B.B. KING: Otras letras (D-F)

1. Dark Is the Night
2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
3. Don't Look Now But I've Got the Blues
4. Don't You Lie to Me
5. Down Now
6. Early Every Morning
7. Everything I Do Is Wrong
8. Eyesight to The Blind
9. Feel Like a Million
10. Fine Looking Woman
11. Five Long Years
12. Fools Get Wise
13. Freedom

DARK IS THE NIGHT

Part 1:
Blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes
Yes the blues has got me, there is teardrops in my eyes
Well dark is the night, since my baby said good-bye

Oh how I've suffered since my baby went away
Yes how I've suffered since my baby went away
And I've got that feeling that my baby's gone to stay

Take me back baby, forgive me for the wrong I've done
Yes take me back darling, forgive me for the wrong I've done
Well I know I love you, and you're the only one

Yes talk to me baby, call me on the telephone
Yeah talk to me baby, call me on the telephone
Yes the blues has got me, and I want my baby home

Yes if your baby love you, keep her home and treat her nice
Oh if your baby love you, you better keep her home and treat her nice
Well never mistreat a good woman, this is some doggone good advice

Part 2:
Yes it's been so long since I've seen my baby's face
Well it's been so long since I've seen my baby's face
I'm tellin' you people, no one else can ever take her place

Yes the doorbell is ringing, I know there must be somethin' wrong
Yes the doorbell is ringing, I know it must be somethin' wrong
Well looka here it's my baby, she's done changed her mind and come home

So hurry baby, come on in and close the door
Yes hurry baby, come on in and close the door

Let me put my arms around you baby, so my nights won't be dark no more

DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
Missed the Saturday dance
I heard they crowded the floor
It's awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore

I thought I'd visit the club
Got as far as the door
I just couldn't bear it without you
I don't get around much anymore

Darling I guess
My mind is more at ease
But nevertheless
Why stir up memories
Been invited on dates
I might have gone, but what for
I just couldn't bear it without you
I don't get around much anymore

Don't get around much anymore...

DON'T LOOK NOW BUT I'VE GOT THE BLUES
My pockets are empty, I feel so low
If somebody loves me, ain't said so
And I got holes in both of my shoes
Don't look now but I've got the blues

There ain't nobody on this old earth
Who'll give a nickel for what I'm worth
I got more worries that I can use
Don't look now but I've got the blues

Troubles everywhere, I act like I don't care
But it's not true
'Cos I remember things, so many many things
But mostly, I remember you

I'm gonna go some place else
And cry these tears all by myself
I ain't got nothing left to lose

Don't look now but I've got the blues

DON'T YOU LIE TO ME
Now let's talk it over, baby, 'fore we start
I heard about the way you over do your part
So don't you lie to me
Don't you lie to me, baby
'Cause it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be
Now there's two kinda people that
I just can't stand
That's a lyin' woman and a sneakin' man
Don't ya lie to me
Don't you lie to me
You know it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be

Baby, here's a proposition that I'll give to you
I'll give you all my lovin'
If you give me your's too
Don't you lie to me, baby
Don't you lie to me
You know it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be

I'll be with you 'til the cows come home
But, please don't let me catch ya get down low
Don't ya lie to me, baby
No don't lie to me
Ya see it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be
Don't you lie to me
Don't you lie to me
Don't lie to me, baby
Don't you lie to me
Ya see it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be

See, I'll be with you 'til the cows come home
But, please don't let me catch ya get down low
Don't ya lie to me
No don't lie to me
'Cause it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be

Hey, baby, here's a proposition I'll give to you
I'll give you all my lovin'
If you give me your's too
Don't ya lie to me, baby
Don't you lie to me
Ya see it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be
Now, don't you lie to me
Don't you lie to me
Don't you lie to me, baby, yes sir
Don't you lie to me
Ya see it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be

I think I'm gonna tell ya again
Now Don't you lie to me
Now don't you lie
Don't you lie to me, baby
Don't you lie
'Cause ya see it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be
Yes I do
Sugar
talk to me
talk to me
Don't you lie to me

Heard about the way you over do your part
So, let's, let's talk it over, baby, be-fore we start
Don't you lie to me
Don't you lie to me
Ya see it makes me mad
And I get as evil as a man can be
Oh...
Don't you lie to me
alright
I like it I LIKE it!

Don't you lie to me

DOWN NOW
I keep on tryin' to get ahead, I'm doin' the best I can
But every time I try to pull up
They pull me right back down again
You got me down now and I hope you're satisfied
Oh, it's so hard to try to keep my head up
Yes, when you're puttin' pressure on me
From every side, every side

Even Uncle Sam say
I owe a lot of money way back from nineteen fifty six
Now, how could I owe him anything
When that whole year I was sick
They won't let me make my money
Won't even let me buy my clothes
Oh, it's so hard to get something to eat
Yes, and now they want to throw me outdoors
Throw me outdoors

Yes, everybody's laughin' at me
I can see the joy in their eyes
They're glad because I'm down now
Just look at the Devils in disguise
And I have no-one to turn to
No-one to lend me a helpin' hand
Oh, I'm tellin' you, shakes has really got me now

Yes, I'm a lonely, lonely man

EARLY EVERY MORNING
Well, early in the morning I wake with the rising sun
Yes, early in the morning I wake with the rising sun
It's my daily motto and the people all calls it fun

Yes, I'm looking for a better future and forgetting about the past
I'm looking for a better future and forgetting about the past
Now I'm so glad that troubles don't always last

Yes, have fun whilst you can 'cos fate's an awful thing
Well, have fun whilst you can 'cos fate's an awful thing

You can't tell what may happen that's the reason I love to sing

EVERYTHING I DO IS WRONG
Well, I can't get along no matter what I do
Well, we can't get along no matter what I do
Yes, everything I do is wrong
No matter what I do

Well, let's make it up baby, try it just one more time
Well, let's make it up baby, try it just one more time
Well, if we don't get together baby
Won't be no fault of mine

Lay it down
Alright then

Well, it's been a long time baby, but it's all over now
Oh, it's been a long time baby, but it's all over now
We can't get together, baby

You were no good no how

EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND
Yes your talkin’ about your woman
Wish to god, man, you could see mine
Your talkin’ about your woman
Wish to god, man, you could see mine
When she start lovin’
She brings eyesight to the blind

