Buddy Guy

I'm 74 years young, there ain't nothing I haven't done
I've been a dog and I've been a tomcat
I chased some tails and I left some tracks
I still know how to have my fun 'cause I'm 74 years young

Got a few good tricks up my sleeve
I know everything that a good woman needs
I show respect and I treat 'em right
They all keep coming back night after night

When it come to loving, I ain't never done
I'm 74 years young

I've been all around the world, everywhere is home
Drink wine with kings and the Rolling Stones
I got a few scars from the battles I won
'Cause I'm 74 years young

I've been all around the world, everywhere is home
Drink wine with kings and the Rolling Stones
I got a few scars from all the battles I won
I'm 74 years young

74 years young, gonna keep on having fun
When I get to them end of the line
I sure set the [Incomprehensible] real good time
But tonight I feel like I'm 21, I'm 74 years young

When it come to loving, I ain't never done
'Cause I'm 74 years young

When it come to loving, I ain't never done
I'm here to tell you, I said I'm 74 years young
I ain't ever had enough of nothing
74 years young

Momma said son, someday you'll learn this lesson, hard times never last, each day is a blessing, keep your eyes on that kingdom waiting down the road, across that river Jordan, everybody's got to

Everybody's got to go home, Heaven only know
Way up in the sky, to that sweet bye bye,
Everybody's got to go

The day my brother died, I thought about a song
My momma use to sing, before she passed on
About our savior Jesus, calling his children home
He leave no one behind, everybody's got to go

Everybody's go to go home, Heaven only Know
Way up in the sky, To that sweet bye bye
Everybody's go to go

I know I'm not a young man, but I look back over my youth, and think of those who saved me, as I wondered from the truth, I'm not afraid of dying, when it come my time i ll know, I ll meet you over yonder, everybody's go to go

Everybody's go to go, Heaven, Heaven only knows,
Way up in the sky, To that sweet bye bye, Way up in the sky to that sweet bye bye, Everybody got to go

Everybody got to go, Everybody, Heaven only know
To that sweet bye bye, sweet bye bye

Your house all messed up, baby
And your line don't sound true
I smell a rat
'Cause it stinks all over you, say

You're dipping and double dippin'
And that's the dirty name, yeah
But guess what, baby?
Don't you know that two can play the game?

Yes, I popped up my entire house
Broke up my dirty dishes
You better [Incomprehensible]
Running 'round one of the bitches

[Incomprehensible], hush your mouth
Put your hands down too, yeah
'Cause when you point your finger
You got three pointing back at you

It won't break my heart if you say goodbye
I ain't going to suffer and I doubt you ain't [Incomprehensible]
Go ahead and leave me, I tell you, I won't be alone, alone, no
Let me tell you something, guess what, baby
Your know your little sister want to try me on

My key don't fit your lock
When I come to your door
No, I said, my key won't fit your lock
When I try to put it in your door
You know I got a funny, funny feeling
You don't want me around no more

I left a message last Monday
Just like the Monday before
By the time I've got to Friday
Lord knows I had left five or six more
Now my key don't fit your lock
But I try to stick it in your door

I saw you on the street this morning
Walking with that other man
I could tell him in holding
Much more than your little hand
Now there's talk all over neighborhood
He's thinking about steeping in

My key don't fit your lock
When I try to put it in your door
I said, my key won't fit your lock
When I try to walk it in your door
I got this funny, funny feeling
You don't want me around no more

Hey, you always bitching
About something I didn't get you
Hey, you always bitching
About something I didn't get you
So let the door knob hit you
While my damn dog should've bit you

You said [Incomprehensible]
That I never would quit you
You had voodoo working on me, girl
And you said that I would never quit you
Well, let the door knob hit you
While my damn dog should've bit you

When you leave the other day
I don't believe I'm gonna miss you
And when you leave the other day, woman
I don't believe I'm gonna miss you
So let the door knob hit you
While my damn dog should've bit you

Let the door know hit you now
While ??? should've bit you

I had no money, I had no clothes
I had no shelter from the bitter cold
When you're too weak to walk, He'll carry you through
I'm living proof

When you're down to your last dime
You ain't got no hope or peace of mind
Just say a prayer, He'll listen to you
I'm living proof

I'm living proof that bares a way
I'm living proof, kneel down and pray
I seen His glory, I know the truth
I'm living proof, I'm living, I'm living proof

You know I'm not tough, can't do my own
Say you're going down all alone
Well, I'm still here, [Incomprehensible] and gone
Living proof

Life ain't easy, it's a long, hard test
You're gonna make mistakes, just do your best
[Incomprehensible], you make it through
Hell, I'm living proof
I'm living, I'm living, I'm living proof

I'm living proof that bares a way
I'm living proof, kneel down and pray
I seen His glory, I know it's true
I'm living proof
I'm living, I'm living, I'm living proof

There's a lot the Lord can do
Hey, look at me, I'm living proof

I'm living proof
Yeah, I'm living proof
Yeah, I'm living proof
Yeah, I'm living proof

I'm living proof
I'm living proof
I'm living proof

Got a blue Mercedes with a snakeskin top
Gonna keep on driving, I'll never stop
My baby's riding in a shotgun seat
Don't let no grass grow under our feet

I'm on the road, yes, I'll take it on the road
Give it some juice, turn my motor loose
On the road

This ride of mine got a rambling soul
Got a built-in bar to keep the Cokers cold
I point to the east and I pointed west
What my baby wants, you know my baby gets

On the road, yes, I'll take it on the road
Give it some juice, turn my motor loose
On the road

She got a body that keeps all cool
Thunder and lightning, up on the hood
I tune her up, never let her down
You know we're ready, now we're highway bound

On the road, hey, I'll take it on the road
Give it some juice, turn my motor loose
On the road

Give it some juice, turn my motor loose
On the road

I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little longer
Till I got, got a lot more to give
I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little longer
Lord knows I love the life I live

This old road's been so good to me
I've been given much more than I ever dreamed
I won't ever stop playing these blues
That's what I think He put me here to do

I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little longer
Feel like I've got a lot more to give
I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little longer
Lord knows I love the life I live

So many good friends I've lost along the way
I know I'll meet 'em again on some uncloudy day
Until then there's more songs to be sung
We've come a long way but we're a long way from being done

I thank the Lord
I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little longer
But I feel like I got a lot more to give
I thank the Lord for letting me stay around a little longer
Lord knows I love the life I live
Thank You, Lord, I love the life I live

You got that right, B, I love the life we live, Buddy
I spend a many nights listening to you play
You still sound good, oh, you too sound good, Buddy
Keep on doing it B

Your nickname is a good name for me
Because I believe you are my buddy
I love the life I live
You're the best that ever did it and got away with it

Well, thanks a lot
You ain't done it so bad yourself, old boy
When I'm pushing up daisies, don't forget
You're still my buddy

Down in Louisiana
On a cotton plantation
Little tent room shack
And a third grade education

Two stringed wood guitar
I taught myself how to play, yes, I did
Kept the whole family up all night
And I told them that you'll all thank me one day
Yes, I did

My sister would scream
"Boy, you just got to stop
You're waking up the whole family
Everybody is going to be hot"

Two stringed wood guitar
And I sure enough taught myself how to play
She said, "Turn it down, Buddy"
I said, "Shut up, you're gonna thank me someday"
You're gonna thank me one day
Did you hear what I said?

