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(Don't forget to come back
now...)
(Don't forget to come back
now...)
(Don't forget to come back
now...)
(Don't forget to come back
now...)
(Don't forget to come back
now...)
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by Otis
Rush
recording 1982
from D.J.
Play My Blues (JSP 203),
copyright
notice
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
Top
by Buddy
Guy
recording 1968
from A
Man And His Blues (Vanguard
VMD-79272), copyright
notice
What can a poor man do, you know when the blues keep
bothering him around
What can a poor man do, you know when the blues keep
bothering him around
Give him a half pint of good liquor, and sit down and drink
it all down
You know, sometimes I feel, I feel like drinkin' me some
gasoline
You know, sometimes I feel, I feel like drinkin' me some
gasoline
Strikin' me a match and blow myself up in steam
I feel I'm gonna move on back down south,
you know where the water tastes like cherry wine
I feel I'm gonna move on back down south,
you know where the water tastes like cherry wine
Because this crap of whiskey and water tastes to me like
turpentine
Top
by Bert Burns
recording 1998
from Heavy
Love (Silertone/Jive 41632),
copyright
notice
Are you lonely for me baby
Are you lonely for me baby
Are you lonely for me baby
Are you lonely for me baby
Oh, it's the last train, to Jacksonville,
and I'm gonna get on it baby, you know I will
Will you try, come on and try,
to forget all the pain I brought you
Come on and cry, go ahead and cry,
I know I'm the one who thought you
To be lonely baby,
I'm lonely and blue
I'm lonely baby,
and I'm lonely for you
Are you lonely for me baby
Yes I am
Are you lonely for me baby
Oh, it's my last buck in Jacksonville
Are you my sweet baby, are you still
Tell your friend, this is the end
And I never again deserve you
I can hear them laugh, I can hear them laugh
You say I'd was gonna hurt you
Oh, I'm sorry baby
I'm sorry and blue
He, I'm lonely baby
And I'm lonely for you
Are you lonely for me baby
Yes I am
Are you lonely for me baby
I'm comin' home
Oh, yes I am
Oh, it's a long ride to Jacksonville
No one would ever know, the way I feel
Will you be there, will you be there
When I get on the train
You see you gotta be there, you gotta be there
I just got to see you again girl
Because I'm lonely baby
I'm lonely and blue
I'm lonely baby
And I'm lonely for you
Are you lonely for me baby
Yes I am
Are you lonely for me baby
Are you lonely for me baby
I'm comin' home, I'm comin' home
Are you lonely for me baby
Yes I am
Yes I am
Top
by
recording 1981
from Stone
Crazy (Alligator ALCD-4723),
copyright
notice
Woman you know you got to be crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy,
crazy, crazy, crazy
Or something tell me you just might be losing your mind
Oh you make me think you're crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy,
crazy, woman
Seem like to me darling you may be losing your mind
The way you been acting lately baby, lord
Oh, you're 'bout to go drive me out of my mind
You know I sit in a dark room, yes
My tears rollin' down my eyes
Oh, you know you make me sit in a dark room
With the tears rollin' down from my eyes
You know I can hear my little girl say
Oh, my father is a hurt child
Oh, when I leave I'm goin' back south
People, where the weather you know they suit my clothes,
wow
You know I think I move back south
You know where the weather, you know that good weather sure
suits my clothes
You know I've been here in Chicago so long
But in last two winters man you know I've almost froze
You know it snowed in Chicago
'Till I could hardly see myself, he he
Oh, you know it snowed in Chicago
'Till I can walk down the streets you know and I couldn't
see myself
Well you know I was tryin' to find my baby
You know she was right over, right over snowin' with
somebody else
Top
by Thomas Davis
recording 1972
from Buddy
Guy And Junior Wells Play The Blues (Rhino
R2-70299),
copyright
notice
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Made me loose my happy home
Made me loose my happy home
Whiskey endless women
Is driving me out of my mind
Ev’ry time I get a lover that’s tough you know
I think I’m doin’ just fine
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Made me loose my happy home
Made me loose my happy home
I went out last night
Finally knocked myself outta sight
I got full of that bad stuff
And almost started a fight
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Made me loose my happy home
Made me loose my happy home
I wanna tell you baby
I’m now feeling just fine
I think I’ll stop drinking whiskey,
and going back to bad wine
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Bad, bad whiskey
Made me loose my happy home
Made me loose my happy home
Let me tell you
Oh, that bad whiskey
Oh, that bad whiskey
Oh, that no good whiskey
Top
by Jessie Robinson
recording 1991
from Damn
Right, I've Got the Blues (Silvertone
1462-2-J), copyright
notice
Black night is fallin'
Oh how I hate to be alone
Black night is fallin'
Oh how I hate to be alone
I keep crying for my baby
And there ain't another day is gone
I have no one to talk with
To tell my trouble to
My baby gone and left me
Someone tell me what more, what more can I do
Black night is fallin'
Oh how I hate to be alone
I keep crying for my baby
And there ain't another day is gone
Yeah
I have no one to talk with
To tell my trouble to
My brother's in Iraq
And I don't know, don't know what to do
Black night is fallin'
Oh how I hate to be alone
Keep crying for my baby
And there ain't another day is gone
Look at here
Goodbye baby
Oh God, I sure do hate to go
Goodbye baby, yeah
Oh God, I sure do hate to go
Top
by Buddy
Guy
recording 19
from D.J.