Her daddy must have been a millionaire
I can tell by the way she walks
My baby's daddy must have been a millionaire
I can tell by the way she walks
When she start walkin’
The deaf and dumb begin to talk

I remember one Friday morning
We were layin’ down across the bed
Man was in the next room dyin’
Knelt down and raised up his head
And said ain’t she pretty
The world know she's fine
She start lovin’
She brings eyesight to the blind

Hey, I declare my baby's pretty
The whole state knows she's fine
Oh, I declare my baby's pretty
The whole state knows she's fine
Oh, when she starts lovin'

She brings eyesight to the blind

FEEL LIKE A MILLION
I've got a real fine woman and she gives me everything
I've got a real fine woman and she gives me everything
It just makes me feel so good just to hear my baby call my name

My baby's sly way of loving makes me feel so good I could sing
My baby's sly way of loving makes me feel so good I wanna sing
Yes, I feel just like a millionaire
When I hear my baby call my name

Yes, there ain't nobody like my baby
That's the reason I love her so
Ain't nobody, nobody, nobody like my woman
That's the reason I love her so
Yes, I would even die for her and I want the whole world to know

Yes, when I'm down she'll pick me up
And tell me "Daddy you can't lose"
Yes, when I'm down, when I'm down, when I'm down, people
My baby tell me I can't lose
Yes, when all of my friends forget about me

My baby keeps away these blues

FINE LOOKING WOMAN
Got a fine lookin' woman, lives way across the town
Yes, she's a fine lookin' woman, lives way across the town
Whenever I see that woman
My love comes tumbling down

She's a fine lookin' woman and she soothes my worried soul
She's a fine lookin' woman and she soothes my worried soul
Well, she put the lights out on me
Then I gave up all my gold

She's a fine lookin' woman and she shakes all the men
Yeah, fine lookin' woman and the meat shakes on the bone
Well, everytime she shakes mine

Then all my body's gone

FIVE LONG YEARS
If you ever been mistreated, then you know just what I'm talking about.
If you ever been mistreated people, you know just what I'm talking about.
I tell you I worked, I worked five long years for a woman,
and she had the nerve to put me out.

You know I got a job in a steel mill, trucking steel like a slave.
Five long years, every Friday I went straight home with all of my pay.
If you ever been mistreated people then you know just what I'm talking about.
I tell you I worked, I worked five long years for a woman,
and she had the nerve to put me out.

But you know, I finally learned a lesson, a long, long time ago.
The next woman that I marry, she gotta work and bring in the dough.
If you been mistreated people then you know just what I'm talking about.
I tell you I worked, I worked five long years for a woman,

she had the nerve, she had the nerve to put me out

FOOLS GET WISE
I ask you where you're goin'
And you tell me where you been
I can tell you been doin' me wrong, baby
From the shape you're in
You better open up you're eyes baby
Cause fools do get wise

Your late up and sleep all day
You jumb and you ramble all night
Well the fool that I am baby
I can tell you ain't doin' me right
You better wake up and realize
That fools do get wise

Yeah, when the cat's away
I know the rat 's gonna play
But I can't tell what you're puttin' down
Woman you play when the cat 's around
You better try this one on for size
I tell you fools do get wise

I'm through being you're fool baby
I ain't gonna give you another red cent
Gonna tell the rentman to padlock the door
Cause I ain't gonna pay your rent no more
You better open up you're eyes woman
Fools do get wise

FREEDOM
Don't understand
How I could be so blind
Something is changing
And I don't know why
Heaven knows how much I sacrifice
(I hear you, I hear you)
Now nothing in this world
Will ever change her mind

Freedom, what she needs
She wants freedom
'Cause she got dreams
In her heart it's time to go
A long way from home
Yes, it's a long way from home

I still remember
Her standing there
(Yeah, baby)
The sun was shining
On her soft brown hair
Well, all my life
Every tear I cried
I saw the future in her eyes
Now her heart says it's time to go
A long way from home

Freedom is what she needs
She wants freedom
'Cause she's got dreams
And I hope she knows she's not alone
'Cause it's a long way from home
It's a long way from home

I think about her and then I pray
That she'll be safe and warm
(Safe and warm)
I get on my knees
(Down on my knees)
Oh Lord
(Oh Lord)

Freedom is what she needs
She wants freedom
'Cause she's got dreams
Give her freedom to believe
Her heart says it's time to go
A long way from home
Such a long way from home
It's a long way from home

Freedom
(Uh huh, that's what I want)
Freedom
(That's what I need)
Freedom
(That's what I've got to have)

Freedom
(Oh baby, that's what I've gotta have)
Freedom
(Oh baby, baby)
Freedom
Freedom, freedom
(She needs freedom)
Freedom
(That's what she needs)
(She wants, she wants freedom)
Freedom, she wants freedom
(She's got to have)
Freedom, she wants freedom . . .

B.B. KING: Otras letras (A-C)

1. All You Ever Give Me Is The Blues
2. A New Way Of Driving
3. At Last
4. A Woman Don't Care
5. Baby I Love You
6. BB's Blues
7. BB's Boogie
8. Beautician Blues
9. Be Careful With a Fool
10. Blues at Midnight
11. Blues in G
12. Blues Shadows
13. Blues Stay Away
14. Broken Promise
15. Bye Bye Baby
16. Caught a Touch of Your Love
17. Come by Here

ALL YOU EVER GIVE ME IS THE BLUES
I gave you a diamond ring
You won't wear
It's a nine thousand dollar thing
You don't care
I set up a wedding date
You couldn't make it
You said all the love we made
You were just faking

But girl, you know
What hurts me the most
Is I gave all my love to you
All you ever give me
All you ever give me
All you ever give me is the blues
Is the blues

I gave you my Cadillac keys
You don't drive
I hired you a limousine
You won't ride
Bought you the house on the hill
You hate the view
Even wrote you into my will
Gave you something to look forward to

But girl, you know
What hurts me the most
Is I gave all my love to you
All you ever give me
All you ever give me
All you ever give me is the blues
Nothing but the blues

I've tried and tried
But I'm mystified
I've done all that I can do
I've given you my best
You put me to the test
All you ever give me
All you ever give me
All you ever give me is the blues
Nothing but the blues

