MARTIN WITH A KINGDOM you were jesus you were moseswith the future in your handYou were martin with a kingdomstretching right across the land and you told us where your heart wasand the light burned in your eyethere was justice and a promiseof a people dignified chorus hey brother the man was only righthe only told the simple truthand tried to spread some lighthey sister he din't tell no lieshe told his people what he sawfor that he had to die oh baby you know the man was righthe said he'd seen the promised land a'shining in the light
All I Am I just wanna tell you babyEverything I knowYou will break my heart in twoIf you should ever goI just have to tell you babySo you will understandI was born for lovin’ youAnd be your lovin’ man You can make the sun to burnAnd make the stars to shineAnd you can fix a broken heart Because you mended mineAnd I can smile and I can breathDo everything I do“Cause I believe I’m SupermanBecause I’m lovin’ you Maybe I’m plain crazy babeSayin’ what I sayBut I ain’t goin’ nowhereIn my life if you don’t stayTake another look at meAnd all the things I doEverything and all I amI am because of you.
Been Drinkin’ I been drinkin’
All day long:
I got a fist full of dollars
And baby been coming on strong
I been sippin’
Fine red wine:
Gets my baby in the mood
And we doin’ just fine
I been dancin’
cheek to cheek:
My baby shows me lovin’
Makes my knees go weak
(Eight days a week)
I been cryin’
All night long:
I spent all a’ my money
And my girl has been and gone
I been thinkin’
What to do:
Seems my lady’s only stay
Until my money’s through
EMPTY DAZE
FIRE CAME TO GUIDE ME
THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF YOUR EYES
PAIN CAME TO HAUNT ME IN THE NIGHT
LOVE TRIED TO FIND YOU
IN THE TEMPLES OF MY MIND
YOUR ANGER CUT ME LIKE A KNIFE
FEAR CAME TO BLIND ME
AS YOU WALKED AMONG THE STARS
HOPE ONLY PERISHED IN YOUR GAZE
TEARS FELL IN SILENCE
AS THE SUN WAS BRUSHED AWAY
YOUR LAUGHTER FILLED THE EMPTY DAYS
Nobody Else To Call
You’s the one I love
Ain’t nobody else to call:
When I’m lookin’ for love
The list is just that small
You the woman I love
And I need you love so bad:
I been clear around the world
A love like yours just can’t be had
Well I’m down on my knees
I’m telling you what I feel:
I know I can’t buy your love
And girl I know you’re real
All Them Songs Well they say
All them song’s the same
They say 1-4-5 together
What’s to blame
They may be right
They may be wrong
But I ain’t moving from this groove For the rest of the night
Git on up
Git on down
Just don’t be standin’ still
When the Doc is on
Catch Me Cryin’
Catch me crying
In the rain
No more lying
No more pain
I want to tell you
What I know
I want to tell you
I just can’t go
Really want to hold you close to me:
Really want our love to set us free
See me wlkin’
Through the night
I wanna see you
Make it right
I want to ask you
Will you stay
Just want to try
Some other way
Going Down Slow Well I’m going down slow
That’s fast enough:
It’s bad to know
Things is turning rough
I’m going down slow
But I’m fading fast:
I’m living proof now brother
That love don’t last
I’m going down slow
And I got no time:
Can’t buy no love
Ain’t got a dollar nor a dime
NANCY BLUES
She so cool
And she so fine
I’m so glad
That girl is mine
Yes it’s true
I’m in love with Nancy Blues
She keep me straight
She keep me right
Gives me love
Both day and night
Yes it’s true
I’m in love with Nancy Blues
I looked so high
And I searched low
For the beautiful lady
I want’s to know
Yes it’s true
I’m in love with Nancy Blues
Something I Said Well you took my gold
And turned it into lead:
You took my heart
And turned it on its head
You took my love
And left me here for dead:
And I still believe
It’s something that I said
You took my Chevvy
And you drove my wheels away:
But I still be dreamin’
You be driving back one day
When the Sun
When the sun refused to shine
And I give you everything I got
And your still not mine
Where do I go?
