Crossroads

By graham gouldman

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.
I'd give you everything and more, and that's for sure.
For your love.
I'd bring you diamond rings and things right to your door.
For your love.

To thrill you with delight,
I'll give you diamonds bright.
There'll be things that will excite,
To make you dream of me at night.

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.

For your love, for your love,
I would give the stars above.
For your love, for your love,
I would give you all i could.

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.
I'd give the moon if it were mine to give.
For your love.
I'd give the stars and the sun 'fore i live.
For your love.

To thrill you with delight,
I'll give you diamonds bright.
There'll be things that will excite,
To make you dream of me at night.

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.
For your love.

By bob dylan

You speak to me in sign language,
As i'm eating a sandwich in a small cafe
At a quarter to three.

But i can't respond to your sign language.
You're taking advantage, bringing me down.
Can't you make any sound?

'twas there by the bakery, surrounded by fakery.
This is my story, still i'm still there.
Does she know i still care?

Link wray was playing on a jukebox, i was paying
For the words i was saying, so misunderstood.
He didn't do me no good.

First verse

Second verse

By eric clapton

Life is what you make it,
That's what the people say.
And if i can't make it through tomorrow,
I'd better make it through today.

I have had my share of troubles;
It's nothing new to me.
When i look around me,
All is see is misery.

Life is what you make it,
At least that's what the people say.
And if we can't make it through tomorrow
We'd better make it through today, through today.
Through today.

By eric clapton

Don't you know what's wrong with me?
I'm seeing things i don't want to see.
Sniffing things that ain't no good for me.
I'm going down fast, won't you say a prayer for me?

It's got to get better in a little while.
It's got to get better in a little while.
It's got to get better in a little while.
It's got to get better in a little while.

The sun's got to shine on my guitar someday.

Revolution all across the land.
Just like sly, you got to take a stand.
Please don't hurt nobody, don't knock them down;
Give them a helping hand to get off the ground.

Chorus

The sun's got to shine on my guitar someday.

Still one thing that you can do;
Fall down on your knees and pray.
I know the lord's gonna answer you.
Don't do it tomorrow, do it today.

Chorus ad infinitum

(by billy myles)

Have you ever loved a woman so much you tremble in pain?
Have you ever loved a woman so much you tremble in pain?
And all the time you know she bears another man's name.

But you just love that woman so much it's a shame and a sin.
You just love that woman so much it's a shame and a sin.
But all the time you know she belongs to your very best friend.

Have you ever loved a woman and you know you can't leave her alone?
Have you ever loved a woman and you know you can't leave her alone?
Something deep inside of you won't let you wreck your best friend's home.

By j. j. cale

If you wanna hang out you've got to take her out; cocaine.
If you wanna get down, down on the ground; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine.
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

By joe medwich veasey and don d. robey

Further on up the road someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road, baby, just you wait and see.

You gotta reap just what you sow; that old saying is true.
You gotta reap just what you sow; that old saying is true.
Just like you mistreat someone, someone's gonna mistreat you.

You been laughing, pretty baby, someday you're gonna be crying.
You been laughing, pretty baby, someday you're gonna be crying.
Further on up the road you'll find out i wasn't lying.

Further on up the road someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road, baby, just you wait and see.

There's a certain girl i've been in love with a long, long time.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)
I can't reveal her name until i've got her.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)
Well, i've tried to get her time and time again.
We just end up as nothing but friends.
And there's a certain girl i've been in love with a long, long time.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)

Well, there's a certain chick i've been sweet on since i met her.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)
I can't repeat her name until i get her.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)
Well one day, i'm gonna wake up and say,
"i'll do anything just to be your slave."
And there's a certain girl i've been in love with a long, long time.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)

Well, i've tried to get her time and time again.
We just end up as nothing but friends.
And there's a certain girl i've been in love with a long, long time.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)

There's a certain chick i've been sweet on since i found her.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)
I can't reveal her name until i get her.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)
Well now one day, get her time and time again.
We just end up as nothing but friends.
And there's a certain girl i've been in love with a long, long time.
(what's her name?) i can't tell you. (no!)

I can't tell you. (no!)
I can't tell you. (no!)
I can't tell you.