But girl, you know
What hurts me the most
Is I gave all my love to you
All you ever give me
All you ever give me
All you ever gave me was the blues
All you ever gave me
All you ever gave me
All you ever gave me
All you ever gave me was the blues

Nothing but the blues

A NEW WAY OF DRIVING
Got a new way of driving
Come ride in this car with me
Got a new way of driving
Come ride in this car with me
I ride so you bring back your memory

We'll ride in the mornin'
Put your (???) clothes in my (???)
We'll ride in the mornin'
Put your (???) clothes in my (???)
I'll ride so even
I swear I won't do harm

Well we'll ride in the mornin'
We'll ride at night
We'll ride pretty baby til we ride just right

Come on baby in this car with me
I'll ride you so easy
Bring back your memory

Well we'll ride in the mornin'
Ride before day
Ride pretty baby drive the blues away

Come on baby in this car with me
I'll ride you so easy

Bring back your memory

At Last
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song

AT LAST
The sky above is blue
My heart was wrapped in clover
The night I looked at you

I found a dream
That I could speak to
A dream that I
Can call my own
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I
Have never ever known

You, you smiled
And then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine at last

I found a dream
I found a dream
That I could speak to, baby
A dream that I
Can definitely call my own
I found a thrill
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I
Have never ever known

You smiled
You smiled, baby
And then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
Yeah, yeah, yeah
For you are mine
At last
You are mine at last
At last

You're mine, baby

A WOMAN DON'T CARE
You may be rich
You may be poor
You may be high
Or you just may be low
But if you fall in love
Oh, and you should lose
A woman don't care
She don't care who she gives the blues

Wo, you may be young
You may be old
Maybe you've heard
Or maybe you've never been told
If you've got a good woman
Oh, try not to misuse
Oh, a woman don't care
She don't care who she gives the blues

She'll make you hot in the winter
Make you cold in the summertime
She'll make you feel young in the spring
And in the fall drive you out of your mind
A woman don't you hear me callin' you?
Yeah woman, you don't care
Yeah, you don't care who you give the blues

Oh, you may be up
You may be down
You may be short, tall, skinny
Or you just might be round
Oh, don't be too sure of your woman
Thinkin' man, that you can't lose
Oh, remember that a woman don't care
She don't care who she gives the blues

BABY I LOVE YOU
If you want my love, baby
If you really do.
Don't be afraid, baby
Just ask and ooh, I'm gonna give it to you.

Though I do declare, I want to see you with it.
Stretch out your arms little boy,
You're gonna get it.
'Cause I love you.
Baby, baby, baby I love you.
Ain't no doubt about , I love you.
Baby, baby, baby I love you
I love you, I love you, Baby I love you.

Some day, you might wanna run away
Leave me sitting here, crying.
But if it's all the same to you baby,
I'm gonna stop you from saying goodbye.
Because I love you, baby I love you, I love you.
I love you baby.

Some day you might wanna run away
Leave me here, sitting and crying.
But if it's all the same to you baby,
I'm gonna stop you from saying goodbye.
Baby I love you, baby I need you, gotta have you baby, tell you darling.
Don't let your neighbors tell you that I don't want you.
Don't let your low down friends tell you I don't need you.
Ooh, baby I love you. I got to have you.

Baby, baby I love you...

B.B.'S BLUES
My baby woke up this mornin'
Said ? "B. you must clean up and go"
Well my baby woke up this mornin'
Said ? "B. you must clean up and go"
"'Cos the way that you been doin'"
"Can't take those treatments no more"

If you ever lay down at night and wake up cold and (???)
Your baby's gone and left you, she had another man
Why I'm gonna move to the deep blue sea
Well I'm tired of beign all alone and livin' in misery

Well, when I woke up this mornin'
She was sittin' down before the glass
And when I start to talk
All she would do was laugh
I'm gonna change my ways, I'm gonna move to the deep blue sea

Well I'm tired of beign all alone and livin' in misery

B.B.'S BOOGIE
B.B. boogie darlin'
The B.B. boogie baby
Do the B.B. boogie, if it takes you all night long

Well I looked at the clock
The clock said four
My baby jumped up
She said, "B., let's go"

Do the B.B. boogie baby
B.B. boogie darlin'
Do the B.B. boogie, if it takes you all night long

Grabbed my bay turned her round and round
She said, "B.'s the boogiest man in town"

B.B. boogie darlin'
The B.B. boogie baby
Do the B.B. boogie, if it takes you all night long

I grabbed my baby and I held her tight
Me and my baby do the boogie all night

B.B. boogie darlin'
The B.B. boogie baby
Do the B.B. boogie, if it takes you all night long

I grabbed my baby and I held her tight
She said, "love me baby and squeeze me tight"

The B.B. boogie
B.B. boogie darlin'
B.B. boogie, if it takes you all night long

BEAUTICIAN BLUES
I met a fine beautician
In a very fine condition
She was long and lean
And you know what that means
She's a good lovin' mama
A hard workin' woman
She makes a lot of money
I don't have to worry about a thing

She works hard all day
Dressin' hair
Man you can bet
I want to get somewhere
With my good lovin' mama
My hard workin' woman
She makes a lot of money
I don't have to worry about a thing

I meet the finest woman
From everywhere
Because my baby
Dress their hair
I'll be her lover boy
She treats me like a king
She makes a lot of money
Don't have to worry about a thing

Yes, she keeps her hair
So neat and fine
And every pound of her is mine
I'll be her lover boy
I'll be happy as a king
She makes a lot of money

Don't have to worry about a thing

BE CAREFUL WITH A FOOL
Yes, be careful with a fool
'Cos someday he may get smart
Yes, be careful with a fool
'Cos someday he may get smart
Yes, he'll treat you so cold and chilly
It will hurt you to your heart

I hate to remember
How foolish I used to be
I hate to remember
How foolish I used to be
Well, you know the way I used to love you, baby
And how bad you treated me

I used to cry about you baby
And walk the streets late at night
I used to cry about you baby
And walk the streets late at night
Yes, if you love me a little bit, baby
Why don't you treat me half way right?