What do I do?
How my gonna turn this thing around
And get a hold on you
Into the day
And into the night
Tryin’ to figure out if I’m doing it
Wrong or right
What do I say?
What do I do?
How do I know if my love is really
Getting through to you?
MY MY MY You, you, youI love the things youDo to me babyAnd the children in your eyesI, I, I,I want to look you in the eyeNo time for sad goodbyes Try, try, try,I love you 'till the day I dieThere is nothing I won't doLie lie lieI'll tell you what you want me to babyI don't want to see you cry And after the rainThe sun will shineLove will make you mineCry freedom, cry toughAnd be freeCry freedom, cry toughOn to me. Do, do, doDo the things you wanna doI see freedom in your eyesSay, say, saySay the things you wanna sayI can hear and sympathise
SHINE ON ME She was a child Of eleven years oldWhen they took her From her familyTook her to a room Where the sun don't shineAnd chained her to a wallWorked her like a dogWith another nine kids in chainsSome were only eight years oldAnd she was thereBecause her father said"She's worth her weight in gold" They never let her see the lightOr walk without her prisonShe never got to knowWhere the hell she wasOr what bad she might have doneShe slept on the dirty floorAnd cried at nightAnd prayed she would not grow oldBecause her father saidShe was worth her weight in gold They took her from the roomAnd she saw the sunAnd she did not smileShe stumbled in the lightAnd the tears came downAs they cut away her chainsShe was five long yearsIn a filthy roomWhere she prayedThat she never would grow oldBecause her father saidShe was worth her weight in gold Shine on meShine on meLord let the sunShine down so brightAnd set them free
IN MY TIME (THE EARTH DIED) Here I am Like a stoneI am old and Quite aloneLocked inside To surviveOr else to die There's no air There's no lightYou cannot tell Day from nightAnd no-one "really Knows the reason why"I was young I was freeAnd the Earth Belonged to meOh and I, I let it slip away And I knew Earth would dieAnd I knew The reasons whyBut a higher Purpose sparkledIn my eye CHORUSThere was night There was dayYou could watch Your children playIn my time You could watch The sunrise too There were seas There were trees There were birds To ride the breeze In my time A hundred years ago Where were you (When) Skies were blueThere was "nothing You could do"Too too busy Too busyGetting by There was greed There was needThere were hungry Mouths to feedAnd we stripped The lonely planet bare And some tried And they triedBut the Earth Just putrifiedIt's a shame They saidBut no-one really cared CHORUS......................
HEART OF AMERICA We were driving in our American carDown an ancient tarmac highwayNo end in sight could not see that far In the middle of America Cars drove past and no sun shonePeople hurrying, too far from home In the middle of America We were cruising, driving out of the night60 miles east was a houseWhere a mother and her children died In the middle of America 40 west as a bird might fly,stood the house where the greatest ever president first saw light In the middle of America Down on the ground as far as we could seeWere the closed down factories andThe new reality, ghost town industry In the middle of America The sky was dark and the world looked shabbyAnd my boy turned round and said"Daddy, are we still in America?" Right hereIn the middle of America
FIND ANOTHER WAY Look back in anger?No find another wayTake away the bulletsAnd the bloodA child should know no dangerMake her future payBuild the waters highAnd own the flood Sanctify the childrenBuild a better dayKeep the faithWhatever that might beGlorify the innocentAnd make the devil payMercy be your masterOn the day You can make it if you tryThe bird of peace will flyYou seize the dayAnd kiss the past goodbye
LOVE AHEAD> I see the road is long and windingStretching out ahead of meThe say that love is cruel and blindingBut I know you love will set me free