By bob dylan and helena springs

Blue sky upon the horizon,
Private eye is on my trail,
And if i don't be there by morning
You know that i must have spent the night in jail.

I've been running from memphis to l. a.
Had an appointment set sometime for today,
And if i don't be there by morning
You know that i must have gone the other way.

Finding my way back to you girl,
Lonely and blue and mistreated too.
Sometimes i think of you girl,
Is it true that you think of me too?

I got a woman living in l. a.
I got a woman waiting for my pay,
And if i don't be there by morning,
Pack my clothes, get down on your knees and pray.

Chorus

I left my woman with a twenty dollar bill.
I left her waiting, i hope she's waiting for me still.
If i don't be there by morning
You know that i, i never will.

(by robert johnson)

I got rambling, i got rambling all on my mind.
I got rambling, i got rambling all on my mind.
I hates to leave my baby, but she treats me so unkind.

I got mean things, i got mean things all on my mind.
I got mean things, i got mean things all on my mind.
I hates to leave my baby, but she treats me so unkind.

I'm going down to the station, catch the fastest train i see.
I'm going down to the station, catch the fastest train i see.
I got the blues 'bout miss so-and-so, and her son's got the blues about me.

I got rambling, i got rambling all on my mind.
I got rambling, i got rambling all on my mind.
I hates to leave my baby, but she treats me so unkind.

(traditional)

Motherless children have a hard time when mother is dead, lord.
Motherless children have a hard time when mother is dead, lord.
They don't have anywhere to go;
Wandering around from door to door.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead, lord.

Father will do the best he can when your mother is dead, lord.
Father will do the best he can when your mother is dead, lord.
Father will do the best he can;
So many things a father can't understand.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead, lord.

Sister will do the best she can when your mother is dead, lord.
Sister will do the best she can when your mother is dead, lord.
Sister will do the best she can;
So many things a sister can't understand.
Nobody treats you like a mother will when your mother is dead.

When your mother is dead, when your mother is dead.
When your mother is dead, lord, when your mother is dead.

By eric clapton and george harrison

Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car.
Thinkin' that i might have drove you too far.
And i'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table.

I told you not to wander 'round in the dark.
I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park.
Then i told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to mabel.

Yes, i told you that the light goes up and down.
Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round?
And you better pick yourself up from the ground
Before they bring the curtain down,
Yes, before they bring the curtain down.

Talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you.
She didn't have the time to wait in the queue.
She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle.

By eric clapton and bobby whitlock

(instrumental)

By eric clapton

We searched all through the night.
I couldn't find it; you couldn't find it.
I knew something wasn't right.
I couldn't find it; you couldn't find it.

And they say heaven is one step away.
Heaven is one step away.

And then there came the dawn:
I couldn't find it; you couldn't find it.
I just had to carry on.
I couldn't find it; you couldn't find it.

Chorus

We didn't leave till a quarter to three.
All your friends, they were laughing at me.
I don't get it, i don't understand;
Who is that man holding your hand?

First verse

Chorus

Heaven is one step away.
Heaven is one step away.
Heaven is one step away.
Heaven is one step away.

By j. j. cale

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout.
We're gonna stimulate some action;
We're gonna get some satisfaction.
We're gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine.
After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream.
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion;
We're gonna give an exhibition.
We're gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

Second verse

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.

(by otis rush and willie dixon)

All the love i miss loving, all the kiss i miss kissing.
All the love i miss loving, all the kiss i miss kissing.
Before i met you baby, never knew what i was missing.

All your love, pretty baby, that i got in store for you.
All your love, pretty baby, that i got in store for you.
I love you pretty baby, well i say you love me too.

All your loving, pretty baby, all your loving, pretty baby.
All your loving, pretty baby, all your loving, pretty baby.
Since i first met you baby, i never knew what i was missing.

Hey, hey baby, hey, hey baby.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby, oh, oh, baby.
Since i first met you baby, never knew what i was missing.

By bob dylan

Ma, take this badge off of me.
I can't use it any more.
It's getting dark, too dark to see.
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heavens door.