Play My Blues (JSP 203) &
Buddy Guy And Friends () & The
Very Best Of Buddy Guy (Rhino
R2-70280), copyright
notice
Well, it's four day in the morning
And I haven't even closed my eyes
Oh, it's four day in the morning
And here I am haven't even closed my eyes
Oh, you know I'm peeping out my window
And try to find that little chil' of mine
Oh, it is sad to be lonesome
When you're in that room all alone
Oh, it is sad, when you're in that room all alone
Oh, that's when you realize
That you know that good thing is gone
Oh, that made me lay awake at night
People I just can't sleep no more
Oh, I lay awake at night, huh
People, I just can't sleep no more
Oh, this wind keep blowing
You know it's howling around my door
Oh, but here I am
Lady I'm feeling kind of sad again
Oh, yeah
Oh lady, I'm feeling kind of sad again
Oh, you know I haven't had your lovin' lady no no
Girl, girl, God knows when
Come on home, come on home where you belong
Come on home, huh, come on home where you belong
Oh, I miss you, I miss you baby
Oh, I never in my life never do you wrong
Top
by John Fogerty
recording 1993
from Feels
Like Rain (Silvertine 41498),
copyright
notice
Change in the weather
Something is happening here
Change in the weather
Change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear
Yeah, ah, huh, you better duck and run
Get under cover 'cause a change is come
Storm warnings and it looks like rain
Be nothin' left after the hurricane
There is a jungle it ain't no lie
Look at the people
They got terror in their eyes
Bad wind is comin' it can't be denied
They're runnin' with the dogs
And afraid to die
Change in the weather
Change in the weather
Something is happening here
Change in the weather
Change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear
Aha, you best believe it's true
The levee's1 busted, bad news comin' true
Oh no, there ain't no place to hide
Reach out and pluck you, take you for a ride, yeah
Sheer frustration takin' everything in sight
Won't be no blastin' if we make it through the night
Down on your knees for heaven and pray
But every demon have to have his day
Change in the weather
Change in the weather
Something is happening here
Change in the weather
Change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear
High noon I can't believe my eyes
Wind is ragin' there's a fire in the sky
Ground shakin' everything comin' loose
Run like a coward but it ain't no use
Edge of the river just an ugly scene
People getting pushed, and people gettin' mean
A change is comin; and it's getting' kind of late
There ain't no survivin', there ain't no escape
Change in the weather
Change in the weather
Something is happening here
Change in the weather
Change in the weather
People walkin' round in fear
Come on try
Ah somethin' been happinin' here, yeah
Whoa there's a change
Feel a change comin' on in the weather, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't you tell it
I can't see it comin' Lord , ahah
Got to got to got to
Got to got to got to feel yeah yeah yeah
Open up your eyes and see
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Note 1: origin: from the old French word levée, act
of raising, from lever to raise. An embankment for
preventing flooding, or a river landing place, also, a
continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the
irrigation areas of land to be flooded. A levee camp
therefore is a work camp for building or improving dikes to
prevent rivers from flooding the land, primarily in the
Mississippi
Delta area.
Top
by Buddy
Guy
recording 1994, Austin, Texas
from Slippin In (Silvertone (7) 059 069-2),
copyright
notice
We need help in our city, people, we need a lot of help in
our town
We need a lot of help in our city, you know, we need a lot
of help in our town
'Cause a lot of lil' innocent children, Lord knows, they're
being gunned down
We need help in our schools, we need a lot of help in our
home
We need a lot of help in our schools, we need a lot of help
in our home
'Cause, Lord knows, somewhere, somehow, oh, somethings going
all wrong
(spoken: Look a-here)
They tried to tear down the high-rise and the laws say that
was wrong
(spoken: Look a-here)
Oh, they tried to tear down the high-rise and the laws say
that was wrong
They say, "Long as they're killing one another, you just
leave'em alone)
We need help in our city, we need a lot of help, people,
here in our town
Oh, we need help in our city, and, uh, we need a lot of
help, people, in our town
Just bring along that big ball and tear the whole goddamn
thing down
(spoken: Look a-here)
Top
by Buddy
Guy
recording 1993
from Feels
Like Rain (Silvertine 41498),
copyright
notice
I'm a country man, I was country ever since I come to
town
I'm a country man, I was country when I come to town
You know I can look at a milk cow, and I'll tell you how
much her butter will come a pound
I'm just green as a pool table, you know I'm twice as
square
Green as a pool table, and you know I'm twice as square
I may be a educated fool, but that's something I don't
have
I'm a country man, just as country as I can be
I'm a country man, just as country as I can be
You may get me out of the country people but you, never will
get the country out of me
I'm green as a pool table, people you know I'm twice as
square
Green as a pool table, people you know I'm twice as
square
I wanna be a educated fool, but it's something I don't
have
I'm a country man, I was country when I come to town
I'm a country man, I was country when I come to town
You know I can look at a milk cow, tell you how much her
