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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

Everybody wants to know
Why i sing the blues
Yes, i say everybody wanna know
Why i sing the blues
Well, i've been around a long time
I really have paid my dues

When i first got the blues
They brought me over on a ship
Men were standing over me
And a lot more with a whip
And everybody wanna know
Why i sing the blues
Well, i've been around a long time
Mm, i've really paid my dues

I've laid in a ghetto flat
Cold and numb
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
To give the roaches some
Everybody wanna know
Why i'm singing the blues
Yes, i've been around a long time
People, i've paid my dues

I stood in line
Down at the county hall
I heard a man say, "we're gonna build
Some new apartments for y'all"
And everybody wanna know
Yes, they wanna know
Why i'm singing the blues
Yes, i've been around a long, long time
Yes, i've really, really paid my dues

Now i'm gonna play lucille.

My kid's gonna grow up
Gonna grow up to be a fool
'cause they ain't got no more room
No more room for him in school
And everybody wanna know
Everybody wanna know
Why i'm singing the blues
I say i've been around a long time
Yes, i've really paid some dues

Yeah, you know the company told me
Guess you're born to lose
Everybody around me, people
It seems like everybody got the blues
But i had 'em a long time
I've really, really paid my dues
You know i ain't ashamed of it, people
I just love to sing my blues

I walk through the cities, people
On my bare feet
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
Up in downbill street
You know i'm singing the blues
Yes, i really
I just have to sing my blues
I've been around a long time
People, i've really, really paid my dues

Now father time is catching up with me
Gone is my youth
I look in the mirror everyday
And let it tell me the truth
I'm singing the blues
Mm, i just have to sing the blues
I've been around a long time
Yes, yes, i've really paid some dues

Yeah, they told me everything
Would be better out in the country
Everything was fine
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
And every people, all the people
Got the same trouble as mine
I got the blues, huh huh
I say i've been around a long time
I've really paid some dues

One more time, fellows!

Blind man on the corner
Begging for a dime
The rollers come and caught him
And throw him in the jail for a crime
I got the blues
Mm, i'm singing my blues
I've been around a long time
Mm, i've really paid some dues

Can we do just one more?

Oh i thought i'd go down to the welfare
To get myself some grits and stuff
But a lady stand up and she said
"you haven't been around long enough"
That's why i got the blues
Mm, the blues
I say, i've been around a long time
I've really, really paid my dues

Fellows, tell them one more time.

Ha, ha, ha. that's all right, fellows.
Yeah!

Baby, i don't wanna a soul,
Hangin around my house when i'm not home.
Oh, i don't want a soul, baby,
Hangin' around my house when i'm not home.
I don't want you to open the door for nobody, woman,
Oh, when you're home and you know you're all alone.

Your sister might wanna visit us,
But the little girl she talk too much.
If she just come by to visit us,
Tell her to meet us sunday, sunday, down at the church.
'cause i don't want a soul, baby,
Hangin' around my house when i'm not at home.
Yes, i don't want you to open the door for nobody, baby,
Oh, when you're home and you know you're all alone.

Your mother might wanna visit us,
But you tell you mamma i get home bout the break a day.
And that's too late to visit anybody, baby,
So, tell you mamma to please, please, please stay away.
'cause i don't want a soul, baby,
Hangin' around my house when i'm not at home.
Yes, i don't want you to open the door for anybody, woman,
Oh, when you're home and you know you're all alone.

You might feel a little sick, baby,
And you know you're home all alone,
I don't want the doctor at my house, baby,
You just suffer, suffer, suffer till i get home.
'cause i don't want a soul, baby,
Hangin' around my house when i'm not at home.
Yes, i don't want you to open the door for nobody, woman,
Baby, when you're home and all alone.
Yeah!

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

Oh baby
Babe, you know i go for you
Oh baby
Babe, you know i go for you
Aw, not because you dress so fine
Babe, but the little things you do

Oh, you're my all-day steady
Babe, you're my midnight dream
Oh, you're my all-day steady
Babe, you're my midnight dream
Oh, and without you, baby
Life ain't no good to me

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?

I've traveled for miles around
It seems like everybody wanna put me down
Because i'm a blues man
But i'm a good man, understand

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

The burdens that i carry are so heavy, you see
It seems like it ain't nobody in this great big world
That would wanna help old b.
But i will be all right, people
Just give me a break
Good things come to those who wait
And i've waited a long time
I'm a blues man but a good man, understand

Are you getting the spirit in the dark
Are you getting the spirit in the dark
People moving, ah, tell me we're grooving
Just getting the spirit in the dark

Tell me, sisters, how do you feel
Tell me, my brothers, my brothers
How do you feel
(do you feel like dancing)
Get up there and let's start dancing
(get up and let's start dancing)
Start getting in the spirit
Oh, getting in the dark
(spirit in the dark)