That was sixty years ago
Now my mom and dad is gone
I go see my sisters and brothers
And the grand-kids come along

I give the little ones my guitar
I tell 'em, "Close your eyes and play
Don't even worry about the neighbors
Y'all gonna thank me someday"

Down in Louisiana
On a cotton plantation
A little tent room shack
And I only got a third grade education

That's why I taught myself
I'm telling you that's why I taught myself
How to play, yes, I did
I kept my family up all night
And now they're thanking me everyday
Oh yeah, they're thanking me everyday

No use crying, don't you understand?
You're all false, baby, you lost a damn good man
Too much drama and too many tears
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here

Too soon, baby, that's much too soon, yes
If I never see you again, it'll be too soon

Liking me, baby, would you yackety-yak?
Lock up your kitchen and don't come back
Tired of your mouth running overtime
Use a ball breaker, baby, but you won't break mine

Too soon, baby, that's much too soon, no
If I never see you again, baby, that's much too soon

If you're the last woman on this earth
And I can have all the honey up under your skirt
If I was pony as a Billy goat
I'd still say woman, get your ass out the door

It's too soon, baby, that's much too soon
Well, if I never see you again, it'll be too soon

You take a man and a woman
That just can't get along,
Sick and tired of doing each other wrong.
Painful words are spoken,
Pressures (??)
That they don't belong in here.
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins

A young man on the street,
Trying hard to make his way,
Out there in this mean world it gets harder every day.
He tried to find a good fight,
He was starting a new life,
But the (??) saw him closing in.
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins

Where the blues begins
Way down on the bottom,
You got the struggle to survive,
Where the blues begins,
Hard luck and trouble,
Takes us totally on the line

It's the same old fight,
You know you just can't win,
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins

Where the blues begins
Way down on the bottom,
You got the struggle to survive,
Where the blues begins,
Hard luck and trouble,
Takes us totally on the line

It's the same old fight,
You know you just can't win
Oh, oh, this is where the blues begins.
It's the same old fight,
You know you just can't win

Nobody loves you like i do, i am as good a sit get
Nobody loves you like I do, I'm just as good as I get
I can chop the wood from ,I'm the best damn fool that you ever met

When it come to living, I can make you sweat
When it come that funky funky loving, sure that I'm gonna make you sweat
I'm trying to cabbage in the caul of me, I'm the best damn fool that you ever met!

Yeah I'm a lovely babe, go ahead and plays your beg
Yeah I'm a lovely babe, go ahead and plays your beg
I can make you all woman yawn, I'm the best damn fool that you ever met

I'm the one and only, I'm the one man that you won't forget
I'm the one and only, (buddy guy lads) I'm the one man that you won't forget
I can make a full doll kiss a pussycat, I'm the best damn fool that you ever met

Somebody asked me, why I live the blues
I said the blues is all around me; I just find something I can use
And I feel it running through me, but I give it my heart and soul
I practice while I'm singing; let the feeling take control

I'm just tryin' to tell the truth
Every time I sing the blues

Might think about a woman and how she done me wrong
I might think about some hard times when I was barely hanging on
I might think about a brother who still can't make things be
Some fallin' sisters sellin' it on the street

I'm just tryin' to tell the truth
Every time I sing the blues

I find my inspiration in tears and desperation
Sad, sad stories we all know so well
Along with one more story to tell

Here I am another night; another town along the way
Room full of people say they wanna hear me play
Yes there was some hard times, my luck cannot survive
It takes a whole lot of livin; to make us all come alive

I'm just tryin' to tell the truth
Every time I sing the blues

I'm just tryin' to tell the truth
Every time I sing the blues

How could you stand there and tell me you love me
When you don't give a damn about yourself?
How could you stand there and tell me you love me
And woman, you don't give a damn about yourself?
You know if you really did, woman, you would be carrying on with someone else.

I want you to stop right there in your tracks, baby
Honey, don't you go no further.
I want you to stop right there in your tracks, woman
Honey, don't you go no further.
You know your lyin' just like a dog, and you standin' there lookin' just like another.

Oh, you keep wasting my time,
Honey, you running around all night long.
Oh, you keep wasting my time, I say
Honey, you running around all night.
If I fight like a dog all day long, honey, tell me when you're gonna bite.

Tonight, I might cut you loose
I think I found me another lover.
Tonight, I might cut you loose
'Cause I think I found myself another lover.
You're lyin' to me just like a dog, and you know you're looking just like another.

[Guitar Solo]

I'm sick an tired of all your lies, darlin'
Honey, you can go back to your mother.
I'm sick an tired of all your lies, darlin'
And honey, you can go back to your mother.
You're lyin' to me just like a dog, and you know you're looking just like another.

I live out in the woods
People I got wolves' blood in my veins
I live way out in the woods
People you know I've got wolves' blood in my veins
Well you know the crocodiles and the foxes and the grizzles
They all know me by my name

When I was just a little boy
I used to play around with rattlesnakes
Well, when i was a little boy
I used to crawl around in the grass with rattlesnakes
Now I'm a full grown man
Alligators is my associates

Let me explain this

I still live way out in the woods
People you know I ain't afraid of nothin'

I live way out in the woods
An people you know I ain't afraid of nothin'
The bogeyman start runnin'
When he heard me commin'

I sleep with one eye open
And I don't ever leave no trail
Well yeah I sleep with one eye open
And I don't ever leave no trail
If you come into my woods
You just might, loose your tail

cause i love them tails
fox tails
pig tails

She said she liked to party
She, sure looked good
She said, let me show you what I got
Under my hood
She slid on over
And she, called me honey
She said, before you get a kiss [msss]
You got to show me the money

Show me the money
Don?t be talking no trash
Only thing better than money is a
Pile of that cold hard cash

Took my baby out on the town
The other night
Drinking champagne in the
Candlelight
I told the waiter bring another bottle
For my honey
He said, before we pop the cork you got to
Show me the money

Show me the money
Don?t be talking trash
Only thing better than money is a
Pile of that cold hard cash

On my way home
I stopped to catch the last call
I could hear the band jamming
The people was having a ball
The owner asked me
If I would sit in
I said, I ain?t no dummy
Show me the money

Show me?
You know just what I mean
Don?t be talkin trash
If you want the real deal now
Show me that cold hard cash

Show me the money
Show me the money
Show me the money
Show me the money

The only thing better than money is a
Pile of that cold hard cash

I've been around a while
I know wrong from right
And since a long time ago
Things been always black and white
Just like you can't judge a book by the cover
We all gotta be careful
How we treat one another

Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same

A man in Louisiana
He never called me by my name
He said "boy do this and boy do that"
But I never once complained
I knew he had a good heart
But he just didn't understand
That I needed to be treated
Just like any other man

Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same

I sat my little child down
when he was old enough to know
I said I fell in this big wide world
You're gonna be all kinda froze
I said son it all comes down to just one simple rule
That you treat everybody just the way
You want them to treat you
Yeah

Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Underneath we're all the same
We're all of the same
Yeah

To Many Tears

Don't know what lead up to this
I don't have a clue
How did things get tangled up
I never meant to hurt you

You should have been there for me baby
standing right by my side
now things have changed and I've got to go
to many tears have been cried

to many tears, to many tears oh I've cried in vain, I've cried in vain
ooh to many tears, to many tears oh they drown just like rain oh to many tears