butter will come a pound
Just a country man, baby, you know I ain't shamed
I'm a country man, baby, you know I ain't shamed
That's why I'm crazy 'bout my guitar, that's why I surely
will keep on playing
Top
by Willie
Dixon
recording 1967
from Left
My Blues In San Francisco (Chess
CHD-31265) & The
Complete Chess Studio Recordings (MCA/Chess
CHD2-9337), copyright
notice
Well, if you love me baby this is what you've got to do
You got to let the world know that you love me too
If I'm crazy, you'll be crazy too
We gonna have a crazy time just playing crazy music for
you
We gonna have a crazy time, we gonna jump for joy
You be my crazy girl and I'll be your crazy boy
If I'm crazy, you'll be crazy too
We gonna have a crazy time just playing crazy music for
you
Crazy, crazy, crazy
Crazy, crazy, crazy
We gonna have a crazy time just playing crazy music for
you
I'll play a crazy bucks and I'll get a crazy sound
I'm gonna play it standing up and I'll play it laying
down
If I'm crazy, you'll be crazy too
We gonna have a crazy time just playing crazy music for
you
Top
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Damn
Right, I've Got The Blues (Version
1)
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soundclip
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by Buddy
Guy
recording 1991
from Damn
Right, I've Got the Blues (Silvertone
1462-2-J), copyright
notice
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
Top
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Damn
Right, I've Got The Blues (Version
2)
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soundclip
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by Buddy
Guy
recording 1996
from Live!
The Real Deal (Silvertone 41543),
copyright
notice
Damn right, I've got the blues,
People, from my head down to my shoes
Ah, you damn right, I've got the blues
From my head down to my shoes
Well you know I just can't win, 'cause I don't have a damn
thing to lose
Stopped by my daughters house
You know I just want to use the phone
Yeah, stopped by my daughters house
Wow, you know I just, I just want to want to use the
phone
You know my new grand baby came to the door
And said, granddaddy you know ain't nobody at home
I said watch it
Ah, you damn right, I've got the blues
From my head down, down to my shoes
Damn right, damn right, damn right, damn right, damn right,
damn right I've got the blues
You know I can't win, 'cause I don't have a, a thing to
lose
Now look at here
Make it so funky they can smell it
You damn right
You damn right, I've got the blues
You damn right, I've got the blues
Well, oh well
Well, oh well
Well, oh well
Well, oh well
Well, oh well
I feel kinda good right now
I wish we could do this every night
You damn right, I keep the blues
You damn right, I keep the blues
You damn right, I keep the blues
Look at here
I feel so good
I feel kind of good when I sing the blues
Damn right, I've got the blues
Well man, you know I, I, the band
I didn't rehearsal this with the band
I just told them, I said just follow me tonight, man,
shit
Damn right, damn right, damn right, damn right, damn right,
damn right
Oh
Top
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Dedication
To The Late T-Bone Walker
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soundclip
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by Buddy
Guy
recording 1982
from D.J.
Play My Blues (JSP 203),
copyright
notice
I got a cold, cold feeling, seems like ice all around my
heart
I got a cold, cold feeling, seems like ice all around my
heart
You know I'm gonna hurt somebody, every time that feelin'
starts
I woke up early this morning, and I heard blue Monday
call
I woke up early this morning, and I heard blue Monday
call
You know I don't feel like it this morning boss, you know I
don't feel like a thing at all
Just a little Buddy Guy
Oh, I could hear blue Monday callin', oh, but I'm so tired,
I don't want you to call my name
Oh, I could hear blue Monday, oh, I could hear you call my
name
You know I don't feel like it this morning big man, oh, you
know it's a sin, oh, ain't it a shame
Top
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Did
Somebody Make A Fool Out Of You
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soundclip
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by Tony Joe White
recording 1998
from Heavy
Love (Silertone/Jive 41632),
copyright
notice
Did somebody make a fool out of you
Did somebody mistreat you
Well I know you've been holdin' back
You got a lot more love than that
Did somebody make a fool out of you
Did somebody run away with your heart
Did somebody tear you whole a part
Well I know you've been treated bad
But you don't have to look so sad
Did somebody make a fool out of you
Did somebody make a fool out of you
Did somebody mistreat you
And I know you've been treated bad
But you don't have to look so sad
Did somebody make a fool out of you
Oh yeah, Oh, yeah
Did somebody make a fool out of you
Did somebody mistreat you
Well I know you've been holdin' back
You got a lot more love than that
Did somebody make a fool out of you
I know it's hard to love someone again
When somebody have torn you all apart
But come on and let yourself go
Don't think about it anymore
I know there's still a lot of lovin' in your heart
Oh baby
Did somebody make a fool out of you
Did somebody mistreat you
Well I know you've been treated bad
But you don't have to look so sad
Did somebody make a fool out of you
No, no
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