OVER YOU It was a red kind of morningWhen she crept out the doorAnd she headed for the stationWhere she criedShe did'nt want to leave themBut she couldn't take no moreHer life was over since he died She rode the train to PittsburgWhere the people could not knowThat the pain inside her heart Was all she knewShe bathed her soul with opiatesAnd she borrowed a tired smileAnd she worshipped at aPhotograph of you Now her days blurred into yesterdaysHer future faded tooShe cried until the dawnRevealed her painShe died behind the city hallIn a room without a viewIn her hand they found the photograph of you And all the days and years they hadWell she never cried a tearAnd every day she thankedSomeone aboveShe'd nursed her loveSince childhoodThe boy who was her manAnd she never wanted more thanJust his love Over you Can't get over youDoesn't matter how I tryOver you Can't get over youGuess I'll love you'til I die
HEROIN Jesus was a friend of mineI see you laugh His mother helped me walk the lineWhen things were toughAnd Bhudda made a walk-on tooI see you smileHe put me in a world with youAnd helped me walk another mile. And then beneath the desert skyI saw your faceIt pushed me to the edge of timeAnd helped me see your saving GraceAnd Moses was a buddy tooI see you runHe told me I could save the worldIf I could only find a gun They fed meAnd they read meThey fucked me and And they bled meIn this strange world They hurt meAnd they cut me Fed me electricityIn this strange worldThey call their own And Judas was a friend of mineYou think I lieHe came and said we get it wrongAnd told me there's no reason whyAnd then I found there is no godI see you cry'Cause jesus said it might be oddBut there's no heaven when you die Roxy was a friend of mineShe made me smileCame to me from space and timeWhen things were bad She put me in a world with you And made me laughTook away the hurting tooWhen things were rough And Roxy made a walk-on tooI see her smileShe put me in a world with youAnd helped me walk another mile. Blind beneath the desert skyI hid my eyesI gambled all my love on youThe stakes were high. They cut meAnd they bled meThey loved meAnd they fed meIn a strange world They doctored meN' tortured meFed me electricity'inIn this strange worldThey call my ownIn this strange world
MISSING YOU where I am supposed to runwhen you're everywheretell me where I run to walk a million milesand baby you'll be thereI close my eyes and there you arewith a smile and then I'm wide awake hereI reach out for your lovin' and to touch your hair Put me on aeroplane or send me home lock me up and gag meslip another mickeyin my cup of teaturn the music louder so it drowns the words I think I'm hearingI think I hear her saying it's just you and me Because I'm missing youBaby I'm a missing youI'm missing youBaby I'm a missing youI'm missing youBaby I'm a missing you <
MY MY MY You you youI love the things you doDo to me babyAnd the children in your eyesI, I, I, I want to look you in the eyeNo time for sad goodbye Try try tryI love you till the day I dieThere is nothin' I won't doLie lie lieI'll tell you what you want me to babyI don't want to see you cry And after the rainThe sun will shineLove will make you mineCry freeedom cry toughAnd be freeCry freedom cry toughOn to me Do do doDo the things you wanna doI see freedom in your eyesSat say saySay the things you wanna sayI can hear and sympathise
WARS OF ATTRITION(Mercy) Lay down your gunsAnd know mercyLay down your love and be mineLay down your arms of destruction, of warringDon't be a prisoner of time Take off your shield And your armourBury your hate in the groundTear off that maskOf confusion and worryYou're young and freeLook around Come lay in my arms and cryCome lay in my arms and cryCome drown in my loveDon't die in the wars of attrition Shake off those years of possessionLet all the painFade awayTake off those veils of illusion and pretenceTurn back the night into day Break free the chainsOf your prisonRemove the blinds from your eyesTake all the loveYou have waiting to change youWalk in a worldFilled with light Come lay..