Just like sally walker
Sitting in a saucer
That's how you do it
Just go on, get on up to it
Ride, sally, ride
Put your hands on your hips
Cover your eyes, and move
(come on get it)
Get in the spirit
(move with the spirit)
Come on and move, get in the spirit
(darling, move, move with the spirit)
Oh move, get in the spirit
Help me move
(move)
With the spirit
(spirit)

Are you getting the spirit
(spirit in the dark)
I wanna know, are you getting the spirit
(getting the spirit)
Getting it in the spirit
Are you getting the spirit
(getting the spirit)
Keep moving
Oh hey, we're rocking and grooving
Just getting in the spirit
(getting the spirit)
Oh in the dark

We're gonna do it one more time
It's just like sally walker
Sitting in that great big flying saucer
Hey, that's how you do it
Get down and get on up to it
(come on and get it)
Ride, sally, ride
Put your hands on your hips
Cover your eyes, and move
(move, move on)
Move with the spirit
I'm telling you to groove
(groove on)
Groove with the spirit
(on and on)
Go on and move
(move)
With the spirit
(spirit)
Come on and groove
(move it)
Groove with the spirit
(move on)

On and on
(yeah)
Help me, help me, help me
Help me move, move, move, move
Move, move, move, move
Move, move, move, move
Move, move, move, move
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up
(you got it, you got it)
(you got the spirit)

Spirit

Feel it

I feel it, baby.
You know what i mean, baby?
Yes, i do.
Oh baby. you gotta feel the motivation.
I feel it, honey, i feel it.

Feel the spirit
In the dark
Get ready

Got a fine lookin' woman, lives way across the town
Yes, she's a fine lookin' woman, lives way across the town
Whenever i see that woman
My love comes tumbling down

She's a fine lookin' woman and she soothes my worried soul
She's a fine lookin' woman and she soothes my worried soul
Well, she put the lights out on me
Then i gave up all my gold

She's a fine lookin' woman and she shakes all the men
Yeah, fine lookin' woman and the meat shakes on the bone
Well, everytime she shakes mine
Then all my body's gone

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

Well i dream i heard you cry
Babe, but i heard you call my name
Well i dream i heard you cry, darling
Babe, but i heard you call my name
Well, it had to be you
Baby, to call so lonesome and plain

The other night when we were lovin'
Babe, i held you in my arms
Yes, when we were lovin', darlin'
Babe, i held you in my arms
Well, you told me that you love me
And no-one else would do me no harm

Well, you told me a lie
Babe, and you told me goodbye
Oh, you told me a lie
Darlin', and you told me goodbye
Well now, it's all your worry baby
And you have no need to cry

Oh just let me hold you baby
I'm trying to forget about the past
Yes, let me hold you baby
I'm trying to forget about the past
Yes, i know you've had a hard time baby
But remember troubles don't always last

Oh you tried so hard to tell me you love me
And i didn't believe a word you said
You tried so hard to tell me you love me, woman
And i didn't believe a word you said
But now i'm older and i'm wiser, baby
And now i can understand your ways

Oh, i'm at your mercy, woman
Do with me what you will to me
Yes i'm at your mercy, baby
Just do with me what you will to me
Yes i'm not asking for sympathy baby
Yes i was wrong and i must pay

Oh, i'm asking for just one more chance
Baby, to try to prove my love to you
Well, i'm asking you for just one more chance
Baby, to try to prove my love to you
You just say the word now baby
And i'll do anything you tell me to

Turn out the light, sleep won't come
I think about what's going wrong
Lying so close, so alone
Please turn to me, i'm almost gone

Hold on, i feel our love is changing
Hold on, please don't let me disappear
Hold on, there's time to rearrange things
Hold on, i'm not me without you here

Put out your hand, touch desire
Where there's a spark, could be a fire
Open your arms, let me see
If there's still love in you for me

Hold on, i feel our love is changing
Hold on, please don't let me disappear
Hold on, there's time to rearrange things
Hold on, i'm not me without you here

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

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

Well, some people love mambo
And so do i
The dance is kinda hard
So i don't think i'll try
I'll do the boogie
Yes, i'll do the boogie
Well, i'll do the boogie
'cause i think it's much easier to do

Well , some people swing fast
Some swing it slow
It just knocks me out
To see my baby on the floor
I love to see her boogie
Yes, love to see her boogie
Well, i love to see her boogie
I think i'll try it a little bit too

Well, i swing her way out
Then pull her in close
I'm tellin' you, boys
That upsets me the most
I love to see her boogie
Yes, love to see her boogie
Well, it knocks me out to see her boogie
So, i think i'll try it a little bit too

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

Take me in your arms
And never let me go
Whisper to me softly
While the moon is low
Hold me close and tell me
What i wanna know
Say it to me gently
Let the sweet talk flow
Come a little closer
Make love to me

Kiss me once again
Before we say good-night
Take me in your loving arms
And squeeze me tight
Put me in a mood
So i can dream all night
Everybody's sleeping
So it's quite all right
Come a little closer
Make love to me