I've tried to be strong
I've tried to do you right
but you left me all alone
one to many nights

chorus

when I needed you the most
emptiness was all I got
I'm not gonna cry no more
I've shed my last teardrop

Lead

Everything is gonna be ok baby
both of us will survive
lets be thankful for the love we shared
and not for those tears that we cried

Chorus x2

lead and out

(Somebody got to help me ??)
Tell me who?.. who?s gonna fill their shoes?? (know what I?m talking about)
Tell me who?..who?s gonna fill their shoes
They?re the ones who made the blues
Who?s gonna fill their shoes?. (That?s what I need help about)

Down in the delta?.Old sun house
Hard luck and trouble what he was singing about
Robert Johnson heard it ?made it his own
He got it started ?Now we got to carry on

Tell me who?..who?s gonna fill their shoes
They?re the ones who made the blues
Who?s gonna fill those big shoes

Muddy Waters?..Howlin? Wolf?..Willie Dixon.....Sonny Boy too
Little Walter?..Otis Spann?..Jimmy Reed I say ?.Magic Sound

Tell me who?who?s gonna fill those shoes
They?re the ones who made the blues
Who?s gonna fill those great big shoes?.. (Tell me)

BB ?n Albert?.and Freddie their the King??.they ruled the world by bending those guitar strings
Johnnie ?n Lightnin? and Stevie Ray?? Lord knows we got a debt to pay
Tell me who?who?s gonna fill those big shoes? (Tell me)
They?re the ones who made the blues
Who?s gonna fill those shoes

Tell me who?..who?s gonna fill those shoes? (Tell me)
Tell me who?..who?s gonna fill those shoes?(That I?ll be hard to do)
They?re the ones who made the blues
Who?s gonna fill those shoes

Yeah

Oh, I've just got to let her go
Because this little girl is runnin' wild
I said I got to let her go
Because this little girl is runnin' wild

You know she whupped this whole game on me
And now she won't even apologize

Oh girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
You take all the happiness out of my live
Hey girl, girl, girl, girl, ah
You takes all, all the happiness out of my lives

You go to 7-11 on me
Just like a gambler with a crooked dice
Look-a-here
Yeah

Mr. Johnny Johnson

Mother said, 'Son you've got to let her go
Can't you see this woman got her game up tight?
Oh, son you've got to let her go
Can't you see this a woman got her game up tight?'

She said, 'Son get your hat and get your coat
Or she will never treat you right'

Well, ooh, got to get my hat and coat
This ain't right

She'd go to 7-11 on me
Oh, like a man with a loaded dice

Well, I'm the crawlin' king snake
And I rule my den
I'm the crawlin' king snake
And I rule my den
Yeah, don't mess 'round with my mate
Gonna use her for myself

Caught me crawlin', baby, window
Grass is very high
Keep on crawlin' till the day I die
Crawlin' king snake and I rule my den
You better give me what I want
Gonna crawl no more

Caught me crawlin', baby, crawlin' 'round your door
See anything I want
I'm gonna crawl on your floor, let's crawl
And I rule my den
Come on, give me what I want
Ain't gonna crawl no more

Alright, crawl a while

Come on crawl
Come on crawl
You don't [Incomprehensible] on your hands and knees, baby
Crawl all over me
Just like a spider on the wall, oh
We gon' crawl, one more

Well I'm the crawlin' king snake
And I rule my den
Call me the crawlin' king snake
And I rule my den
Yeah, don't mess 'round with my mate
Gonna use her for myself

Oh, mister D.J.,
I wonder why you don't play much blues anymore
Oh, mister D.J.,
I keep wondering why you don't play much blues anymore
I don't know what you got against me
Whatever it is, I sure would like to know

Oh, I would just love to hear T-bone
Even though I know that bluesman now he's gone
Oh, I would love to hear T-bone
Even though I know that he is gone
Oh, it would bring back such great memories
Oh, just to hear your song

You know the Wolf used to moan
Oh, but he too he's gone
Oh, you know the Wolf used to moan
Listen
Oh, but he too, you know he's gone
Every once in a while mister D.J.
Why don't you please spend one of them a songs

Will you listen to me please
And spend me a song by the late Jimmy Reed
Will you listen, listen to me please
And spend me a song by the late Jimmy Reed
Oh, you know you would make me feel kind of good
Oh make me howl, oh yes indeed

You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes
You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes
I can't win, cause I don't have a thing to lose
I stopped by my daughters house
You know I just want to use the phone
I stopped by my daughters house
You know I just want to use the phone
You know my new grand baby came to the door
And said, granddaddy you know ain't no one at home
I said now look out

You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes
You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes
You know I can't win, now people,
Cause I don't have a thing to lose
Alright

You damn right, I've got the blues,
You damn right, I've got the blues,
You damn right, I've got the blues,
You damn right, I've got the blues,
Yeah

You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes
You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes

I can't win, cause I don't have a thing to lose

I stopped by my daughters house
You know I just want to use the phone
I stopped by my daughters house
You know I just want to use the phone

You know my new grand baby came to the door
And said, granddaddy you know ain't no one at home

I said now look out

You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes
You damn right, I've got the blues,
From my head down to my shoes

You know I can't win, now people, cause I don't have a thing to lose

Alright

You damn right, I've got the blues,
You damn right, I've got the blues,
You damn right, I've got the blues,
You damn right, I've got the blues,
Yeah

Well, I done got old,
Can't do the things I used to
'Cause I'm an old man

Well, I done got old,
Well, I done got old,
I can't do the things I used to do
'Cause I done got old,

Remember the day, baby
That done passed and gone
When I could love you
Most all night long

But now things gone changed
And I done got old
I can't do the things I used to do
'Cause I'm an old man

I can't look like I used to
I can't walk like I used to
I can't love like I used to,

And now things gone changed
When I done got old
I can't do the things I used to do
Because I'm an old man

And I'm an old man
I'm an old man
I'm an old man
And I'm not the same
I'm a very old man

Down here the river, meets the sea
And in the sticky heat I feel ya' open up to me
Love comes out of nowhere baby, just like a hurricane
And it feels like rain
And it feels like rain

Lying here, underneath the stars right next to you
And I'm wondering who you are and, how do you do? How do you do, baby?
The clouds roll in across the moon, and the wind howls out your name
And it feels like rain
And it feels like rain

We never going to make that bridge tonight baby
Across lake Ponchartrain
And it feels like rain
And it feels like rain

So batten down the hatch baby, and leave your heart up your sleeve
It looks like we're in for stormy weather, that ain't no cause for us to leave
Just lay here, in my arms, let it wash away the pain
And it feels like rain
And it feels like rain

The first time I met the blues
People, you know I was walkin', I was walkin' down through the woods
Yes, the first time, the first time I met you, blues
Blues you know I was walkin', I was walkin' down through the woods
Yes, I've watched my house burnin' blues
Blues, you know you done me, you done me all the harm that you could

The blues got after me
People, you know they ran me from tree to tree
Yes, the blues got after me
Blues, you know you ran me, ran me from tree to tree

Yes, you should-a heard me beg ya, blues
Ah, blues, don't murder me

Yes, good mornin', blues
Blues, I wonder, I wonder what you're doin' here so soon
Yes, good mornin', good mornin', good mornin', mister blues
Blues, I wonder, I keep wonderin' what you're doin' here so soon
Yes, you know you'll be with me every mornin', blues
Every night and every noon
Oh, yeah