SWEET PERSUASION Don't give me the run around manKick me in the gutterLike an old tin canLove me like a babe and I'll be true to youCome and take my breath awayLove me like a rock and let the music stayTake away my pain and let the sun shine inMake me like you understandI wanna be your lover and you be my manBaby I was lost but baby now I'm foundYou can take my love awayYou can go or you can stayBut I can't live another dayWithout your loveWithout your love Sweet persuasion Love me tender Take me highDrop the pilot Take me up And touch the skySweet persuader Heart invader Take my soulDrop the monkey Fill my body Make me whole Call me up and say my nameI wanna hear you saying that it's not a gameTake another chance and let it please be loveWrite another play for mePaint another pictureWrite a symphonySing another song and let it have my nameMake it like you understandI wanna be your lover and you be my manBaby I was lost but now I'm found You can take my love awayYou can go or you can stayBut I can't live another dayWithout your love, without your love
WRONG 'GAIN I climb a mountainYou dig a holeI make you rock babeAnd you make me rollI say I'm rightYou say I'm wrongI say go shortAnd you say go longI say move up You say you're downI touch the skyYou hit the groundI say it's loveYou say it's lustI say we're winningYou say its a bust Lo-oveLu-ustBoo-oomBust Bust I got it bad You got it goodYou make it betterLike you know you shouldDon't get me wrongJust do me rightI'll be your dayYou be my night
LOVE (STILL)HURTS Times change and so do weThat's what they sayWe live in loveless timesSo come what may Love hurts and that's for sureLove comes with painBut love fadesAnd we move on(To) Find love again You gave me all those yearsOur love was fineBut now we part in tearsLove's gone with time
BIRD OF LOVE You are aloneThere is no godYou got to fight forThe right to liveAnd the things you gotAnd you are freeAnd you can flyAnd you can be What you wanna beIf you really try You are a birdYou are the skyYou are the sunIn the middle of the rainThat fills my eyesAnd you are goodOh you're so fineAnd you are everything I wantBut you can never be mine Bird of loveSweet sweet bird of loveFly aboveMy everlasting love 'Cause you are freeAnd you can flyI'll hold the smilesAnd the tears you broughtUntil the day I die Bird of love..
EDGE OF TIME Standin' here at the edge of timeLookin back at this life of mineAin't worth a nickle nor a dimeFor all my pain And crying at the edge of timeLooking back across the yearsA dozen loves a thousand tearsI lose again And I can see across the skyThere's only love to help you dieSo look the Reaper in the eyeSmile the lie And you can tell me I must singBut this bird won't fly no moreDying with a broken wingOn the killing floor Only love will never die <
CROSSED THE RIVER I crossed the riverAnd what'd I see?Saw a man on a big black horseLookin'down at meHe said well pilgrimWhat do you knowYou want to enter the Land of PlentyBut you can't go I climbed the mountainAnd what'd I find?I saw the sky was the likeness of godAnd it blew my mindAnd he said pilgrimWhat can you see?You can never be the man you wereNow you looked on me I swam the oceanTo the other sideAnd found a land where the people are freeAnd the poor can hideAnd a voice said pilgrim are you comin in?You just dump all your wordly goodsI'll wash away your sin Sing hallelujahSing HallelooBetter get ready to pay the devilFor the things you do
PROMISED LAND Girl I love you crazyHope you understandBut I can't take you flyingTo your promised landI'm not trying to phase youOr lead your heart astrayIf you don't want me as I amI'll walk awayI don't handle miraclesOr build no promised landI can't turn your water into wineAnd I don't have no diamond ringsOr promise you the moonBut I'll give you everything I haveThat's mineYou clean me out and that's just fine Cause love is all I have for youI'll catch you if you fallI'll be there for you when you're downOr when you callBut I can't change the master planOr turn your lead to goldBut I can be your heroWhen the story stalls