When you're near
So help me, dear
Chills run
Up and down my spine
Don't you know
I love you so
I won't be happy
Till you're mine
When i'm in your arms
You give my heart a treat
Everything about you
So doggone sweet
Every time we kiss
You make my life complete
Baby don't you know
You swept me off my feet
Now's it's time to tell you
Make love to me

When you're near
So help me, dear
Chills run
Up and down my spine
Don't you know
I love you so
I won't be happy
Till you're mine
When i'm in your arms
You give my heart a treat
Everything about you
So doggone sweet
Every time we kiss
You make my life complete
Baby don't you know
You swept me off my feet
Now's it's time to tell you
Make love to me

Someone really loves you
Guess who
Someone really cares
Guess who
S'open your heart,
Oh, then surely you'll see,
Oh, that the someone who really cares is me

Someone will wait eternally
Someone who'll want your love,
Oh so desp'rately
Open your heart,
Oh, then surely you'll see,
Oh, that the someone who really cares,
Who really cares is me

My woman's been accusing me
Of stepping out
Jealous rumors have her mind filled
With so much doubt
And i've gotta convince her
I'm not doing her wrong
Before she leaves me
Sad and all alone

So when the clock hits five
I'll be gone
There's a matter
That i'm gonna settle later on
So if the boss man talks
About overtime
I'm just gonna smile
And pay him no mind

I've got business with my baby tonight
We're gonna talk things over
And make things right
'cause i couldn't sleep at all
Since we had our fight
I've got business with my baby tonight

We'll go out to dinner
At our favorite restaurant
I'll hold her hand
And tell her she's all i'll ever want
When we get home
I'll take her straight to paradise
And we'll still be loving
Till the morning light

I've got business with my baby tonight
We're gonna talk things over
And make things right
'cause i couldn't sleep at all
Since we had our fight
I've got business with my baby tonight

Now don't you start talking
About gossip or news
I'm warning you now
I'll put on my walking shoes
'cause to me nothing in this world
Is a big deal
When it's compared to the way
She makes me feel, all right

I've got business with my baby tonight
We're gonna talk things over
And make things right
'cause i couldn't sleep at all
Since we had our fight
I've got business with my baby tonight

B.b.'s got business tonight
We're gotta talk things over
And make things right
'cause i couldn't sleep at all
Since we had our fight
I've got business with my baby tonight

.b. boogie darlin'
The b.b. boogie baby
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

Well i looked at the clock
The clock said four
My baby jumped up
She said, "b., let's go"

Do the b.b. boogie baby
B.b. boogie darlin'
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

Grabbed my bay turned her round and round
She said, "b.'s the boogiest man in town"

B.b. boogie darlin'
The b.b. boogie baby
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

I grabbed my baby and i held her tight
Me and my baby do the boogie all night

B.b. boogie darlin'
The b.b. boogie baby
Do the b.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

I grabbed my baby and i held her tight
She said, "love me baby and squeeze me tight"

The b.b. boogie
B.b. boogie darlin'
B.b. boogie, if it takes you all night long

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)

(from a tribute to curtis mayfield)

She may not be the best lookin' woman
I ever did see
Nor have the charms of the ladies
Of high society

But the woman's got soul
Worth all money and gold
And all the love that i have belongs
To the woman with soul

Now i'm just a regular fellow
I don't need much
I don't need a cadillac car
Or diamonds and such

But the woman that i hold
She's got to have soul
And then i'm richer than the richest gold
If the woman's got soul

I don't need a woman
That's got a whole lot of class
Because class in a woman
Don't mean she's gonna last
I need a kind of lady
That when i hold she fits up tight
And when she throws it on me
I give in without a fight

Then i know the woman's got soul
Worth all money and gold
And all the love that i have belongs
To the woman with soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul
Worth all money and gold
And all the love that i have belongs
To the woman with soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul
The woman's got soul

The woman's got soul

Just this morning
I took a big long look around
I've lived it up and loved it up
And done it in this town
Life goes on
Look like it's time
For moving on

Good-bye, baby
I wanna thank you for the ride
We did a dance and took a chance
Nothing we ain't tried
C'est la vie
Time, you and me
Moving on

I'm moving on
I'll see you somewhere down the line
I'm moving on
We're looking good and feeling fine
I'm moving on
And you are yours and i'm mine
I'll see you somewhere in my dreams
I'm moving on
So thanks for all the memories
I'm moving on
And you can call me mr. breeze
I'm moving on
Life is full of mysteries
Nothing is ever what it seems

Might try vegas
And keep on playing till i win
Or take it out to hollywood
And fall in love again
Come what may
Night and day
I'm moving on

I'm moving on

I'm moving on
I'll see you somewhere down the line
I'm moving on
We're looking good and feeling fine
I'm moving on
And you are yours and i'm mine
I'll see you somewhere in my dreams
I'm moving on
So thanks for all the memories
I'm moving on
And you can call me mr. breeze
I'm moving on
Life is full of mysteries
Nothing is ever what it seems