The first time I met the blues
People, you know I was walkin', I was walkin' down through the woods
Yes, the first time, the first time I met you, blues
Blues you know I was walkin', I was walkin' down through the woods
Yes, I've watched my house burnin' blues
Blues, you know you done me, you done me all the harm that you could

The blues got after me
People, you know they ran me from tree to tree
Yes, the blues got after me
Blues, you know you ran me, ran me from tree to tree

Yes, you should-a heard me beg ya, blues
Ah, blues, don't murder me

Yes, good mornin', blues
Blues, I wonder, I wonder what you're doin' here so soon
Yes, good mornin', good mornin', good mornin', mister blues
Blues, I wonder, I keep wonderin' what you're doin' here so soon
Yes, you know you'll be with me every mornin', blues
Every night and every noon
Oh, yeah

Lord, have you ever been mistreated
Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about
Yes, have you ever been mistreated
Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about
Lord I work five long years for one woman,
And she had the nerve to kick me out

I got a job at a steel mill,
I'm shucking steel just like a slave
Five long years, every Friday y'all I went straight home yeah,
I went straight home
Mistreated
Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about
Lord I work five long years for one woman,
And she had the nerve to kick me out

Lord but I finally learned a lesson,
I should have known long time ago
The next woman I marry, she gotta have two jobs,
And she gotta go out and work long and bring some dough
Lord, said I been mistreated
And you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about
Lord I work five long years for one woman,
And she had the nerve to kick me out

Have you ever been mistreated
Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about
Yes, have you ever been mistreated
Then you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about
Lord I work five long years for one woman,
And she had the nerve to kick me out

I got a job at a steel mill,
I'm shucking steel just like a slave
Five long years, every Friday yes yo'all I went straight home,
I went straight home with all my pay
Yes, I've been mistreated
And you got to, you got to know just what I'm talking about
Lord I work five long years for one woman,
And she had the nerve to kick me out

Lord I finally learned a lesson,
I should have known a long time ago
The next woman I marry, she gotta have two jobs,
And she gotta go out and work and bringing home some dough
I've been mistreated, yeah
And you, you know just what I'm talking about
I work five long years for one woman,
And she had the nerves to kick me out

Sail on sail on my little Honey Bee sail on
Sail on sail on my little Honey Bee sail on
I don't mind you sailing
But please don't sail so long

Sail on sail on my little Honey Bee sail on
Sail on sail on my little Honey Bee sail on
You gonna keep on sailing
Take me to your happy home

I hear a lot of buzzing, sound like my little Honey Bee
I hear a lot of buzzing, sound like my little Honey Bee
She been all around the world making honey
But now she's coming back home to me

I hear a lot of buzzing, sound like my little Honey Bee
I hear a lot of buzzing, sound like my little Honey Bee
She been all around the world making honey
But now she's coming back home to me

Well, I wonder, what's exactly the matter
Child you know the time
Seemed like an hour
Everything had changed
But I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man
Well now, I buzzed your bell this morning
You had your elevator run slow
I buzzed your bell in, woman
Take me on the third floor
Well, I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man
Well, I buzzed your bell this morning
You had your elevator run slow
I buzzed your bell in, woman
Take me on the third floor
I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man
Well, I wonder, what's exactly the matter
Child you know the time
Seemed like an hour
Everything had changed
I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man

Well, I wonder, what's exactly the matter
Child you know the time
Seemed like an hour
Everything had changed
But I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man
Well now, I buzzed your bell this morning
You had your elevator run slow
I buzzed your bell in, woman
Take me on the third floor
Well, I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man
Well, I buzzed your bell this morning
You had your elevator run slow
I buzzed your bell in, woman
Take me on the third floor
I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man
Well, I wonder, what's exactly the matter
Child you know the time
Seemed like an hour
Everything had changed
I hold up my head
Girl, I'm just trying to make you understand
Well now, everybody tell me
Somebody hoodoo'd the hoodoo man

Well I'm goin' away to leave
Won't be back no more
Goin' back down south, child
Don't you want to go?
Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well baby I just can't be satisfied
And I just can't keep from cryin'.

Well I feel like snappin'
Pistol in your face
I'm gonna let some graveyard
Lord be your resting place
Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well baby I can never be satisfied
And I just can't keep from cryin'.

Well now all in my sleep
Hear my doorbell ring
Looking for my baby
I couldn't see not a doggone thing
Woman I was troubled, I was all worried in mind
Well honey I could never be satisfied
And I just couldn't keep from cryin'.

Well I know my little old baby
She gonna jump and shout
That old train be late man, Lord
And I come walking out
I be troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be satisfied
And I just can't keep from crying.

One, two, three, hit it
Alright, alright then

Wow, I can't get used of it baby, now
I can't get used of the blues

I can't go get used of it
I can't get used of the blues

Alright
Alright
Alright
Hit it
He yeah
Alright, sounding good
Swing it, uh, alright

I think I smell a rat in my house, baby I believe you got just too late
Aw, I smell a rat, I smell a rat in my house, honey, I think you walkin' 'round too late
You know I need a rat in my house like this now, just like I need a hole in my head

You cry baby you afraid at night, you say you can't stay home all alone
Oh you said you afraid, afraid to stay home at night, you say you didn't want to be home alone
Oh, but I can smell a rat in the time I get back, and all, and all you do is gonna make me moan

You got my backdoor wide open, baby you say you're supposed to be afraid
You got my backdoor wide open, and you tell me you're supposed to be afraid
You know the last time I slept with it opened, you know 'was so cold I almost lost my head

Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby, and I do believe it's just drivin' me around
Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby, honey I think you're just drivin' me around
Why don't you leave me alone woman, you know I think there's another women I can go,
I can be found

I think that you have it to explain. honey I'm not that hard to understand
Did you ever try to sit down and explain, I am not that hard to understand
You will be sleeping with the backdoor open, baby or with another man

You're so good, I don't believe I wanna leave you alone
Oh you're so sweet to me, I don't believe, I can leave you alone
Stayin', and peepin' like you got a woman, and try to make me, all happy

Lord knows I've tried
To do what's right
One whole year of stayin' home
Both day and night

'Cause I smell a mean trouble
Way over yonder
You know I heard a mean, yeah
Always in trouble people
Lord they just won't let me be

The people talk about me
Both night and day
I said, Lord please forgive them
And go the other way

'Cause I smell a mean trouble
Lord I smell trouble
Ahead of me, oh yeah
Yes, always in trouble

Lord, they just won't let me be
And from now on
I will not run and hide
I'll face trouble with a smile
And hope it pass me by

'Cause I smell a mean trouble
Way over yonder
I say I heard a mean
Yes, always in trouble

They just won't
They just won't
Lord, they just won't
Let me be

Hoo, oh yeah

Well now, ooh wee baby, you know I declaire, you sho look fine
I said, ooh whee baby, you know I declaire, you sho look fine
Well a girl like you surely make a married man change his mind

I said, now baby, when you walk, you know you shake like a willow tree
I said, now baby, when you walk, woman you know you, shake like a willow tree
Well you know a girl like you would surely love ta make a fool of man like me

Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby 'til yo good loven drive me crazy