LOVE ON THE ROCKS Baaa-beee,what's going onBaaa-beee,what's going on?why won't you tell meYoure breaking my heartYoure making me cryYoure putting me downAnd I dont know whyIts love on the rocks Our loves had its dayYoure breakin my heartAs you walk awayIs love not enoughYouve taken my lifeYoure turning your backAnd youre turning the knifeI gave you my heartAnd all I could giveSo give me your loveSo I can live.Baaa-beee Whats going on.why wont you tell meBaaa-beee whats going down.why wont you tell me Baaa-beee,youre breakin my heartBaaa-beee,youre breakin my heart,so why wont you rescue me REPEAT BOTH VERSESMIDDLE 8 I gave you everythingThats all the love I hadI said my life is yoursAnd now your loves turned bad 8 BAR SOLO 2 BAR REFRAIN (Baaa-bee) 2 BAR SHOUTRO.Youre breakin my heartAs you turn awayIm waitin to hearThose sweet words you could sayYoure breakin my heartYouve taken my lifeYoure turning away As you turn the knife 2 BARS Baaa-beee.fin <
DEVIL BE GONE 4/4 -12 bar (dust my broom) I SAY DEVIL BE GONEAND TAKE MY BLUES AWAYI SAID DEVIL BE GONETAKE MY BLUES AWAYI BEEN DOWN SO LONGDEVIL GONNA HAVE HIS WAY I SAY DEVIL BE GONEAND LET ME SEE THE LIGHTI SAID SATAN GET GONEAND LET ME FIND THE LIGHTI'M GONNA LEAVE THIS WORLDIF THE DEVIL DON'T QUIT TONIGHT I SAID DEVIL BE DAMNEDAND LET THIS FOOL GO FREEI SAID DEVIL BE DAMNEDAND LET THIS FOOL RUN FREEI NEED TO HIT THAT ROAD IF THE DEVIL MAKE A MAN OF ME
COLD CHICAGO NIGHT (Bm) Well my baby' goneGone and left me all aloneSaid the thrill is goneAnd money' tightWell the days are longAnd the blues come down at nightMe against the worldAnd that aint rightYes I'm blue on a cold Chicago night When the blues come downThe sun is gone to light my lifeNothing's been the sameSince my babe took flightI did all I canTried to treat my baby rightBut love went out that doorSince she's been goneYes I'm bluesin on a cold Chicago night
DOCTOR BLUES (F#) with harp in B Everbody knows that when things get badThey call my nameEverytime the money goes and they get madI'm to blameEverytime the sun don't shine and they get blueI hear them callEverytime a baby cries or things aint coolMy name will fall Everybody knows that when love turns badWell that's a shameAnd everytime the cotton fails and there's no payThey call my nameEverytime that horse don't win and there'no prizeI get the blameAnd everytime the rain comes down to cloud the skiesI hear my name Doctor Blues
MARY'S GONE A-WALKIN Mary's gone a-walkinHeaded on down the trackMary's gone AWOLSays sh'aint comin backSays she's gonna be a starCause there aint no thing she lack Mary's gone a-walkinTook my best guitarMary's gonna walkinGone to be a starShe took my MaybellineMary's just gone too far Mary's gone a-walkinStole my diamond ringMary's gone a-walkinStole my diamond ringTook my pride and joyStole my precious thing
HEE HAW ROOSTER BLUES Well that hee-haw rooster'sBumpin his skinny gums againGoddam hee-haw roosterGonna raise maw's fat old ass and thenAnd me I'm tryin to sneak a billfoldSo's I can travel on that train Well that 2-bit paw a mineIf he ain't a snorin on the stoveWell that drunken lump of 2-a-dimeHe gone raise my momma's bonesMe I'm just tryin to raise a train fareSo's I can set off on my owns Well that trains comin by a hollerin????????Hear that whistle wake the deadHell that train is sure a screaminGonna wake my folks from bedAnd me I havent got a red centLooks like I's a stayin home instead
Crossed Road Blues I'm the vandal man JesusPass on any degreeAnd I ain't got no handle man eitherGuess that's the system that you seeAin't got no time to barrelhouse babyIf you ain't no good to me Im the hit man babyPass on personalityGot no face aworth rememberingGuess that's what makes the job for meAnd I hang out by the crossroadsCase you stuck by me I'm the blues man, moonshineGot a rider by my sideGots a geetar worth a-bendin Guess that's what makes me play and rideWell I's hangin out for a lift hereNo one stoppin hurts my pride
21st Century Blues Baby lets get gravyCatch another ray or twoI say baby let's stay lazyShare another day on glueI got a street still on the budgetI can spare another day with you Hey babe let's get lightingFix another rod or threeI said honey lets get highpowerTwist another night for freeI got the cable makes us ableAll we need's new circuitry Royboy let's get roddinLay some gum down thru the doorI said Rhonda fetch the HondaLets go fry the floorI got wheels up to the ceilingGuess we aint gone need no more Is this the 21st Century fuckin back at meIs this them 21st Century blues fucking bending meI got a stretcher in the boot boyIf them blues fucks fracture me