Those happy hours
That we once knew
Though long ago
Still makes me so blue
They say that time
Heals a broken heart
But time has stood still
Since we've been apart

I can't stop loving you
I've made up my mind
To live in memories
All the lonesome time
I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So i'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday

Those happy, happy hours, baby
That we once knew
Though long ago
It still makes me blue
They say that time
Heals a broken heart
But time has stood still
Since we've been apart

I can't stop loving you, baby
I've made up my mind
To live in memories
All the lonesome time
I can't stop loving you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's useless to say
Useless to say
So i'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday

Oh yeah, i've made up my mind
Made up my mind
So i'll just live my life
Live my life, yeah, yeah
I can't stop loving you
No, i can't
Baby, it's useless to say
Useless to say, yeah
So i'm gonna live my life
Live my life
In dreams of yesterday
Yesterday
I'm gonna, gonna live my life
Oh yeah, yes i am
In dreams of yesterday
Dreams of yesterday
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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

I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

Oh, so many strange things
They happen to me all day long
Oh, so many strange things
They happen to me all day long
Yes. it seems like everything i do
Everything i do is wrong

I had a good reputation
The greatest man in town
But i'm having so much troubles
Til they 'bout to drag me down

I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

I got up on my feet
I had lots of friends
But hard luck have hit me
Now i'm down again

I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
I wonder why
Why does everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

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

You broke your promise, baby
You don't love, honor or obey
You won't do nothing i tell you
You go on mistreating me everyday
You're hardly acting your part, baby
You won't do nothing the preacher says

You don't love me, baby
You don't even wish me well
Honor's just a joke with you, baby
You don't love me, i can tell
Married life with you, baby
I'd rather be living in a cell

You deceive me, baby
You use me like a child
You tricked me into loving you, baby
I was loving you all the while
You played with my heart, baby
I said i was loving you all the while

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

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

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

Come back, baby, don't break up my home
Yeah, you know i'm gonna miss you darlin'
After you are gone
Come back, baby, can we talk it over one more time

Oh baby, you know this world wasn't made in one day
Woah, we can talk it over, darling
Before you go away
Come back baby, let's talk it over one more time

Well now, baby, don't break up my heart
Well, lord it hurts me so bad, darling
For us to have to part
So come back, baby, yeah, we can talk it over one more time

Well, come back, baby, you know just what i love
Well, if i can't be with you, darling
Send me to heaven above
So come back, baby
Can't we talk it over, one more time

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 . . .

Yes i'm changing my ways baby
I ain't gonna be like i used to be
My past is behind me baby
I ain't gonna be like i used to be
I used to give you all of my money woman
And i wouldn't save a dime for me

You used to treat me like a fool baby
Still i loved everything you done
I was just your fool, i was your fool baby
And i worshipped everything you did like a king
Yes if you ever, if you ever loved me woman
Yes i tell you baby you must have kept it hid

Yes you can go...out of your tears
And get that mistreated look off your face
Yes you know i feel what i feel baby
I tell you i just won't be no more
And then that you realise woman
Everybody's jumpin' down the...
Comin' down the...

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

Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Well the way i used to love you baby
Baby that's the way i hate you now

You used to say that you loved me
But baby i believe you've changed your mind
You used to say that you loved me
But baby i believe you've changed your mind
Well i don't blame you baby
Because you ain't what you used to be

Let me love you just one more time
Yes let me love you just one more time anyway
Oh, let me love you, let me love you, let me love you
One more time baby
Let me love you just one more time anyway
Oh you can't quit me now baby
Because you didn't mean me no good anyway

Well you know where i'm from baby
So please don't try to mistreat me
Yes you know where i'm from baby
So please don't try to mistreat me
Yes because i'll make your mother a present
Baby of you and your casket too

Oh you once said you loved me
And you would do anything i said
Oh you once said you loved me baby
And you would do anything i said
Oh but the way you treat me now baby
I just soon rather be dead

Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
Oh, baby you done lost your good thing now
The way i used to love you
Baby that's the way i hate you now

Missed the saturday dance
I heard they crowded the floor
It's awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore

I thought i'd visit the club
Got as far as the door
I just couldn't bear it without you
I don't get around much anymore

Darling i guess
My mind is more at ease
But nevertheless
Why stir up memories
Been invited on dates
I might have gone, but what for
I just couldn't bear it without you
I don't get around much anymore

Don't get around much anymore...