Well now baby, when you walk you know you, shake like a willow tree
Yeah, baby, when you walk woman you know, you shake just like a willow tree
Babe a woman like you, ah would love to make a fool of me

Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me wow baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby 'til your good love drive me crazy

Well now, ol' Mary Ann
You know you sure look fine
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
You know you sure look fine
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
I love you all the time
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
I said baby don't you know
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
I said baby don't you know
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
You know I love you so

Well now, ol' Mary Ann
Can I take you home tonight
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
Can I take you home tonight
Well now, ol' Mary Ann
I'll make everything all right

I was standin' at the station,
Ten to midnight in the rain
I was mindin' my own bus'ness,
Waiting for that midnight train

Nobody in sight, starin' at my shoes,
I took out my paper to find me some good news
Mindin' my own bus'ness,
When the ticket man calls my name
Yeah, yeah, babe

There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the line

So I say, "If it ain't too much trouble,
When's the local out of town?"
His reply: "Two a.m."
If I'm leavin' local-bound

I can catch it in forty minutes,
If I want to grab the express
But the local trains are hard to come by,
This time of night, more or less
Listen, said

There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the line

So I stood for forty minutes,
It was raining and it was cold
When the express rolled down the track,
I did not care where it was gonna go
Yeah, yeah

He said
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
There ain't no midnight train
Comin' down the line

Hello world, have you seen Miss Ida B?
Hello world, have you seen Miss Ida B?

She's a coffee coloured brown, and she looked something like a japanese.

I love ya Miss Ida B, and I just can't hardly keep it in.
I love ya Miss Ida B, and I just can't hardly keep it in.

I'm in love with you Miss Ida B baby,
Ever since, ever since you was a kid.

Baby when I'm gone, who you gonna let walk in and take my place?
Baby when I'm gone, who you gonna let walk in and take my place?

I hate to even think about, a man snoring in my baby's face.

Mustang Sally,
Guess you better slow your mustang down
Mustang Sally, baby,
I guess you better slow your mustang down

You been a runnin' all over town,
I guess I'll better put your big feet on the ground,
Oh yes, I will

All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
One of these early mornings,
You gonna be wipin' your weepin' eyes,
Yes you will

I bought you a vintage mustang,
Of nineteen sixty-five
Now you comin' right signifyin' woman, no,
You don't wanna let me ride
Mustang Sally, baby, yeah,
I guess you better slow your mustang down,
Yes you will darling,
I hope you will

Going around running' all over town,
I'm gonna put your big fat feet on the ground,
Oh yes Sally,
Well, look at here

All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is just ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is just ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)

One of these early mornings
You gonna put your bad bad feet on the ground,
Oh yes I will, Sally

Sally (ride Sally ride)
Sally (ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)

Mustang Sally,
Guess you better slow your mustang down
Mustang Sally, baby,
I guess you better slow your mustang down

You been a runnin' all over town,
I guess I'll better put your big feet on the ground,
Oh yes, I will

All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
One of these early mornings,
You gonna be wipin' your weepin' eyes,
Yes you will

I bought you a vintage mustang,
Of nineteen sixty-five
Now you comin' right signifyin' woman, no,
You don't wanna let me ride
Mustang Sally, baby, yeah,
I guess you better slow your mustang down,
Yes you will darling,
I hope you will

Going around running' all over town,
I'm gonna put your big fat feet on the ground,
Oh yes Sally,
Well, look at here

All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is just ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is just ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around, Sally (ride Sally ride)

One of these early mornings
You gonna put your bad bad feet on the ground,
Oh yes I will, Sally

Sally (ride Sally ride)
Sally (ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)
(ride Sally ride)

It's your time now baby
Ohh but it's gonna be mine after awhile
I said it's your time right now baby
Lord but it's gonna be mine after awhile
You know you know if things don't change
I'm gonna move on down

She stayed out last night
And do you know she just walked in
The girl is gettin' ready
She's going back out again
I said just wait one minute
Just before you go
She didn't even look at me
She just turned and walked out the door

It's your time, it's your time, it's your time right now
Ohh, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta feelin'
Ohh it's gonna, it's gonna, it's gonna be my time after awhile

I got a look through my window
And guess what I seen
My baby sat with another man
In a long black limosine

I said it's your time, it's your time
Yes you know I, you know I got that feelin' woman
Baby it's gonna be my time after awhile

I just wanna talk to my baby:
And here's what I wanna say
Go ahead on and mistreat me
But every every dog got his day wow

Somebody better come here and get me baby
I just want to talk to my baby

Sittin' here a thousand miles from nowhere
People, I'm in my one room country little shack
I'm sittin' here a thousand miles from nowhere
People, I'm in my own own one room country little shack

All my worries and companion
Is an old is an old 'leven foot cotton sack

I'm wanna leave oh early in the mornin'
People because I'm 'bout to go out on my mind
I'm gonna leave you early in the mornin'
People because, just because I'm 'bout to go out on my mind

I'm gonna find me some kind of good woman
Even if she's dumb, deaf, crippled or blind

Play your piano
Yeah, yeah
Lord you make me feel so good this morning, do it again
Have mercy, have mercy on me, have mercy on me
Alright
Yes, yes, yes
Oh Lord have mercy

You don't know
You don't know how how I feel
Lord have mercy down in this cotton field

You don' know
People, people you don't know how I feel
Have mercy in this cotton field

I know you're out there havin' a good time
Why don't you, why don't you make connection with me and give me some good deal

Let me have a little bit of Otis Spann please

So many ways
So many ways you can get the blues
So many ways
So so many ways you can get the blues

Yes, when you're down here on one of these cottonfields
Lord, you ain't got nothing to lose.

I'm say'n something to you
I don't care how you feel
You just don't realize
You got yourself a good deal
She's nineteen years old
And she got ways just like a baby child
Nothing I can do to please her
I'm just try'n to make this little woman feel satisfied

I'm say'n something to you
And I don't care if you get mad
You're 'bout the cutest little woman that I'll ever had
She's nineteen years old
And she got ways just like a baby child
Nothing I can do to please her, oh no
I'm just try'n to make this little woman feel satisfied

I'm say'n something to you
And I don't care how you feel
You just don't realize
You know you got you
You got yourself a good deal
She's nineteen years old
And she got ways just like a baby child
Nothing I can do to please her
I'm just try'n to make this little woman feel satisfied

I can't ask her where she's going
She tells me where she's been
She'll start a conversation
That don't have no end
You know she, she's nineteen years old and she got ways just like a baby child
Nothing I can do to please her
Whoa, Lord I'm just try'n to make this little woman feel satisfied

Oh, I've got no one there for now
Since my baby's love had been done with
Well, I don't know what to do
I sit and cry and sing the blues

Well, no one to cry on her sweet name
And my heart is filled with pain
Oh I only think of you
I sit and cry and sing the blues
Blues found in my bloodstream
Blues found in my home
Blues found in my soul
I got blues all in my bones

Oh no one to depend on
Since my baby's love had been gone
Oh I don't know what to do
I sit and cry and sing the blues

Oh yeah!
Come here baby!

