend
Till the bitter end
Till it breaks our hearts
To say good-bye
Well -

No one ever tells you
That it's just another fling
No one ever warns you
When your heart begins to sing
Someone tells you later
All is fair in love and war
But no one ever tells you before

Long before
Our love boat's torn asunder
We can hear the thunder
Of the falls
So why do we go on
Sailing madly on
Till all we had is gone
Beyond recall
Beyond recall

No one ever tells you
That it's just another fling
No one ever warns you
When your heart begins to sing
Someone tells you later
All is fair in love and war
But no one ever tells you before

It never comes easy
'cause no one
No one, no one
Ever tells you
Tells you
No one ever tells you before
No one ever tells you before

If your whole life somehow
Wasn't much 'til now
And you've almost lost
Your will to live
No matter what you've been through
Long as there's breath in you
There is always one more time

And if your dreams go bad
Every one that you've had
That don't mean that some dreams
Can't come true
'cause it's funny about dreams
As strange as it seems
There is always one more time

Oh turnin' corners
Is only a state of mind
Keeping your eyes closed
Is worse than being blind

If there's a heart out there
Looking for someone to share
I don't care if it's been
Turned down time and time again
And if we meet one day
Please don't walk away
'cause there is always one more time
There is always one more time

I've got papers on you baby
You gotta do what i say
I've got papers on you baby
You gotta do what i say
I mean business woman
I've got too old to play

I've got papers on you baby
And i mean you're mine all mine
I've got papers on you baby
And i mean you're mine all mine
Well, if you do what i tell you woman
We've got to get along real fine

Yes, the red light means stop
The green light means go
Tell you something once
I ain't gonna tell you no more
I've got papers on you baby
You gotta do what i say
I've got old baby
And i'm too old to play

Well, now i'll see that you eat
Ans see that you have a place to stay
Well, now i'll see that you eat
Ans see that you have a place to stay
Yes, but as long as you stay in this house
I ain't gonna let you have your way

I've got papers on you baby
I mean it in black and white
I've got papers on you baby
I mean it in black and white
Well you're hard to get along with
But you just gotta treat me right