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

I've had my fun if i don't get well no more
I've had my fun, people, if i don't get well no more
My heath is fallin' on me
Yes, and i'm going down slow

I want you to write my mother and tell her the shape i'm in
Oh please write my mother, tell her the shape i'm in
I want you tell her to pray for me, people
Well, to forgive for my sins

On that next train south, mother
You can look for my clothes on
On that next train south, mother
You can look for my clothes on
Yes, i had my fun, mother, this is all in prayers
Yes, i had my fun, people, mother, this is all in prayers
Yes, if you don't see this old body, mother
You know i'm gone out of this world somewhere

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

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

Don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
Yes don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
One day she'll say that she loves you
And the next day she'll throw you in the street

She'll smother you with kisses
When her birthday comes around
But as soon as she gets her presents
She'll down talk you all over over town
No don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
One day she'll say that she loves you
And the next day she'll throw you in the street

She'll beg you for clothes and diamonds
Until you're all in hock
And then you'll come home one mornin'
And your key won't fit the lock
Don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
Well, one day she'll say that she loves you
The next day she'll throw you in the street

She'll call you every mornin'
Every mornin' noon and night
She'll call you in between times
Just to see if you're doin' alright
She'll ask to borrow five
And then she'll beg for ten
And baby that five and ten
You won't ever see again!

Man don't ever trust a woman
Until she's dead and buried
One day she'll say that she loves you
And the next day she'll throw you in the street

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

The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday

The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, i'll still live on
But so lonely i'll be

The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
The thrill is gone baby
It's gone away for good
Someday i know i'll be open armed baby
Just like i know a good man should

You know i'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
Oh i'm free, free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over
All i can do is wish you well

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

Well, this past day, darlin'
I don't have to cry no more
Well, this past day, darlin'
I don't have to cry no more
Well, i found my baby
Don't have to walk from door to door

Well, i look around me
Lord, my baby can't be found
Well, i look around me
Lord, my baby can't be found
Well, i don't have to walk around no more
Don't have to go down to the bowlin' ground

Oh, i'm sayin' goodbye
Well, i don't say goodbye no more
Oh, i'm sayin' goodbye
Well, i don't say goodbye no more
Well, i found my baby
Don't have to walk from door to door

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

Good mornin' baby, baby, welcome back to town
Yeah, you doin' so much trav'lin' woman, i never know when you're gonna be
Around

Yeah, you a fine and mellow baby but you stubborn as a mule
You love me like an angel baby but you treat me like a fool
Two faced woman don't you hand me no double cross
Well, because anytime i'm ready woman
Well, i can tell you, i can tell you, "baby, get lost!"

You cheatin' on the outside, you're doin' ev'rything you chose
You better come back on the inside woman, 'cause you got too much to lose
I don't want no trouble with you baby,
I wanna tell you i got to be the boss
Yeah, because anytime i'm ready baby,
Oh, i can tell you, i can tell you, "baby, get lost!"

Yes, i'll try to stop your cheatin' woman but i just don't have the time
I got so many woman, baby, 'till they're standing in line
I want to tell you baby, yeah, you know i've got to be the boss
All right!
Well, because anytime i'm ready, baby,
I can tell you, "baby, get lost!"

I know you've been cheatin' on me baby
And i know you don't mean me no good
Oh i know you've been cheatin' on me, woman
And i know you don't mean me no good
That's why i blame myself
I didn't treat you like i should

Oh, i was too good to you baby
I gave you everything i own
Yes, i was too good to you woman
I gave you everything i own
That's why i blame myself
Every time you do me wrong

You got your eyes wide open woman
But you're travelling down the wrong road
Oh you got your eyes wide open baby
And you're travelling down the wrong road
Yes, a wine drinkin' and cheatin', woman
Is one thing i can't afford

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

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

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

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

You go out when you get ready
And you come home when you please
You just love me when you want me baby
And you think it outta be all right with me

When i try to talk to you baby
And let you know just how i feel
You tell me if i don't like it
You know someone else will

Oh, but i done got wise to you baby
You're not the only bird in the sky
Oh so don't ask me no questions now baby
And i, i won't tell you no lies

Because i like to feel arms around me
And lips close, close to mine
So i don't have to beg you to love me
I don't have to beg you all the time

Oh, but i done got wise to you baby
You're not the only bird in the sky
So now don't ask me no questions baby
And you know i won't, i won't tell you no lies

Yes you can love me if you want me
Or you keep on flaying the field
Because i know if you don't love me
I know there's somebody else that will

I've been around the world, seen everything
And if it's love you want baby just give me a ring
I can't lose with the stuff i use
I'm the king of the blues

I've loved in sunshine, i've loved in the rain
All of the women who know me call that loving man
I can't lose with the stuff i use
I'm the king of the blues

Some people go to school to try and learn their trade
Yes, but i'm a lover, a lover by nature
That's why i know, i know, i know i've got it made

Yes, you might think i'm jokin' or just havin' fun
But they tell me the reason i'm the king
I'm a lovin' son of a gun
I can't lose with the stuff i use
I'm the king of the blues

Darlin', darlin' you know i love you
I love you, for myself
But you're gone, gone and left me for someone else

I think of you, think of you every morning
I dream of you, every night
And i'd love to be with you always

When night began to fall
I cry, cry alone
And i wish, i could hold you in my arms tonight

Darlin', darlin' you know i love you
I love you, for myself
But you're gone, gone and left me for someone else

I don't have to know your name
Unless you really want me too
All i really want to know
Is what you want to do
Hope there's something you like
In something that you see
I don't have that much to say for me