It's finally over, baby
Babe, I know this is the end
It's finally over, baby
Babe, I know this is the end
I've got you off of my mind, woman

And I've started over again

BLUES AT MIDNIGHT
When that midnight hour went chiming,
I was in my room alone
Yes, when that midnight hour went chiming,
I was in my room alone
Yes, and when I came home this evening,
I found my baby gone

Oh, I laid my head on my pillow,
I gazed up at the stars up above
Yes, I laid my head on my pillow,
yes, lookin' up at the stars above
I tell you it's a miserable feeling,
oh, when you lose the one you love

Oh, I get the blues at midnight,
oh there's one thing I can't describe
Oh, I get the blues at midnight,
oh there's one thing I can't describe
Yes, and when you look at your baby's picture

oh, the tears will come from your eyes

BLUES IN G
Yes you're on the top now, baby, but don't nothing stay the same
Hey you're on the top now, baby, but don't nothing stay the same
Every now and then, baby, lady luck deals another hand
You're calling me your pal now, when I used to be your man
Hey you're calling me your pal now, baby, when I used to be your man
You're flying real high now, baby, go on and raise your sand
I realize now, baby, your kind of love ain't true
Hey I realize now, baby, your kind of love won't do

Well what should've been, baby, now has all fell through

BLUES SHADOWS
Blues shadows fallin'
Since my baby went away
Blues shadows fallin'
Since my baby went away
Hey, the blues is my companion
every night and every day

Had the blues this morning
Since my baby said good-bye
Had the blues this morning
Since my baby said good-bye
I wish I could change her mind, people
But I know it's no use for me to try

Talk to me baby
If it's just by telephone
Talk to me baby
If it's just by telephone
Let me tell you how I miss you baby
And how it feels to be alone

Yes, if you got a good woman
You better take my advice
Yes, if you got a good woman
You better take my advice
You better treat her like an angel

And keep her at home at any price

BLUES STAY AWAY
Blues stay away from me
Oh blues, why don't you let me be
Don't know why
You keep on haunting me

Love was never meant for me
Oh true love was never meant for me
Seem somehow
We never can agree

Life is full of misery
Oh dreams are like memories
Bringing back
The love that it used to be

Tears, so many I can't see
Oh yes, don't mean a thing to me
Oh, don't go by

Still I can be free

BROKEN PROMISE
You broke your promise, baby
You don't love, honor or obey
You won't do nothing I tell you
You go on mistreating me everyday
You're hardly acting your part, baby
You won't do nothing the preacher says

You don't love me, baby
You don't even wish me well
Honor's just a joke with you, baby
You don't love me, I can tell
Married life with you, baby
I'd rather be living in a cell

You deceive me, baby
You use me like a child
You tricked me into loving you, baby
I was loving you all the while
You played with my heart, baby
I said I was loving you all the while

BYE BYE BABY
I got a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, she's a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, the reason I love her
Because she's dressed so fine

Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Yeah, my baby's trying to leave me
She's trying to put me down

Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Well, what I'm gonna do now
Baby, it's hard to tell

Yeah, it's bye bye
Bye bye baby bye
Well, bye bye baby
Bye bye bye baby bye bye
Yes, since you're gonna leave me

I have no need to cry

CAUGHT A TOUCH OF YOUR LOVE
I'm not feeling like I usually do
I think it might have something
To do with you
Every time you're near me
My body gets hot
Don't need a doctor
I know what I've got

Caught a touch of your love
It came on overnight
I must have held you too tight
Last night
Caught a touch of your love

Your affection has affected me
I'm feeling kind of dizzy
And weak in the knees
I've been in love before
But never so bad
You're in my system
And it's driving me mad

The fever from your kisses
Tears me apart
It starts from your lips
And goes straight to my heart
No use pretending
'Cause baby, I'm sure
There's no cure

And I've just gotta have more

COME BY HERE
Come by here, baby, come by here
Come by here, baby, come by here
Come by here, baby, come by here
Oh baby, won't you come by here

I love you baby, come by here
I love you baby, come by here
I love you baby, come by here
Oh baby, won't you come by here

I want you baby, come by here
I want you baby, come by here
I want you baby, come by here
Oh baby, won't you come by here

We'll get married, come by here
We'll get married, come by here
We'll get married, come by here
Oh baby, won't you come by here

Come by here good-looking, come by here
I need you, come by here
Come by here good-looking, come by here

Oh baby, won't you come by here

B.B. KING: Riding with the King (2000)

1. Riding With The King
2. Ten Long Years
3. Key To The Highway
4. Marry You
5. Three O'Clock Blues
6. Help The Poor
7. I Wanna Be
8. Worried Life Blues
9. Days Of Old
10. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
11. Hold On! I'm Coming
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine

RIDING WITH THE KING

I dreamt I had a good job
And I got well paid
I blew it all at the penny arcade

A hundred dollars
On the Cupid doll
No pretty chic is gonna make me crawl

We're on a TWA to the promised land
Every woman, child and man
Gets a Cadillac and a great big diamond ring
Don't you know you're ridin' with King

He's on a mission of mercy on a new frontier
He's gonna check us all out of here
Up to the mansion on the hill
Where you can get your prescription filled
Any kind of pills, folks

We're on a TWA to the promised land
Everybody clap your hands
Don't you girls love the way that it seems
Don't you know you're ridin' with King
Ridin' with the King
Don't you know you're ridin' with King

Tuxedo and a shiny three thirty five
(that's me)
You can see it in his face
The blues is his life
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings
Don't you know you're ridin' with King

I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old
With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
And I'm gonna play this thing until the day I die

Don't you know we're ridin' with King
Don't you know we're ridin' with King
You're ridin' with me Eric, you're in good hands
You're ridin' with the blues
Don't you know you're ridin' with King
Yes yes you're ridin' with the King
I wanted to say B.B. King but you know King
Don't you know you're ridin' with King

Yes you're ridin' with King

TEN LONG YEARS

(Ver letra en "Singin' the Blues (1956)")

KEY TO THE HIGHWAY
I've got the key to the highway
Feel I got to go
Gonna leave here running
Walking is both too slow

I'm going back to the border
Baby where I'm better known
Because you haven't done nothing baby
But draw the good man from home

When the moon peeks over the mountain
Little girl I'll be on my way
I'm gonna roll the highway until the break of day