Blues will break yo heart Guess I swung by your precinctBut nobody told me I was thereHad me a few days in the desertBefore I knew as much as I was where An sometimes the blues comes around soWhen you couldnt know for a startAnd theyll lay the badass news on youDoes nothing less than breaks your heart There's a list of things little sisterYou better know that for a startTheys maybe little things you takes for granted But when they gone they'll sure break yo heart Cos if there's any love inside of youYou gonna need a heart of gold Let you understand that love that growsWill hurt you bad before you're old
Ain't no maybe baby Hows this grab you babyEverything cuts my heartAnd I'm done with a word called maybeCause that's where I got my startI's done with the lovin’I'm done with the goodI'm cashing in the chancesLike a clever guy should For this be the new wayFind some fool to fix your dayThrow your lovin well awayAint no way I pays today I'm a slidin as the time diesI'm a hidin from the sunI'm a cryin as my love saysI can never be the oneI'm a bird upon the waterI'm a fire in the skyI'm the ghost of all that loved meI just wish that I might die
SWAMPDOG I was born on the delta back in 1934:I was sixteen when I picked up my National guitarAnd I ain't been back no more I'm the son of a swampdog born in good old Tennessee:When my daddy died with his alligator boots onMomma posted them to me It's a hard road I travel but I'm doin' what I choose:Got me a 50-dollar guitarMake my livin' from the blues Yes its a hard road I wander but the ground is high and dry:Guess I'm done with all them swampdogsBe a blues cat 'till I die
Trailer Park Blues I'm a son of AbrahamI got the desert in my bloodI got nothing in my veins to sayI was washed here by the flood And my baby is a missinAnd my love is a-gone Hope the good lord is a-listenin'I can't walk this road alone I's the son of AbelI got the rain in my veinsI come as far as the cityAnd I ain't goin home again And I'm a lookin for my babyCos my love has gone awayHope that Jesu is a listeninCos I can't live another day I's a child of the bibleI got the word in my eyesI was baptised in a trailer parkI ain't tellin' you no lies
Walkin on the east side Walkin on the east sideAint got a penny to spend:I been broke so longDont know when its all gonna end Walkin on the west sideGood as good can be:Gotta fist full a dollarsBaby's on a spending spree Walkin on the south sideBaby looks good as goldBaby say she love me trueGone love me till I'm old Walkin on the north sideAll my money gone:And my baby's gone left meWoman got a heart of stone
Repo man blues Chill some beer and pour me a shotCos papa got a brand new dayThe taxmans been and cleaned me outGonna wash my blues awayWork my fingers to the boneBut I'm never gonna make it pay Work that pump and pour me a brewPapa got a brand new painThe repo man been and took my carGot them walkin blues againGonna drown my bluesAnd then I'll do it all again Six o'clock in the morningRisin on out of my bedGot a thirst like a desertAnd a hammer breakin rocks in my headGot some work to doIf I ever gonna get ahead Fill em up and let's do it againCause papa got a broken heartMy woman's gone and took my guitarNow I don't know where to startShe said I drink too muchNow she gone and broke my heart
Mary Jane Blues If the river were whiskyI would drink it dryAnd if Mary Jane came tooWe could get so high Now if the ocean was bourbonI would fix to drownAnd if Mary Jane got drunk boyMaybe she'd go down If the mountain was candyI would climb so highAnd if Mary Jane came tooWe could touch the sky
New York Train Well I hear my train a cominHeadin down the track:Well I'm goin to New York CityI ain't comin back Well I is gonna make my fortuneStreets is paved with gold:Find myself a ladyWho'll love me till I's old Well I is done with haulin cottonI'll ride the train away:Cos I'm headin for the cityReckons there I'll stay Well you can pick you cottonYou can cut your wood:Best you head for New York CityLike a free man should