I've always been lonely
But don't be afraid
I've always been lonely
Like a song never played
I've always been lonely
But if you come with me tonight
And stayed
At least we'd know
It wasn't loneliness we made

You don't have to know my past
It's much too much for me and you
If the sadness has to show
I guess i'll let it through
We can go till it's gone
And give it all we've got
Sometimes anything can mean a lot

I keep on tryin' to get ahead, i'm doin' the best i can
But every time i try to pull up
They pull me right back down again
You got me down now and i hope you're satisfied
Oh, it's so hard to try to keep my head up
Yes, when you're puttin' pressure on me
From every side, every side

Even uncle sam say
I owe a lot of money way back from nineteen fifty six
Now, how could i owe him anything
When that whole year i was sick
They won't let me make my money
Won't even let me buy my clothes
Oh, it's so hard to get something to eat
Yes, and now they want to throw me outdoors
Throw me outdoors

Yes, everybody's laughin' at me
I can see the joy in their eyes
They're glad because i'm down now
Just look at the devils in disguise
And i have no-one to turn to
No-one to lend me a helpin' hand
Oh, i'm tellin' you, shakes has really got me now
Yes, i'm a lonely, lonely man

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

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

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

You're breakin' my heart baby,
And there ain't a damn thing i can do
Yes, you got me wringin' my hands and cryin' baby,
Well, you're breakin' my heart in two
Well, it's not easy for me to believe woman,
That you are doin' the things you do

Well, it's so hard for me to believe baby,
It's hard for me to believe you would do me wrong
Yes, please have mercy baby,
Won't you stay here where you belong?
Well you know i got the blues
I got the blues so bad now baby
Sometimes you make me wish,
Make me wish i'd never, never been born

Yes, i want to know why did you let me,
Why did you let me love you so long baby?
Why did you use me like a tool?
Yes, you played a game with my heart woman,
Baby you know you used the devils rule

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

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!

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

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 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 . . .

I wonder why
Why do everything have to happen to me
I wonder why
Why do everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

Oh, so many strange things
They happen to me all day long
Oh, so many strange things
They happen to me all day long
Yes, it seems like everything i do
Everything i do is wrong

I had a good reputation
The greatest man in town
But i'm having so much troubles
Till they 'bout to drag me down
I wonder why
Why do everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

I got up on my feet
I had lots of friends
But bad luck had hit me
Now i'm down again
I wonder why
Why do everything have to happen to me
Well, i'm blue and i'm lonesome
My heart is filled with misery

Well, early in the morning i wake with the rising sun
Yes, early in the morning i wake with the rising sun
It's my daily motto and the people all calls it fun

Yes, i'm looking for a better future and forgetting about the past
I'm looking for a better future and forgetting about the past
Now i'm so glad that troubles don't always last

Yes, have fun whilst you can 'cos fate's an awful thing
Well, have fun whilst you can 'cos fate's an awful thing
You can't tell what may happen that's the reason i love to sing

I can hear my name ringin'
Ringin' all up and down the line
Yes i can hear my name ringin'
Ringin' all up and down the line
I don't believe my woman loves me
I believe i'm just messin' up my time

Yes, i have the blues before sunrise
With the tears gettin' to my eyes
I have the blues before sunrise
And the tears gettin' to my eyes
Yes, i get that funny feeling
It's the feeling i do despise

Yes, last night as i laid there dreamin'
I was layin' there by myself
Yes, last night as i laid dreamin'
I was layin' there by myself
I was just thinkin' if my woman don't love me
I hope she's not in love with nobody else

I got a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, she's a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, the reason i love her
Because she's dressed so fine

Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Yeah, my baby's trying to leave me
She's trying to put me down

Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Well, what i'm gonna do now
Baby, it's hard to tell

Yeah, it's bye bye
Bye bye baby bye
Well, bye bye baby
Bye bye bye baby bye bye
Yes, since you're gonna leave me
I have no need to cry

Oh my darling i was so lonely
Searching for you and for you only
Oh my darling i love you so

Oh my darling my love is true
Longing for you, no one else will do
Oh my darling i love you so

When i first saw you dear i knew you were alone
I said to myself that i'd make you my own
Your brother caught us kissing
I though he would surely tell
Until he started playing those wedding bells

Now my darling i'm yours forever
Don't ever leave me, leave me never
Oh my darling i love you so

Oh yes it's true, now i have you
And best of all i know now
That i'll never have to be blue
Oh baby, i love you so

I mean you, baby

Sugar mama sugar mama
Sugar mama please come on back to me
Sugar mama sugar mama
Sugar mama please come on back to me
Yes, bring me back my sugar, baby
Please ease my misery

Yes, i'm crazy about my sugar sugar mama
Ain't nobody else got but you
Yes, i'm crazy about my sugar sugar mama
Ain't no-one else got but you
Well, you got that granulate sugar sugar mama
You done made me love you too

