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by Robert Brown
recording of 1963
from Evenin'
Blues (Original Blues Classics
511), copyright
notice
I don't know my name, I don't know when I was
born
I don't know my real name, don't know when I was born
The trouble I've been havin', seem like I was raised in a
orphan home
My mother died an' left me, when I was only two years
old
My mother died an' left me, when I was two years old
An' the trouble I've been havin', the Good Lord, only
knows
I've been treated like an orphan, an' been workin' like a
slave
I've been treated like an orphan, an' I've been workin' like
a slave
An' if I never get my revenge, evilness will carry me to my
grave
Now I've been havin' trouble, ever since I've been grown
Lord knows, I've been havin' trouble, trouble, trouble, ever
since I was grown
Well I'm too old for the orphans, an' too young for the old
folks home
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by Jerry
Leiber / Mike
Stoller
recording of 1963
from Evenin'
Blues (Original Blues Classics
511), copyright
notice
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I
come
Yes, goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' a I wanna get me some
I was standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
Yeah, standing on the corner, of 12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City woman an' a bottle of Kansas City
wine
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm going there just the same
I'm going to, Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' I wanna get me some
Oh yeah
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
Keep your hands off of her, don't belong to you
She's mine all mine, no matter what she do
Well I might take a plane, I might take a train
If I have to walk, I'm goin' there just the same
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' I wanna get me some
They got a crazy way a-lovin' an' I wanna get me some!
Yeah!
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by Big
Bill Broonzy / Chuck
Segar
recording of 1962
from Roots
(Reprise 6057 ), copyright
notice
I've got the key to the highway
Yes I'm billed out and bound to go
I'm gonna leave here runnin'
'Cause walking's just too slow
I'm going back to the border
Where I'm better known
'Cause you haven't done nothin'
But broke up our happy home
Now give me one more kiss baby
Yes before I go
'Cause when I leave here this time baby
I 'clare I won't be back no more
So long, goodbye
Yes I have to say goodbye
'Cause I'm gonna walk, walk this old highway
Until the day I die
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by Jimmy
Witherspoon
recording of 1963
from Evenin'
Blues (Original Blues Classics
511), copyright
notice
Well, money's gettin' cheaper, prices gettin'
steeper
Found myself a woman but I just couldn't keep her
Times gettin' tougher than tough
Things gettin' rougher than rough
I make a lot of money, I just keep spendin' the stuff
Well, pork chops on the market, ask the butcher for a
pound
Couldn't buy a pork chop when I laid my money down
Times gettin' tougher than tough
Things gettin' rougher than rough
I make a lot of money, just keep spendin' the stuff
Well, politicians are tellin' folks to cut out on their
meat
Why don't they cut the price an' let the people eat?
Times gettin' tougher than tough
Things gettin' rougher than rough
I make a lot of money, I just keep spendin' the stuff
Well, I can't afford to live, I guess I'll have to try
Undertaker's got a union, and it costs to much to die
Times gettin' tougher than tough
Things gettin' rougher than rough
I make a lot of money, I just keep spendin' the stuff
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Nobody
Knows You When You're Down And Out
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by Ida
Cox
recording of 1962
from Roots
(Reprise 6057 ), copyright
notice
Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spendin' my money, I didn't even care
I took all my friends out for good times
I rode 'em in my Cadillac, bought 'em whiskey, champagne,
and wine
But in '54 I began to fall down low
Not a friend, no place to go
And if I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna squeeze it, squeeze it till the eagle grins
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
In your pockets not one penny
And your friends, you don't have any
But if I ever get on my feet again
I hope I don't need my lost long friend
It's mighty strange, without a doubt
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
Nobody wants to know you when you're, huh, broke
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Sooner
Or Later
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by Mike
Vernon / Bob
Ross / Gary
Shaw
recording of 1992
from Blues,
the Whole Blues & Nothing But the Blues (Indigo
2001), copyright
notice
Sooner or later the good thing's gonna end
Sooner or later the good thing is gonna end
But who knows the answer to where, how or when?
Women and whiskey have brought me to my knees
Women and whiskey have brought me to my knees
Did I live my life too fast, never thought it's so deep
But it ain't nobody's business what Whiterspoon has done
Took too many chances, but sure had lots of fun
Right to have of the asking, what else could I do?
Always lookin' for a winner, never, never thinkin' I could
lose
Sooner or later, it could even be today (Yes, it could)
Aaah, sooner or later, could even be today
You'd better look before you leave, don't let the devil have
its way
It ain't nobody's business what Whiterspoon has done
Took too many chances, but sure had lots of fun
Right to have of the asking, what else could I do?
Always lookin' for a winner, never, never thinkin' I could
lose
I'm always lookin' for a winner, never thinkin' I could
lose
(Like lookin' as a racetrack sheep, you keep lookin' for a
winner. The end of the evening they ask you "Did you do the
day, man?" All you can say L-O-S-E. Oh, lose. I think I'm
spellin' right "to lose" To lose. Every-, everybody wants to
win)
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