Oh no one to depend on
Since my baby's love has been gone
Whoa, I don't know what to do
I sit and cry and sing the blues
I sit and cry and sing the blues

I came home this morning
Oh what a shock
When I found out my key
No longer fit my lock
Oh baby
You just go right back out there where you've been
'Cause while you were slippin' out
Oh someone else was slippin' in

I thought I was your fool
That you could count on
One was right there
When no one else is at home
But oh baby
I think I found myself a new friend
But while you were slippin' out
Oh Lord, someone else was slippin' in

Now cry your heart out
Oh you don't mean a thing to me
I'm a brand new man
And you can plainly see
A new way to walk people and of wearin' my hair
This big smile you see on my face
You didn't put it there
I got a new way of wearin' my hair
This big smile on my face babe
You didn't put it there
Oh baby
You just take me back out there where you've been
'Caue while you were slippin' out
Someone else was slippin' in
Oh Lord

Now cry your heart out
Oh you don't mean a thing to me
I'm a brand new man
Even Stevie Wonder can see
A new way to walk people and of wearin' my hair
This big smile on my face baby
You didn't put it there

I got a new way of wearin' my hair
This big smile on my face
You didn't put it there
Oh baby
You just go right back out there where you've been
'Cause while you were slippin' out
Someone else was slippin' in
I said while you were slippin' out
Someone else was slippin' in
I said while you were slippin' out
Oh someone else was slippin' in
I said while you were slippin' out
Someone else was slippin' in

Woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said baby you must be stone crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so dirty baby
You must think my little heart is made of iron

Lord as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling down from my eyes
Yes I sit I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little baby looked at me and said daddy
Ohh, God knows you're the hurted child

Oh yeah
Somebody come and get me

Yes I think I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I said I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I'm playing around in this big city so long man
Ohh, 'till I'm almost just done frooze

Darling you must be stone crazy
Or either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so low down and dirty
You must be think my little heart is made of iron

Wow as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down my eyes
Yes I sit I sit right here right here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little girl looked at me and said
Ohh, my daddy is a hurted child

Ohh, Look-a-here now
Somebody come here

Lord I believe I'm going back down south
Where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I believe I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I've played around in these big cities so long man
Ohh, 'till I'm almost done frooze

I've got a sweet little angel
And I love the way she spreads her wings
Yes I got a sweet little angel
And I love the way she spreads her wings
Yes when she spreads her wings around me
You know I get joy in everything

I asked my baby for a nickel
And she gave me a twenty dollar bill
Yes asked my baby for a nickel
And she gave me a twenty dollar bill
I asked her for a little drink of liquor
My baby gave me a whiskey still

Yes if my baby should quit me
Lord I do believe I would die
Yes if my baby my baby should quit me
I do believe I would die
Yes if you done love me little angel
Please please tell me the reason why
I just got to have a little more

Let your hair down baby, 'n' let's have a natural ball
Let your hair down baby, 'n' let's have a natural ball
'Cause when you ain't happy, it ain't no fun at all

You can't take it with you, that's one thing for sure
You can't take it with you, that's one thing for sure
Ain't nothing wrong with you girl, the T-Bone shuffle can't cure

Have fun while you can, fate's an awful thing
Have fun while you can, fate's an awful thing
You can't tell what might happen, that's why I love to sing

Yeah, I don't know why I got those type of blues tonight, but uh
Something, it's alright, something told me tonight to uh
Get it like I was gettin' it when I first started
And it's such a great pleasure to be on this show tonight Ladies and Gentleman
Tell uh, it's given me a thrill inside, you know, and I wish that
You may think I'm puttin' you on, but uh please believe me
For somehow or another,I hate to say this, but uh,
We get a better thrill out of playing over here then we do at home
So uh, haha, but uh, I must, thank you, I must say this that uh
Regardless to how an entertainer feel it are always the people that makes him feel okay
So that's why we always get the question asked us, during the course of a tour
Do you ever get lonesome by it for not beeing at home, you know
People can make you feel at home
And when I, thank you very much
And when I get that feeling like that I go be that and
Play a tune that goes something like this

Just ten years ago
People what I would do
No one would ever know
Just ten years ago
People how I would live my life
No one would ever know
The things that I think I would do
Ooo, no one will never know

I sit down in my dark room sometime
Tears rollin' down from my eyes
I sit down in my dark room
Tears rollin' down from my eyes
Yeah, play the blues
You know, I began to wonder
Oh, what makes a man like poor me cry

Well I might as well forget all about it
Lord and try to live my live just like it is
Lord I might as well forget all about it
And try to live my live just like it is
And you know I want to tell you people
Oh I would like to go back ten years

Play it on down for me now!

Yeah!

Ba dip dibba dibba dibba di dip
Da dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
Da dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt

Hey! Yeah!

Oh the way belove been treatin' me
People I just can't understand
Oh the way my belove been treatin' me
People, I just can't understand
Lord, I don't believe I can live much longer, yes,
With all a this on my head
Lord, I just scream an' I cry, Lord
Somebody please tell me why
Lord, sometimes I just scream an' I cry, Lord
Somebody please tell me why
Lord, I just can't keep on lovin' you baby, Lord
I've got to have some good reason why

Whoa yeah!
Come here baby!
Look out!

Well, goodbye ev'rybody, yes
An' I believe this is the end
Yes, goodbye ev'rybody, people, yes
An' I believe this is the end
Yes, I want ya to tell my baby, yes
To forgive me for my sins

Oh that's what I'm hearin', darlin'
I got a feelin' that it won't be long
Oh yes this is it, baby
I gotta feelin' an' it won't be long
Oh things goin' from bad to worse, baby
I'm gonna find me another home
We used to live together as one, babe
Until you started runnin' 'round
Oh, we used to live together as one, darlin'
Until you started runnin' 'round
Oh you know, you got too many irons in the fireplace
I'm gonna leave an' put you down

Now when ya start to gettin' lonesome woman
I want you to fall on your knees and say a prayer, too
Oh yes, when you start to get a little lonesome baby
I want ya to fall on your knees and say a prayer, too
Oh 'cause I'm gonna find me someone else
Give all this lovin' I had for you

Mercy!

Come here baby!

I never dreamed I'd see the day, baby
I don't believe it would go this way
Oh, I never dreamed I'd see the day, baby
I didn't believe it would go this way
Oh, the only thing I can say, baby
I hate your love have to end this way

Tramp
What you call me?
Tramp
Oh you didn't
You don't wear continental clothes or Stetson hats
Well I tell you one doggone thing
It makes me feel good to know one thing

I know I'm a lover
Matter of opinion, baby
That's all right, Mama was
So
Papa too
And I'm the only child
Lovin' is all I know to do

You know what, Otis?
What?
You're country
That's all right
You straight from the Georgia woods
That's good
You know what? You wear overalls
And big old brogan shoes
And you need a haircut, tramp

Haircut? Woman, you foolin'
Ooh, I'm a lover
Mama was, Grandmama, Papa too
They'll make you one
Oh, that's alright

And I'm the only son of a gun, yeah, this side of the sun
Tramp
That's right, that's what you are
(Incomprehensible)
You know what? I'm no tramp

You know what, Otis?
I don't care what you say, you're still a tramp
What?
That's right
You haven't even got a fat bankroll in your pocket
You probably haven't even got twenty-five cents

I got six Cadillacs, five Lincolns
Four Fords, six Mercuries, three T-Birds, Mustang
Ooh, I'm a lover
You're true about me
My Mama was, my Papa too
(Incomprehensible)
I tell you one thing
Well tell me

I'm the only son of a gun, yeah this side of the sun
Alright
You're a tramp, Otis
No I'm not
I don't care what you say, you're still a tramp
Don't call me that

Look here you ain't got no money
I got everything
You can't buy me all those minks and sables and all that stuff I want
I can buy you minks, rats, frogs, squirrels, rabbits
Anything you want, woman

Look, you can go out in the Georgia woods catch them, baby
Oh, you foolin'
You're still a tramp
That's alright
You a tramp, Otis, you just a tramp
That's alright

(Incomprehensible)
You wear overalls, you need a haircut, baby
(Incomprehensible)
Cut off some of that hair off your head
You think you a lover, huh?