Yes, they braggin' about your sugar sugar
Baby they been braggin' about it all over town mama
Yes, they braggin' about your sugar baby
They been braggin' about it all over town
Well, the bootleggers want to buy it to make liquor baby
But you don't want to sell them about four or five pounds

Yes i'm crazy about my coffee sweet in the morning
Same thing with my tea at night
I love my coffee sweet in the morning baby
Same thing with my tea at night
Well, if i don't get my sugar three times a day
Oh yes, i don't feel right

I woke up this morning, my baby was gone
Woke up this morning, my baby was gone
I've feel so bad, i'm all alone

I ain't got nobody, stayn' home with me
I ain't got nobody, stayn' home with me
My baby she's gone, i'm in misery

Well baby, i'm all alone
Yes baby, i'm all alone
I ain't had no lovin', since my baby's been gone
All right

Oh baby, i'm all alone
Oh baby, i'm all alone
My baby she's gone, i'm in misery

Oh baby, come on stay with me
Oh baby, come on stay with me
My baby she's gone, i'm in misery

Oh baby, i'm all alone
Oh baby, i'm all alone
I ain't had no lovin', since my baby's been gone

Yeah, i stay in the mood for you
'cos i just can't help myself
Yeah, i stay in the mood for you
'cos i just can't help myself
You've always fooling around
Givin' my love to somebody else

Still i stay in the mood for you
And i can see you everywhere i go
Still i stay in the mood for you
And i can see you everywhere i go
Well, if something soon don't happen
My heart is gonna break i know

Well, you said that you love me
You've sworn that you'll be true
But now you're tellin' stronger
That i'm just a fool you know
But i stay in the mood for you
'cos i just can't help myself
Please come back to me baby
'cos i'm tired of livin' by myself

Get it while it's hot.

I've been all over europe
And across the sea
With each new place
It gets clearer to me
Week after week
On tour with my band
You don't have to speak
'cause they all understand

The power of the blues
Hey, hey, the power of the blues
And that's good news
I'm talking about the power of the blues

Yes, it's just a few changes
That i won't deny
But if you think it's easy
You just give it a try
You know the truth
But you're afraid to say it
That it ain't what i play
It's the way that i play it

That's the power of the blues
Yes, the power of the blues
You'll change your views
When you hear the power of the blues

Now me and lucille
We're gonna stop this war
I'm no politician
But i know the score
You can call me a hawk
Or maybe i'm a dove
But all we gotta do
Is shoot 'em full of love

With the power of the blues
Hey, the power of the blues
It's the thing to use
Talking about the power of the blues
Yes, i am

I may get weary
Women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
But to one who's weary
Try a little tenderness

She may be waiting
Just anticipating
All of the things
She may never possess
But while she's waiting
Try a little tenderness

I may be sentimental
But i've had my griefs
And my cares
And just a good word
Soft and gentle
Makes it, makes it
So much easier to bear

She might forget it
Oh but don't let her forget it
Love's got a whole
A whole happiness
'cause it's so easy
Try a little tenderness

Oh it's so very easy
It's so very easy
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little

Try a little, try a little
Won't you
'cause it's so very easy
So very easy
Won't you try
Yes, i'll try
Try a little tender -
Tender -
- ness
I'll try a little tenderness
Oh

I've got to find my baby
I don't know what way to go
Yes, i've got to find my baby
I don't know what way to go
Yes, she don't believe that i love her
I have to find her so i can tell her so

She said that she loved me, people
She didn't want nobody else
Yes, my baby said she loved me, people
She didn't want nobody else
Well, you know i love that woman, people
Better than i do myself

Baby, if you can hear my voice
Please don't run away from me
Baby, if you can hear my voice
Please don't run away from me
'cause i mean every word i say, baby
I just can't hold on another day

Yes, if you love ever strike you, baby
Sit down and write me a line or two
Yes, if you ever, if you ever, if you ever think about me, baby
Sit down and write me a line or two
Yes, i wanna see you so bad now, woman
Babe i don't know what to do

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

I'm not feeling like i usually do
I think it might have something
To do with you
Every time you're near me
My body gets hot
Don't need a doctor
I know what i've got

Caught a touch of your love
It came on overnight
I must have held you too tight
Last night
Caught a touch of your love

Your affection has affected me
I'm feeling kind of dizzy
And weak in the knees
I've been in love before
But never so bad
You're in my system
And it's driving me mad

The fever from your kisses
Tears me apart
It starts from your lips
And goes straight to my heart
No use pretending
'cause baby, i'm sure
There's no cure
And i've just gotta have more

Ah, because i'm not crazy, jealous, baby
It don't mean that i don't care
Ah, because i'm not crazy, jealous, baby
It don't mean that i don't care
Yes, because if you keep messin' up with me, darling
I tell you, they're gonna miss you around here

Yes, because i try to play cool, baby
Yes, you seem to think that i'm a fool
Yes, because i try to play it cool, woman
You seem to think that i'm a fool
Yes, but i'm gonna tell you my dear
Oh baby, they gonna miss you around here