One horse town Gonna leave this townHeadin for the city lightsGonna leave this one horse townGoin where stars come out at nightGonna catch that trainAnd I aint coming back again Gonna ride that trainHeadin for them big bright lightsGonna play the blues guitarBurn just like a star at nightGonna play my Stevie licks Lay it on those city slicks Gonna play the bluesI had it with this one horse townGonna leave this town for sureAin't no one gonna bring me downGonna catch that speedin trainAint ever comin back again Gonna catch that trainStrap my guitar to my backGonna leave this one horse townHeadin down those railroad tracksI'm gonna board that trainNever comin back here again
Lord have mercy (on the common man) Stone cold soberAnd I don'??t know where to hideCoulda been a bad night I don't knowBad sun rising I cry away the dawnI been broken since you been goneI coulda been a better manAnd I tried to make it throughBut the world seems so empty without youNow you got another manStanding next to youLord please help me make it throughLord have mercy on the common man:::: Just a boy in paradiseAnd I saw the light in youBurning like a diamond in the lightYou took away my fortuneAnd ripped away my heartAnother boy gets eaten in the nightBut now the dream is overAnd I'm broken without youJust another fool who lost the fightNow you got another manStanding next to youLord please help me make it throughLord have mercy on the common man
Blues come a callin Blues came a callin babeHeard the doctor call my nameBlues just came a callinHeard the good doctor call my nameSeems don't matter Just how hard I playI ain't never gonna win this game Days are getting harder babyJust can't stop the rain to fallSaid the days is ever harderI can't stop the rain to fallSeems don't matter how I tryI can't make no better call
(The good lord smote) John's loins Johnny was bad boyAnd when things was bad he'd stealHe'd go rustle off a cow or twoJust to make hisself a mealHe picked a mess of pocketsAnd stole a ton of coinsBut he changed his way foreverWhen the good lord smote his loins Johnny was a wild young manAnd when things was good he'd jiveHe'd find a wholesome babe and danceCelebrate he was aliveHe thrilled a dose of wimminAnd made a list of joinsBut he changed his way dramaticWhen the good lord smote his loinsWhen the lord shut down his groin
Blues weather Sun bin risingShines on thru the painSon bin risingSteppin thru the rainGuess you made itThrough the darkGets to pay you dues again Wind been a risinBlows away the clouds of painWin been risinPushin the day clear free of painGuess you made it cross the desertTime to meet them blues again Rain been a pourin'Been bringin down the painRain been a pourin downMeasuring the painGuess you made it cross the riverGets to see them blues again
Prayers in the rain I don't know what's going oninside of your head babyBut I been walkin' for a yearGive me something to believeIn I'll be readyAnything you got (sure) beats fearBeen a journey to the heartOf all the universeAnd I been flying like a star I been watchin you been prayinThat your god will come butHaven't seen no sign so far Well I'm lonely and I'm hungryAnd I'm walked right off my feetAnd I see ahead there's no sure road to goAnd I'm crazy things are hazyI can hardly wait to eatAnd your prayers in the rainAre all you know Got no message nor no answerTo the fears trapped under stonesGuess the best we can is hurry to be freeI can feel it in my body I can feel it in my bonesTake a step right back and watch yourself with meI been lookin all of my life To find a secret I can ownBut there's no man who callsThe details on the phone
Blues Dancin' I says you should keep on dancin'Dance the blues that's hangin' clean away:Cos that smokestack lightnin' flashin'Sure ain't gonna make yo' day I says you best keep on movin'Move them blues around you clean away:Cos there ain't no time for hangin'While that smokestack has its day So keep them feet a movin'Dance the blues outside you clean away:Tell that smokestack lightnin'Try and mess yo' yard some other day
The Iceman stayeth Well the Iceman comethThe Iceman goeth away(Sad day for the blues)Well the Iceman he came a-callinThen the Iceman he gone awayBut wherever you hear the blues a-playinYo know the Iceman is here to stay Well I dropped by Austin TexasJust a couple days agoI stopped by the Icemans humble homeJust sos I could say helloBut the man say Iceman he not here no moreSad to say the Icemans goneStrange cos them lights was burnin bright yo hearBut there waint nobody home.