Ma, take these guns away from me.
I can't shoot them any more.
There's a long black cloud following me.
Feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Chorus

First verse

Chorus

By kieth relf

When i get out on the dancing floor,
There ain't no stopping for an hour more.
I go rocking up and down and around and round.
I go reeling to the beat of that crazy sound.
I can't stop, i want to kiss your pretty lips,
'cause i know, pretty babe, you got honey in your hips.

I can't stop my feet and i can't stop my hands
When i hear the sound of a rock 'n' roll band.
Gotta rock, gotta roll, gonna jump and shout;
Nobody better come and turn me out.
I'm staying all night till i get my kicks,
'cause you know, pretty babe, you got honey in your hips.

I want you and you want me.
We're gonna dance all night till we both feel free.
We'll shake and we'll shimmy right across the floor.
When it gets late, we'll dance out the door.
You better get ready with your pretty lips,
'cause you know, pretty babe, you got honey in your hips.

By eric clapton and martin sharp

You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.

And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave ulysses:
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.

And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

Her name is aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing.

The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

(by charles segar and willie broonzy)

I got the key to the highway,
Billed out and bound to go.
I'm gonna leave here running;
Walking is most too slow.

I'm going back to the border
Woman, where i'm better known.
You know you haven't done nothing,
Drove a good man away from home.

Live verse: when the moon peeks over the mountains
I'll be on my way.
I'm gonna roam this old highway
Until the break of day.

Oh give me one, one more kiss mama
Just before i go,
'cause when i leave this time you know i,
I won't be back no more.

First verse

Second verse

(by walter jacobs)

This is a mean old world, try and live it by yourself.
This is a mean old world, try and live it by yourself.
Can't get the one you love, have to use somebody else.

I've got the blues, gonna pack my things and go.
I've got the blues, gonna pack my things and go.
Guess you don't love me, babe, loving mister so-and-so.

Sometimes i wonder why can your love be so cold?
Sometimes i wonder why can your love be so cold?
I guess you don't love me, gonna pack my things and go.

(by elmore james, morgan robinson and clarence lewis)

The sky is crying, look at the tears rolling down the streets.
The sky is crying, look at the tears rolling down the streets.
I looked out my window, the rain was falling down in sheets.

My baby left me this morning, lord knows i don't know the reason why.
My baby left me this morning, i don't know the reason why.
And everytime i think about it, i hang my head and cry.

The sun is shining, although it's raining in my heart.
The sun is shining, although it's raining in my heart.
I love my baby, i hate to see us part.

By jerry williams

How can i explain
This feeling that's true?
Honey, i can't hardly stand it,
I wanna make love to you.

I ain't gonna try to tell you
How it's made me so blue,
Sitting alone here and wondering.
I wanna make love to you.

Where the storms fall from the heavens
And the rivers, they stop their flow,
If you just stop and talk to me,
Honey, that's where i belong.

I wanna make love to you.
I wanna make love to you.
I wanna make love to you.
I wanna make love to you.

Please, stop and tell me,
Tell me you want me too.
Come on, baby,
I wanna make love to you.

Chorus

Oh, darling.

Chorus

Chorus

Chorus

By james bracken

(instrumental)

By o. rasputin

(instrumental)

By john lee hooker

Boom, boom, boom, boom.
I'm gonna shoot you right down,
Knock you off of your feet,
And take you home with me.
Put you in my house.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I love to see you strut
When you're walking to me.
When you're talking to me,
That knocks me out.

Boom, boom, boom, boom.
You know i like it like that,
With your baby-talk,
Oh and the way that you walk.
You know it knocks me right down,
Knocks me off of my feet.

Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
How, how, how, how.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now, now, now, now.

By eric clapton

As i am strolling down the garden path,
I saw a flower glowing in the dark.
It looked so pretty and it was unique;
I had to bend down just to have a peek.

Hello old friend,
It's really good to see you once again.
Hello old friend,
It's really good to see you once again.

I saw you walking underneath the stars;
I couldn't stop 'cause i was in a car.
I'm sure the distance wouldn't be too far
If i got out and walked to where you are.

Chorus

An old man passed me on the street today;
I thought i knew him but i couldn't say.
I stopped to think if i could place his frame.
When he tipped his hat i knew his name.