Yes, you might as well stop your horses
Turn your wagon around
I know what's on your mind
And i ain't goin' for what your puttin' down
Oh, i played it cool, baby
And you seem to think i'm a fool
Yes, but i'm gonna tell you my dear
That they gonna miss you around here

Yes, stop your horses, turn your wagon around
I know what's on your mind
I ain't goin' for what your puttin' down
Because i play it cool, baby, don't mean that i'm a fool
Yes, i'm gonna tell you, baby
They gonna miss you around here

I've got a sweet little angel
I love the way she spread her wings
Yes got a sweet little angel
I love the way she spread her wings
Yes, when she spreads her wings around me
I get joy, and everything

You know i asked my baby for a nickel
And she gave me a $20 bill
Oh yes, i asked my baby for a nickel
And she gave me a $20 bill
Whoah, you know i ask her to buy a little drink of liquor
And she gave me a whiskey still

Oh, if my baby should quit me
I believe i would die
Oh if my baby should quit me
Lord i do believe i would die
Yes if you don't love me little angel
Please tell me the reason why

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

People say you love but one at time
For every woman there's a man
My baby say she wasn't put here forever
So she's gonna get as many as she can
What can i do
Yes, i just sing the blues
Well, i just sing the blues
'cause that's the only thing i know to do

Well, some people may be wrong sometimes
But they can't be wrong all the time
Like they say a cat has nine lives
Nine loves has the woman of mine
What can i do
Yes, i just sing the blues
Well, i just sing the blues
'cause that's the only thing i know to do

Well, the women are funny these days
They do wrong in so many ways
They'll have a man twiddling his fingers
Or either drinking his life away
What can i do
Yes, i just sing the blues
Well, i just sing the blues
'cause that's the only thing i know to do

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

Yes your talkin?about your woman
Wish to god, man, you could see mine
Your talkin?about your woman
Wish to god, man, you could see mine
When she start lovin?
She brings eyesight to the blind

Her daddy must have been a millionaire
I can tell by the way she walks
My baby's daddy must have been a millionaire
I can tell by the way she walks
When she start walkin?
The deaf and dumb begin to talk

I remember one friday morning
We were layin?down across the bed
Man was in the next room dyin?
Knelt down and raised up his head
And said ain

Someday, someway you'll realize that you've been blind
Oh, darling you're gonna need me again
It's just a matter, a matter of time
Oh, go on baby, go on until you reach the end of the line
Hey, but i know, i know you're gonna pass my way again
It's just a matter, just a matter of time

Oh, after i gave you everything i had,
Hey, you know you laughed at me and you called me a clown
Ahw, but you must remember baby, in your search for fortune and fame,
Hey, what goes up just gotta come down
I know, i know baby, oh, that someday, one day you'll wake up and find
Oh, my love, my love is a true love
It's just a matter, baby just a matter of time

Hey, after i gave you, gave everything i had,
You know you laughed at me and i can hear you say, "look at that clown"
But you must remember baby, in your search for fortune and fame,
Oh, what goes up, hey, you know it's got to come down
Oh, but i know hey, i know, i know baby that one day,
One day you'll wake up and find that my love,
My love is a true love
Hey, baby it's just a matter, just a matter of time

My heart belongs to only you
I've never loved as i love you
You set a flame within me burning
A flame to stay within me years

It's just for you i want to live
It's just to you my heart i give
I'll always be your slave, my darling
Through the coming years

There was sometime when i was doubtful
Of this new love affair
But now my mind is no more doubtful
I found my heaven with the help of a prayer

You are the song within my soul
A melody that can grow
I've known for long my heart belongs to
Only you

There was sometime when i was doubtful
Of this new love affair
But now my mind is no more doubtful
I found my heaven with the help of a prayer

You are the song within my soul
A melody that can grow
I've known for long my heart belongs to
Only you

You can lead a horse to water
But you can't make him drink
You can send a kid to college
But you can't make him think
You'll never miss your water, baby
Till the well runs dry
And you'll never miss me, baby
Till i say good-bye
Mm hm, you'd better heed my warning

The straw that broke the camel's back
Didn't have to be so big
And when you ran off and left me, baby
I almost blew my wig
They say he who has the last laugh
Always laughs the best
And i'm gonna laugh louder, baby
Than all the rest
Mm hm, baby, you'd better heed
You'd better heed my warning

If you want me to get out, baby
You know you don't have to push
But you'll find a bird in hand
Is worth two in the bush
There's no need to lock the barn door
When the cow is gone
But you're gonna miss me, baby
On some frosty dawn
Mm hm, you know you'd better heed
You'd better heed my warning

It's a long, long road
That don't have a turn
You have to be an early bird
If you wanna catch a worm
They say absence makes
The heart grow fonder
So its plain to see
If the grass look greener yonder
Baby, that's where i'm gonna be
Mm hm, baby, you know you'd better heed
You'd better heed my warning

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