Hard Rain Needs To Fall Well its a hard rain needs to fallTo wash away my tearsSince my baby left meAfter all those lovin years Since you been goneI aint eatin rightI cant sleep at nightBaby since you gone away I cant stand to see you goI cant stop the tears to flowSince you been goneSince you gone away Well now the blues come downAnd fill my wakin dayTheres a cloud across my heartSince my baby walked away Since you been goneI cant see the lightDont know wrong from rightBaby since you gone away I cant stand to see you goI cant stop the tears to flowSince you been gone Since you gone away Bridge: Baby all those days are gone, left aloneYou drive me crazyAll the best I ever hadNow its goneWhats good is badSince you left meSince you gone I can’t stand to see you goI can’t stop the tears to flowSince you been goneSince you gone away
G F# Em CIs that the time? I been crazy I been lazyFor at least a hundred yearsI been wanderin this earthSince judgement dayCatching bullets at the war frontRiding shotgun for the starsI been crucified for hangin on the phoneI been hunted down by rednecksI been hustled by the lawI been harried by the vultures of the eastI been sanctified in RussiaI been villified in RomeI been master of the universe at leastI been baffled I been handcuffedI been clean across to MarsI been big enough to see that I was rightI got troubles I get muddledBut I got my goddamed rightsI got lovin arms to keep me warm at nightI been Hitler I been littlerI saw Jesus running liquorI been washed up on the beach of life againI saw heaven I got even with the devil in a fightI got time to put the universe to rights CHORUS G F# CIm a killerAll wrapped up in chainsIm a preacherWith no principles or brainsIm a loverGoing quietly insane I been mortified and petrifiedBeen swindled of my bona fidesI have swum across the sea of discontentI been horrifed a suicideIve sacrificed my view of lifeFor a chance to see the devil pay the rentIve seen homicides and princes rideAnd lived a while on swallowed prideI been down and out on Hollywood and VineIve owned movie stars and guilded carsWondered how I go this farCos I was born a heel without a single dimeI been vindicated, syndicatedI been sanctified and dislocatedI been penniless and worth my weight in goldI seen terror I seen pleasureSeems in equal measureAnd I'll do it all again before Im oldI been quiet led a riotSeen death close and did defy itI been higher than the sun and that as wellI been sure I had the answerThought I had the cure for cancer But whats the good of itIf youre goin straight to hell
Calling the man Blues come aroundCalling Stevie Ray VaughanHe would know what to do:But when the blues come a callinFraid its all down to you Blues came a callin And left me his cardBut that aint nothin new:Born well under a bad signAint not a thing that I can do
Blues in Control I said get outta my houseThe blues are under wayI said get outta my houseThem blues is here to stayYou better clear my homeCos my baby's gone away There'll be no more rockinNo more rock and rollCause the blues came homeAnd stole away my soulSo ye better get out my houseThe blues is in control