Oh give me one more kiss darling
Just before I go
Cause when I leave this time little girl
I won't be back no more

I've got the key to the highway
Little darling I got to go
I'm gonna leave here running

Walking is both too slow

MARRY YOU
It's the sugar so sweet
The kind I like to eat
You and me
Tell no one else about it

I'm gonna make you mine
Cause I know we've got the time
Now and then baby
Hey I want you to know

I wanna marry you
Isn't that what you want too
I wanna marry you
Isn't that what you want too

Come on in the back of my '57
Let me show you the way
Way to heaven
You're looking so sweet, yes you are
I'll make sure that you got some heat

I've got you on my mind
You know you've got my time
Now and then baby
I want you to know

I wanna marry you
Isn't that what you want too
I wanna marry you
Isn't that what you want too

I'm falling in love with you
I'm in love with you
You make all my dreams come true
Make all my dreams come true
Falling in love with you
I wanna marry you

I wanna marry you
Isn't that what you want too
I wanna marry you

Isn't that what you want too

THREE O'CLOCK BLUES

(Ver letra en "Singin' the Blues (1956)")

Help The Poor
Help the poor
Won't you help poor me
I need help from you baby
Need it desperately
I need you so much
I need your care
Need all the loving baby you can spare
Help the poor
Oh, baby won't you help poor me

Say you will
Say you'll help me on
I can't make it no longer
In this world alone
Baby I'm beggin' with tears in my eyes
For your love don't you realize
I need help
Oh baby help poor me

You are my inspiration
Baby that's makes be a king
But if you don't come to my rescue
I couldn't ever be anything

HELP THE POOR
Won't you help poor me
Have a heart won't you baby
Listen to my plead
Oh I lost my courage till I found you
You got what it takes baby
To pull me through
Help the poor
Oh baby won't you help poor me

You are my inspiration
Baby that's makes be a king
But if you don't come to my rescue
I couldn't ever be anything

Help the poor
Won't you help poor me
Have a heart won't you baby
Listen to my plead
Oh I lost my courage till I found you
You got what it takes baby
To pull me through
Help the poor

Oh baby won't you help poor me

I WANNA BE
I wonder helplessly day by day
It's so much easier to run away
My mind is telling my body so
Never know which way to go

I'm always there for you baby
You let me see
If we can get closer everyday

I wanna be
Held by you
I wanna be
Touched by you
I wanna be
I wanna be loved by you
I wanna be
Anything you want me to

Don't mean nothing when you're growing old
Nobody knows what the future holds
I am left with a bitter taste
Turn away from that beautiful chase

I'm always there for you baby
You let me see
If we can get closer everyday

I wanna be
Held by you
I wanna be
Touched by you
I wanna be
I wanna be loved by you
I wanna be

Anything you want me to

WORRIED LIFE BLUES
Oh lordie lord
Oh lordie lord
It hurts me so bad for us to part
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

So many nights since you've been gone
I've had to worry and grieve my life alone
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

So many days since you went away
I've had to worry night and day
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Yoo're on my mind every place I go
How much I love you nobody knows
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

So that's my story
This is all I got to say to you
Goodbye baby I don't care what you do
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

Oh lordie lord
Oh lordie lord
It hurts me so bad for us to part
But someday baby
I ain't gonna worry my life anymore

DAYS OF OLD

(Ver letra en "Boss of the Blues (1965)")

WHEN MY HEART BEATS LIKE A HAMMER

(Ver letra en "The Blues (1958)")

HOLD ON! I'M COMING
Don't you ever be sad
Lean on me in times of bad
When the day comes and you're in doubt
In a river of trouble about to drown

Hold On, hold on
I'm coming, I'm coming
Hold On, hold on
I'm coming, I'm coming

I'm on my way your lover
When you get cold
I'll be your cover
Don't have to worry
Because I'm here
Don't need to suffer
Because I'm here

Hold On, hold on
I'm coming, I'm coming
Hold On, hold on
I'm coming, I'm coming

Reach out to me
For satisfaction
Call my name
Quick reaction
Hey hey hey

Don't you ever be sad
Lean on me in times of bad
When the day comes and you're in doubt
In a river of trouble about to drown

Don't you ever be sad
Lean on me in times of bad
Hold On, hold on
I'm coming, I'm coming

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
I'm gonna love you
Like nobody's loved you
Come rain or come shine
High as a mountain and deep as a river
Come rain or come shine

Well I guess when you met me
That it were just one of those things
Don't you ever bet me
Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

Oh you're gonna love me
Like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
Happy together unhappy together
Won't that be fine

Day may be cloudy or sunny
We're either in or we're out of our money
I'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine

You're gonna love me
Like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
Happy together unhappy together
Won't that be fine

Day may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or we're out of our money
I'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine
Rain or shine
I'm with you always

I'm with you rain or shine

B.B. KING: Makin' Love Is Good for You (2000)

1. I Got to Leave This Woman
2. Since I Fell for You
3. I Know
4. Peace of Mind
5. Monday Woman
6. Ain't Nobody Like My Baby
7. Makin' Love Is Good for You
8. Don't Go No Farther
9. Actions Speak Louder than Words
10. What You Bet
11. You're on Top
12. Too Good to You Baby
13. I'm in the Wrong Business
14. She's My Baby
15. It's Still Called the Blues

I GOT TO LEAVE THIS WOMAN
I got to leave this woman
But I ain't got nowhere else to go
I got to leave this woman
I ain't got nowhere else to go
You see, she owns everything
Including the carpet on the floor

When I was givin' her my money
She treated me like I was B.B. King
Hey, when I was givin' her my money
She treated me like I was B.B. King
Now I ain't got no money left
Now she treats me
Like I'm not even a human bein'

I got to leave this woman
I can't take this kind of treatment no more
Got to leave this woman
I can't take this kind of treatment no more
I've got one big problem
I ain't got nowhere to go

Hey, all the pretty furniture she got
I even bought her a mink coat too
Yeah, all the furniture she got
I even bought her that mink coat too
Now that we've got a divorce
Tha's waht she put me through

I got to leave this woman
But I ain't got nowhere else to go
I got to leave this woman
Can't take this kind of treatment no more
She owns everything

Even the carpet on the floor

SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
You made me leave my happy hoe
You took my love and now you're gone
Since I fell for you