Tramp
What you call me?
Tramp
Oh you didn't
You don't wear continental clothes or Stetson hats
Well I tell you one doggone thing
It makes me feel good to know one thing

I know I'm a lover
Matter of opinion, baby
That's all right, Mama was
So
Papa too
And I'm the only child
Lovin' is all I know to do

You know what, Otis?
What?
You're country
That's all right
You straight from the Georgia woods
That's good
You know what? You wear overalls
And big old brogan shoes
And you need a haircut, tramp

Haircut? Woman, you foolin'
Ooh, I'm a lover
Mama was, Grandmama, Papa too
They'll make you one
Oh, that's alright

And I'm the only son of a gun, yeah, this side of the sun
Tramp
That's right, that's what you are
(Incomprehensible)
You know what? I'm no tramp

You know what, Otis?
I don't care what you say, you're still a tramp
What?
That's right
You haven't even got a fat bankroll in your pocket
You probably haven't even got twenty-five cents

I got six Cadillacs, five Lincolns
Four Fords, six Mercuries, three T-Birds, Mustang
Ooh, I'm a lover
You're true about me
My Mama was, my Papa too
(Incomprehensible)
I tell you one thing
Well tell me

I'm the only son of a gun, yeah this side of the sun
Alright
You're a tramp, Otis
No I'm not
I don't care what you say, you're still a tramp
Don't call me that

Look here you ain't got no money
I got everything
You can't buy me all those minks and sables and all that stuff I want
I can buy you minks, rats, frogs, squirrels, rabbits
Anything you want, woman

Look, you can go out in the Georgia woods catch them, baby
Oh, you foolin'
You're still a tramp
That's alright
You a tramp, Otis, you just a tramp
That's alright

(Incomprehensible)
You wear overalls, you need a haircut, baby
(Incomprehensible)
Cut off some of that hair off your head
You think you a lover, huh?

I've got a strange feelin', whoa, I never felt like this before
Yes, I've got the strangest, strangest feelin', baby, God knows I never felt like this before
You know when my left eye get to jumpin', hmm, I don't know which way to go

When my left eye get to jumpin', and my flesh begin to crawl,
I know you got some other mule, that's kickin' in my stall

And, I've got the strangest, strangest, strangest, whoa, I've never felt like this before
You know when my left eye get to jumpin', God knows I never felt like this before

Have mercy, baby
I hear ya, baby, pray the blues

You know I feel like my baby, she's got a black cat bone
'Cause everything I do, my baby know what's just goin' on

I've got the strangest, strangest feelin, whoa, I never felt like this before
You know when my left eye get to jumpin', whoa, I don't know which way to go

Hey!
Hey now!

When ya see tears comin' from my eyes
Oh yes, oh yes people, yes I could cry
Oh I know you see those big tears come from my eyes
From the bottom of my heart, baby you know I can cry

You know my mother told me when I was a little boy
She said, 'Someday son, you will have the reason why'

You know why?

I lay awake at night because of love
Lord I have so much trouble
I lay awake, I lay awake at night because of trouble
Because of so much trouble

People I just can't, I just can't sleep no more
All the critters have come to keep me company
You know there's a lonesome wind blowin' around my door

Sitting there yakkin' right in my face
Coming on like you own the place
If silence was golden
You couldn't raise a dime
Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime

You're quoting figures, you're dropping names
You're telling stories, you're playing games
You always laugh when things ain't funny
You try to sound like you don't need money
If talk was criminal, you'd lead a life of crime
Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime

You know that life is short and talk is cheap
Don't make promises that you can't keep
If you don't like the song I'm singing, just grin and bear it
All I can say is if the shoe fits wear it
If you must keep talking please can you make it rhyme
Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime
Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime

You can make it if you try
You can make it if you just try
'Cause you're going to live on until you die
Wow, oh, you can make it if you try

Sometimes you'll have to lie
Sometime, sometime you may have to cry
But oh, you can make it if you try, ohohoh
You can make it if you try
Oh yes you can

Now if your old baby
Treat you wrong, listen
Don't run around
And just sing the blues
But oh you can never my friend, listen
Everybody can't win, listen
Don't you know somebody
Somebody got to loose

You can make it if you try
You can make it if you just try
Listen
You can make it if, if you try, ohhh
You can make it if you try
Oh yes you can, haha
Yeah
Hahahaha
Haha huh huh

The first time I met the blues
People, you know I was walkin', I was walkin' down through the woods
Yes, the first time, the first time I met you, blues
Blues you know I was walkin', I was walkin' down through the woods
Yes, I've watched my house burnin' blues
Blues, you know you done me, you done me all the harm that you could

The blues got after me
People, you know they ran me from tree to tree
Yes, the blues got after me
Blues, you know you ran me, ran me from tree to tree

Yes, you should-a heard me beg ya, blues
Ah, blues, don't murder me

Yes, good mornin', blues
Blues, I wonder, I wonder what you're doin' here so soon
Yes, good mornin', good mornin', good mornin', mister blues
Blues, I wonder, I keep wonderin' what you're doin' here so soon
Yes, you know you'll be with me every mornin', blues
Every night and every noon
Oh, yeah

Oh, there's no one there for me
Since my baby's love had been done with
All I do is think of you
I sit and cry, oh and I sing the blues
I sit and cry, and I sing the blues

Oh, there's no one to call me sweet names
And my heart, and my heart is filled with pain
Lord I don't know, I don't know what to do
I sit and cry and I sing the blues
I sit and cry and I sing the blues

Blues all in my bloodstream
Blues all in my home
Blues all in my soul
I got blues all in my bones

Oh no one to depend on
Since my baby, since my baby's love had been gone
Broken hearted and lonesome too
I sit and cry and I sing the blues
I sit and cry oh and I sing the blues
I sit and cry
I sit and I cry
I sit and I cry
I cry
I cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, oh
And I sing on, I sing on, I sing on the blues
Oh, I sing on, I sing on
Sing on the blues

I found a true love, indeed
Oh and it's good to me
I said I found a true love
Man and it's good to me
Yes, and what I'm going to do with it
I want the whole wide world to stop still, and they will see

You know the women don't like her
'Cause this little girl she'll speak of mine
I say the women don't like her, uhu yeah yeah
'Cause this little girl she'll speak of mine
You know the women all pay the bottom
'Cause my baby, she takes her time

You know she winked a eye
At a cab when he passed by
Yes I said my baby winked a eye, yeah
At a cab when he passed by
Oh you know that man blocked of his traffic
Man, for solid country mile

I found a true love, indeed
Oh and it's good to me
I said I found a true love indeed
Oh and how good it is to me
I want the whole round world to stand still
Baby and take a good look at it for me

You know the women don't like her, uhu
'Cause the little girl she'll speak of mine
I say the women don't like her
'Cause this little girl she'll speak of mine
You know the man are crazy about her
'Cause my baby takes her time

Alright
Somebody better come and look for it

You know she winked a eye
At a cab when it passed by
I said my baby winked a eye, yes
At a cab when he passed by
Well you know this cab blocked of the traffic man
Wow, you know for country mile

That's my baby

Baby, you know you ain't no Fridgidaire.
You can't keep nothin', tell everything you hear.
But everything I know, I keep it to myself,
'cause 'n I ever tell you, you tell someone else
What I say.
(I'm gonna ? gotta keep it to myself, heh.)