Chorus

Chorus

By billy boy arnold

Early in the morning, 'bout the break of day,
That's when my baby went away.
Come back, baby, i wish you would,
Try and love me, you won't do no good.

Walking and a-kissing late at night;
I tell you now baby, i feel just right.
Come now baby, whatcha trying to do?
Trying to love me and some other man, too.

Come now baby, give me one more chance.
You know i still love you, want to give you romance.
Yeah romance, all night long, in my arms, woah yeah.

First verse

You know baby that i love you so.
You know, pretty baby, it hurts me to see you go.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

By arthur louis

I got up this morning and fell out of bed
Trying to make it to the door.
The wind was high, i didn't have much time,
Trying to find a man to score.

And then you came up on the other side
To brighten up my day.
I knew right away
That this could be my day.

Someone like you
Could make me change my ways.
Someone like you
Could turn the nights into days.

There you were, standing
On a crowded street.
You looked so good, though the air was bad,
Walking through the fog.

Chorus

I want to thank you, thank you now
For getting me back on my feet again.
I want to thank you, thank you now
For getting me back on my feet again.

Chorus

Chorus

By robert johnson

I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.
I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.
Asked the lord above for mercy, "save me if you please."

I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride.
I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride.
Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by.

I'm going down to rosedale, take my rider by my side.
I'm going down to rosedale, take my rider by my side.
You can still barrelhouse, baby, on the riverside.

You can run, you can run, tell my friend-boy willie brown.
You can run, you can run, tell my friend-boy willie brown.
And i'm standing at the crossroads, believe i'm sinking down.

By eric clapton, gail collins and felix pappalardi

Strange brew -- kill what's inside of you.

She's a witch of trouble in electric blue,
In her own mad mind she's in love with you.
With you.
Now what you gonna do?
Strange brew -- kill what's inside of you.

She's some kind of demon messing in the glue.
If you don't watch out it'll stick to you.
To you.
What kind of fool are you?
Strange brew -- kill what's inside of you.

On a boat in the middle of a raging sea,
She would make a scene for it all to be
Ignored.
And wouldn't you be bored?
Strange brew -- kill what's inside of you.

Strange brew, strange brew, strange brew, strange brew.
Strange brew -- kill what's inside of you.

By jack bruce and pete brown

Feel when i dance with you,
We move like the sea.
You, you're all i want to know.
I feel free, i feel free, i feel free.

I can walk down the street, there's no one there
Though the pavements are one huge crowd.
I can drive down the road; my eyes don't see,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud.

I feel free, i feel free, i feel free.

I can walk down the street, there's no one there
Though the pavements are one huge crowd.
I can drive down the road; my eyes don't see,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud.

Dance floor is like the sea,
Ceiling is the sky.
You're the sun and as you shine on me,
I feel free, i feel free, i feel free.

By eric clapton and bobby whitlock

Go down easy and let me take my time.
Go down easy and let me take my time.
Rock me slow till i lose my mind.

Roll it over, let's take it from behind.
Roll it over, let's take it from behind.
It's only love, god knows it ain't no crime.

You don't know how much it means to be here in your arms.
Roll it over.
Roll it over.

First verse

Second verse

Chorus

By eric clapton

You've been told, so maybe it's time that you learned.
You've been sold, maybe it's time that you earned.

I can't stand it.
You're fooling around, i can't stand it.
You're running around, i can't stand it.
You're fooling around with my heart.

I'll explain; i feel like i'm being used.
Make it plain, so you don't get confused.

Chorus

Chorus

It's time, time for me to let you know.
Ain't no crime, no crime to let your feelings show.

Chorus

By arthur crudup

Well that mean old dirty frisco and that low down santa fe.
Mean old frisco and that low down santa fe.
You know they take my girl away, lord, and blow back out on me.

Well my mama, she done told me, and my papa told me too.
Mama told me and my papa told me too.
A woman that gets in your face, lord she ain't no friend for you.

Well i'm goin' away now baby, and i won't be back until fall.
Goin' away, baby. lord, i won't be back till fall.
If i don't come back by then, lord, i won't be back at all.

Well that mean old dirty frisco and that low down santa fe.
Mean old frisco and that low down santa fe.
Gonna take my gal away, lord, and blow back out on me.