Love brings such misery and pain
I guess I'll never be the same
Since I fell for you

Oh, it's too bad, oh, it's so sad
I'm in love with you
You love me, then you snub me
But what can I do
I'm so in love with you

Oh, I guess I'll never see the light
I get the blues 'bout every night
Since I fell for you

Well, it's too bad, oh, it's so sad
That I'm in love with you
Oh, you love me, then you snub me
Oh, but what can I do
I'm so in love with you

Oh, I guess I'll never see the light
I get the blues 'bout every night
Since I fell for you

Since I fell for you

I KNOW
I know you don't love me no more
No more, no, no more
And I don't wanna be hurt anymore
Anymore
I love so hard
Everything I did was no joy
If I can't love you right, baby
I don't have to love you at all

I know you don't want me no more
No more, no, no more
And I need someone else
Who's gonna love me more
Love me more
Ain't no need me cryin' now
After you have put me down
If you don't want me no more, baby
Ain't no use you hangin' round

I know you don't want me no more
No more, no, no more
And I need someone else
Who's gonna love me more
Love me more
Ain't no need me cryin' now
After you have put me down
If you don't want me no more, baby
Ain't no use you hangin' round

I know you don't want me no more
I know, I know
And I don't wanna be hurt anymore
Anymore
Love me more
After you have put me down
Ain't no use you hangin' round
You don't want me no more, baby

Ain't no use you hangin' round

PEACE OF MIND
I've had everything that money can buy,
oh, but still I'm so unhappy darling, that I could cry
Because I've never had peace of mind, darling, in my life time

When you're in trouble and all down and out,
then you'll find out, darling, what it's all about
Then you'll realize that peace of mind, darling, is hard to find

I've been everywhere, seen everything but I only have myself to blame,
for not realizing while I was riding high that happiness is something money can't buy
Oh, the things I haven't done, darling, are very few
Yes, I've had trouble baby, and good luck too

Oh, but I've never had peace of mind, darling, in my life time

MONDAY WOMAN
Oh, my Monday woman
Starch and iron my clothes
Monday woman
Starch and iron my clothes
My Tuesday woman
Pays my room rent and board

Oh, my Wednesday woman
Buys my hat and shoes
Wednesday woman
Buys my hat and shoes
And my Thursday woman
Woman always singin' the blues

Well, I feel like jumpin'
From the treetop to the ground
Feel like jumpin'
From the treetop to the ground
Because my friday woman
Woman just talks all the time

Well, I don't want no woman
Got to give my money to
Don't need no woman
I got to give my money to
She'll spend it all on a bar
The woman don't mean no good

AIN'T NOBODY LIKE MY BABY
I'm in love with a real fine woman and she gives me everything
I said I'm in love with a real fine woman and she gives me everything
And it makes me feel so good, just to hear my baby call my name

My baby's sly way of loving, makes me feel so good I could sing
Hey my baby's sly way of loving, makes me feel so good I could sing
I feel just like I'm a millionaire, when I hear my baby call my name

Oh, there ain't nobody like my baby, that's the reason I love her so

Oh, ain't nobody, nobody like my baby, that's the reason I love her so
People, I would even die for her, I want the whole round world to know

When I'm down she'll picks me up, she says, 'Daddy, you can't lose'
Oh, when I'm down, when I'm down, she picks me up, tells me, 'Baby, you can't
lose'

When all of my friends forget about me, my baby keeps away all these blues

MAKIN' LOVE IS GOOD FOR YOU
Makin' love is good for you
Makin' love is good for you
Makin' love is good for you
Makin' love is good for you
So take care of your body
Make a little love today

Ain't nobody can live forever
It's just something that we all uderstand
But while you're young, y'all
We can make it better
If we take care of our bodies while we can

'Cause makin' love is good for you
Makin' love is good for you
So take care of your body
Make a little love today

Man and woman get together
Play the game and swear they're havin' fun
But if we make a little love
From the very start
What a lovely way to getto know someone

So makin' love is good for you
Makin' love is good for you
So take care of your body
Make a little love today

Let the wise man think about it
I'll just put my thinkin' all on the shelf
But if the good Lord made something
Better than love
I swear he must've kept it there for myself

Hey, makin' love is good for you
Makin' love is good for you
So take care of your body

Make a little love today

DON'T GO NO FARTHER
You need meat, go to the market
You need bread, try the bakery
If you need love, baby
Don't go no farther
Just come on home with me

I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody to love me

You need grits, go to the grocery
You need fish, go to the sea
You need love, baby
Don't look no farther
Just come on home with me

I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody to love me

You need money, go to the bank, dear
You need honey, look for the bees
You need love, baby
Don't go no farther
Just come on home with me

I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I want somebody to love me

I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody

I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody
I got to love somebody

I want somebody to love me

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
You won't listen to nothing I tell you, baby
You keep on doing just as you please
Hey, you won't do nothing I tell you, baby
Keep on doing as you please
I've taken as long as I can, baby
When is this foolishness gonna cease

I've worried myself crazy, baby
Cried both night and day
I said I've worried myself crazy, baby
Cried both night and day
You don't believe me, baby
But I'm gonna leave one of these days

Well, you told me that you love me
But actions speak louder than words
Oh, you said you love me, baby
But action speaks louder than words
I won't be fooled no longer, baby
That line everybody's heard

Well, If you're gonna change, baby
You better do it real soon
Hey, If you're gonna change
For the better, baby
You better do it real soon
Because you'll wake up one of these mornings

Find yourself in a empty room

WHAT YOU BET
Someday I'll be gone
Believe me, it won't be long
When I leave you it's gonna grieve you
What you bet

You're abusing of our romance
I'm warning you in advance
You're gonna cry when I say bye bye
What you bet, what you bet

I smiled when you mistreated me
My friends called me a fool
I firmly believe where love is concerned
You've broken every rule

Oh, you got a good thing in me
You're gonna lose me, wait and see
You won't wake up until we break up
What you bet, what you bet

Oh, I smiled when you mistreated me
My friends called me a fool
I firmly believe where love is concerned
You've broken every rule

Oh, you got a good thing in me
You're gonna lose me, wait and see
You won't wake up until we break up