Woman, you know you ain't nothin' but a . . . tattle-tale.
You told on my brother, and he landed to jail.
You said that, you know, you didn't mean no harm,
but they gave him forty days on the County Farm.
What I say.
(I'm gonna keep it to myself ? yeah.)

You just a blabber-mouth baby,
And spreadin' gossip is your game.

When you get to rappin' baby,
You make a stool pigeon feel ashamed.

Baby you must be from'a outer space.
'Cause the way you run your mouth is a natch'l disgrace.
I don't know how much trouble you cause',
But I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't start the last war.
What I say, yeah.

I've got-ta, I gotta keep it to myself.
Lord, I ain't gonna tell nobody else, no.
I gotta . . . I gotta . . . I gotta keep it to myself.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
Hey hey
Hey hey haay yeeeeeeeeeh yeh
Keep it all now;
I gotta keep it all now.
I gotta keep it a-a-a-all now.

You better leave, you better leave my little girl alone
You better leave, Lord, you better leave my little girl alone
Lord, before I get evil, man, and I'm known to do something wrong

You called my house, no later than yesterday
'Cause I picked up the extension, and I heard every word you said
Now, why don't you just go on, man, and leave my little girl alone
Lord, before I get evil, man, and I'm known to do something wrong
You better leave her alone, now

You call my house, all the hours of the night
But, let me tell you, mister, that's a sure way to start a fight
Now, why don't you just go on, man, and leave my little girl alone
Cause, Lord, you know I can get so evil, and I'm known to do something wrong

Well now, ooh wee baby, you know I declaire, you sho look fine
I said, ooh whee baby, you know I declaire, you sho look fine
Well a girl like you surely make a married man change his mind

I said, now baby, when you walk, you know you shake like a willow tree
I said, now baby, when you walk, woman you know you, shake like a willow tree
Well you know a girl like you would surely love ta make a fool of man like me

Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby 'til yo good loven drive me crazy

Well now baby, when you walk you know you, shake like a willow tree
Yeah, baby, when you walk woman you know, you shake just like a willow tree
Babe a woman like you, ah would love to make a fool of me

Let me love you baby, let me love you baby
Let me wow baby, let me love you baby
Let me love you baby 'til your good love drive me crazy

My love for you is like, is like a sweet refrain
Real, real true love, is like a burning, burning flame
My love for you will live through storm and rain
My love, my love for you is real.

My love for you, words can never express
God, God only knows, that I'll love you, love you best
With only you my love could ever rest
My love, my love for you is real.

My love for you will live forever
Forever and a day
If you love me, love me my darling
Won't you show me in your own sweet way?

My love for you makes me want you near
Within, within my heart, I really need, need you dear
Sometimes true love can make a, make a man shed tears
My love for you is real.

Oh, my love, oh my love for you is real.

It's your time now baby
Ohh but it's gonna be mine after awhile
I said it's your time right now baby
Lord but it's gonna be mine after awhile
You know you know if things don't change
I'm gonna move on down

She stayed out last night
And do you know she just walked in
The girl is gettin' ready
She's going back out again
I said just wait one minute
Just before you go
She didn't even look at me
She just turned and walked out the door

It's your time, it's your time, it's your time right now
Ohh, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta feelin'
Ohh it's gonna, it's gonna, it's gonna be my time after awhile

I got a look through my window
And guess what I seen
My baby sat with another man
In a long black limosine

I said it's your time, it's your time
Yes you know I, you know I got that feelin' woman
Baby it's gonna be my time after awhile

I just wanna talk to my baby:
And here's what I wanna say
Go ahead on and mistreat me
But every every dog got his day wow

Somebody better come here and get me baby
I just want to talk to my baby

It's your time now baby
Ohh but it's gonna be mine after awhile
I said it's your time right now baby
Lord but it's gonna be mine after awhile
You know you know if things don't change
I'm gonna move on down

She stayed out last night
And do you know she just walked in
The girl is gettin' ready
She's going back out again
I said just wait one minute
Just before you go
She didn't even look at me
She just turned and walked out the door

It's your time, it's your time, it's your time right now
Ohh, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta feelin'
Ohh it's gonna, it's gonna, it's gonna be my time after awhile

I got a look through my window
And guess what I seen
My baby sat with another man
In a long black limosine

I said it's your time, it's your time
Yes you know I, you know I got that feelin' woman
Baby it's gonna be my time after awhile

I just wanna talk to my baby:
And here's what I wanna say
Go ahead on and mistreat me
But every every dog got his day wow

Somebody better come here and get me baby
I just want to talk to my baby

Whoo your love pretty baby, I have in store for you
Whoo your love pretty baby, I have in store for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too

Whoo your kisses pretty baby, that I'm holding all night
Whoo your kisses pretty baby, that I'm holding all night
'Cause I love you baby, I'm going to try to treat you right

Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
Oh your love, pretty baby, I got in store for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too

Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too

Whoo your kisses, pretty baby, I'm holding back for you
Whoo your huggin' and kisses, I'm holding back for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too

Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
Oh your love, pretty baby, I have in store for you
You know I love you baby, I hope you love me too

I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she suits me to a Tee
Oh, I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she suits me to a Tee
Well, you know she can stay out all night
But she, still's alright with me

You know she give me everything I want
And a everything I need
She's my woman
I tell ya yes indeed
I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she suits me to a Tee
What I like about the girl
I swear she's alright with me
You know I, never want for nothing
She give me everything I need
When I want that woman
She just mine, yes indeed

I say, I got a hip shakin' mama
I swear she's alright with me
Well I'm crazy about the girl
So I swear she's alright with me

Yeah

I wake up early in the morning
my breakfast is right by my bed
I wake up early in the morning
You know, my breakfast is right by my bed
You know if I want for anything else
My baby heard every word I said

And you know she suit me baby, ha ha ha
You know you suit me baby, ha ha ha
I tell she suits me baby, ha ha ha
And she suits me baby, yeah
Oh the girl she suits me baby,
Suits me to a Tee

Woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said baby you must be stone crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so dirty baby
You must think my little heart is made of iron

Lord as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling down from my eyes
Yes I sit I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little baby looked at me and said daddy
Ohh, God knows you're the hurted child

Oh yeah
Somebody come and get me

Yes I think I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I said I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I'm playing around in this big city so long man
Ohh, 'till I'm almost just done frooze

Darling you must be stone crazy
Or either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so low down and dirty
You must be think my little heart is made of iron

Wow as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down my eyes
Yes I sit I sit right here right here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little girl looked at me and said
Ohh, my daddy is a hurted child

Ohh, Look-a-here now
Somebody come here

Lord I believe I'm going back down south
Where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I believe I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I've played around in these big cities so long man
Ohh, 'till I'm almost done frooze