What you bet, baby

YOU'RE ON TOP
Yes you're on the top now, baby
But don't nothing stay the same
Hey you're on the top now, baby
But don't nothing stay the same
Every now and then, baby
Lady luck deals another hand

You're calling me your pal now
When I used to be your man
Hey you're calling me your pal now, baby
When I used to be your man
You're flying real high now, baby
Go on and raise your sand

I realize now, baby
Your kind of love ain't true
Hey I realize now, baby
Your kind of love won't do
Well what should've been, baby

Now has all fell through

TOO GOOD TO YOU BABY
Oh, I know you've been cheatin' on me, baby
And I know you don't mean me no good
Hey, I know you've been cheatin' on me, baby
And I know you don't mean me no good
That's why I blame myself, baby
Because I didn't treat you like I should

Oh, I was too good to you baby
I gave you everything I own
Oh, I was too good, too good to you, baby
Gave you everything I own
That's why I blame myself, baby
Every time you do me wrong

Hey, you've got your eyes wide open, baby
But you're traveling down the wrong road
Oh, your eyes is wide open, baby
But your traveling down the wrong road
A wine drinkin' and a cheatin' woman

Is one thing I can't afford

I'm In The Wrong Business
I'm in the wrong business
I swear I ain't lyin'
I stay hungry, broke all the time
I'm gonna send my guitar home
Leave these blues alone
I'm in the wrong business
I ain't lyin'

Should have been a boxer
Makin' the movie "Rocky 3"
I would be a star
Like the wrestler Mr. T
Should've been like Michael Jackson
When I was the age of five
But chose this guitar
Now I'm broke and can't survive

I'm in the wrong business
I ain't lyin'
'Cause I stay hungry, broke all the time
I'm gonna send my guitar home
Leave these blues alone
I'm in the wrong business
I ain't lyin'

These guitar freaks
Have made my blood sugar go up
Be better off
If I was driving a trailer truck
Like Boxcar Willie
I played these blues and made me a bum
I'm gonna give up this music
Move back to the farm

I'M IN THE WRONG BUSINESS
I ain't lyin'
'Cause I stay broke, hungry all the time
I'm gonna send my guitar home
Leave these blues alone
I'm in the wrong business
I ain't lyin'

I've played these blues
Now I'm full up to my neck
If I keep on playin' I tell you
I'm gonna do like Johnny Paycheck
He had a job
Got money for years
I'm gonna shelve my guitar
I ain't got no job to shelve

I'm in the wrong business
I ain't lyin'
Stay broke, hungry all the time
I'm gonna send my guitar home
Leave these blues alone
I'm in the wrong business
I ain't lyin'

I'm in the wrong business
I ain't lyin', folks
Stay broke, hungry all the time
I'm gonna send my guitar home
Leave these blues alone
I'm in the wrong business

I ain't lyin'

SHE'S MY BABY
I've got a right to love my baby
Oh, she treats me just like a king
Hey, I've got a right to love my baby
I said she treats me just like a king
Oh, she eases my mind, body and soul
My baby, she can do most anything

Oh, she's my doctor when I'm sick, people
She's my all around standby
Hey, she's my lawyer when I'm in trouble
And she's my mother when I wanna cry
I've got a right to love my baby
Hey, can't you see the reason why?

That gives me a right to love my baby
She's always here by my side
Hey, my sweet undersanding baby
She makes my temperature rise
And when it comes to kind treatment people
My baby's an angel in disguise

Well, when I'm sick she's my doctor
When I'm well she's my pride and joy
Hey, when I'm cold
When I'm cold she's my cover
And she calls me "my little baby boy"
When I'm tired and wanna play, people

It's my baby that's my toy

IT'S STILL CALLED THE BLUES
People Got Money
Still Got problems
Got to the doctor
And try to solve them
Anyway you look at it
It's still called the blues

Baby needs new shoes
Mama needs a new dress
Daddy's out scufflin'
Tryin' to do his best
Anyway you look at it
It's still called the blues

Makes no difference
What you do or say
The blues might still
Come your way
Just when you think
Your trouble's about to end
Along comes something
And start it all over again

You party on a Saturday
Go to church on Sunday
Fun leaves you because
Gotta work on Monday
Anyway you look at it
It's still called the blues

Makes no difference
What you do or say
The blues might still
Come your way
Just when you think
Your trouble's about to end
Along comes something
And start it all over again

Ain't got no money
To pay the rent
Baby's gone
You spent your last cent
Mm, still called the blues
Still called the blues, y'all

Anyway you look at it
Makes no difference
What you do or say
The blues might still
Come your way
Just when you think
Your trouble's about to end
Along comes something

And start it all over again

B.B. KING: Let the Good Times Roll (1999)

1. Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
2. Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
3. Beware, Brother, Beware
4. Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
5. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
6. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
7. Buzz Me
8. Early in the Mornin'
9. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
10. Jack, You're Dead!
11. Knock Me a Kiss
12. Let the Good Times Roll
13. Caldonia
14. It's a Great, Great Pleasure
15. Rusty Dusty Blues
16. Sure Had a Wonderful Time Last Night
17. Saturday Night Fish Fry
18. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS
One night farmer Brown was takin' the air
Locked up the barnyard with the greatest of care
Down in the hen house something stirred
When he shouted, "Who's there?"
This is what he heard
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
So calm yourself and stop that fuss
There ain't nobody here but us
We chickens tryin' to sleep and you butt in
And hobble, hobble, hobble, hobble, with your chin
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
You're stompin' around and shakin' the ground
Kicking up an awful dust
We chickens tryin' to sleep and you butt in
And hobble, hobble, hobble, hobble, it's a sin

Tomorrow is a busy day
We got things to do, we got eggs to lay
We got ground to dig and worms to scratch
It takes a lot of sittin', gettin' chicks to hatch
Oh, there ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
So quiet yourself and stop that fuss
There ain't nobody here but us
Kindly point the gun the other way
And hobble, hobble, hobble, hobble off and hit the hay

Tomorrow is a busy day
We got things to do, we got eggs to lay
We got ground to dig and worms to scratch
It takes a lot of sittin', gettin' chicks to hatch
Oh, there ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
So quiet yourself and stop that fuss
There ain't nobody here but us
Kindly point the gun the other way
And hobble, hobble, hobble, hobble off and hit the hay

Hey, hey boss man, what do you say?

It's easy, pickins, there ain't nobody here but us chickens

IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T (MY BABY)
I gotta a girl who's always late
Anytime we have a date
But I love her
Yes I love her
I'm gonna walk up to her gate
And see if I can get it straight

'Cause I want her
I'm gonna ask her
Is you is, or is you ain't, my baby
The way you're acting lately makes me doubt
You is still my baby, baby

Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
A woman is a creature that has always been strange
Just when you're sure of one you find
She's gone and made a change
Is you is, or is you ain't my baby

Maybe baby's found somebody new

Or is my baby still my baby true

BEWARE, BROTHER, BEWARE

Hey, fellas, yes, you, fellas, listen to me, I got something to tell you
And I want you to listen to every word and govern yourselves accordingly

Now, you see these girls with these fine diamonds, fine furs and fine clothes
Well, they're looking for a husband and you're listening to a man who knows
They ain't foolin', and if you fool around with them
You're gonna get yourself in a schoolin'

Listen, if she saves you dough, and won't go to the show
Beware
If she's easy to kiss and won't resist
Beware

And if you go for a walk, and she listens while you talk
She's tryin' to hook you

And nobody's lookin' and she asks you to taste her cookin'
Don't do it, don't do it
And if you go to a show and she wants to sit in the back row
Bring her down front, bring her right down front

If you wanna go for a snack, and she wants to sit in the booth in the back
Beware

And listen, if she's used to caviar and fine silk
When you go out with her she wanna a hot dog and a malted milk
She's trying to get you

If you're used to goin' to Carnegie Hall, but when you take her out night clubing
All she wants is one meatball
You better take it easy

If she grabs your hand and says, "Darling, you're such a nice man"
Beware, I'm telling you

(Should I tell them no more?)
(Tell them everything)

You better listen to me 'cause I'm telling you what's being put down
You better pick up on it

If her sister calls your brother, you better get further
I'm telling you, you better watch it

And if she's acting kind of wild, and she says, "Darling, give me a trial"
Don't you do it, don't be weak, don't give it to her
And if she smiles in your face and just melts into place
Let her melt, forget it, let her melt

(Should I tell them no more?)
(Tell them everything)

Now listen, if she calls you up on the phone, and says,
"Darling, are you all alone?"
Tell her, "No, no, I've got two, three women with me"

Don't pay no attention to women
Stand up for your right, be a man, be a man

(Are you listening?)
If you turn out the lights and she don't fight
That's the end, it's too late
She's got you hooked, you might as well stick with her

(Should I tell them no more?)

If you get home about two and don't know what to do
You pull back the curtains, and the whole family's looking at you
Get your business straight
Set the date, don't be late

Brother, beware, beware, beware

Brother, you better beware

SOMEBODY DONE CHANGED THE LOCK ON MY DOOR
Somebody done changed
Somebody done changed the lock on that door
Somebody done changed
They done changed the lock on that door
'Cause the key I got won't fit that lock no more

Now I came home last night about half past ten
Tried to get the key in the lock but I couldn't get it in
'Cause somebody done changed
They done changed the lock on that door
'Cause the key I got won't fit that lock no more
I looked through the window to see what I could see
She was talking to someone else
I know it wasn't me
She said, "daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, you don't have to go
'Cause I done changed, I done changed that lock on my door"

She changed the bed around, even painted the door
She even changed the carpet, I mean on the floor
My baby changed
Oh she done changed the lock on my door
'Cause the key I got won't fit that lock no more

Well, I walked down the street, lookin' where I used to go
She's got a mean black snake, and I can't go there no more
My baby changed
She done changed the lock on my door

And the key I got won't fit that lock no more

AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN
There was Adam, happy as a man could be
Till Eve got him messin' with that old apple tree

Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
They'll do it every time

Lot took his wife down to the corner for a malted
She wouldn't mind her business, boy, did she get salted

Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
They'll do it every time
Samson thought Delilah was on the square
Till one night she clipped him all his hair

Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
They'll do it every time

From our history books we all learned
Nero fiddled while Rome was burned

Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
They'll do it every time

Marie Antoinette met some hungry cats at the gate
They was crying for bread, she said, "Let them eat cake"

Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
They'll do it every time

You can buy a woman clothes
And give her money on the side
No matter what you do
She ain't never satisfied
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?

They'll do it every time

CHOO CHOO CH'BOOGIE
Headin' for the station with a pack on my back
I'm tired of transportation in the back of my hack
I love to hear the rhythm of the clickety clack
And hear the lonesome whistle see the smoke from the stack to pal around
With democratic fellow named Mac
So take me right back to the track, Jack

Choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie, woo-woo
Woo-woo, ch'boogie, choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack

You reach your destination but you don't go back
You need some compensation to get back in the black
You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
And read the situations from the front to the back
But the only job that's open needs a man with a knack
So put it right back in the rack, Jack

Choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie, woo-woo
Woo-woo, ch'boogie, choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack

Gonna settle down by the railroad track
Live the life o'Riley in the beat down shack
When I hear a whistle I can peep thru the crack
Watch the train rollin' when it's ballin' the jack
Love to hear the rhythm of the clickety clack
So take me right back to the track, Jack

Choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie, woo-woo
Woo-woo, ch'boogie, choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack
Take me right back to the track, Jack

BUZZ ME
When I saw you this morning, baby
Tell me why did you walk away
When I saw you this morning, baby
Tell me why did you walk away
Can't believe that you don't love me
Thought our love was here to stay

Now buzz me, baby
I'll be waiting for your call
Buzz me, buzz me, buzz me
Buzz me, baby
I'll be waiting for your call
If you forgot the number
Come on over
You won't have to call at all

I never lied to no one
I ain't gonna lie to you
When I say I'm yours forever
Every word I say is true
Buzz me, baby
I'll be waiting for your call
If you forgot the number
Come on over
You won't have to call at all

Yes, buzz me, baby
I'm like the ship that's lost at sea
Buzz me, buzz me, baby
You mean so much to me
If I ever get my arms around you

I ain't gonna let go till 1973

EARLY IN THE MORNING
It's early in the morning and I can't get right
'Cause I had a little date with my baby last night

Now it's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

I went to all the places where we used to go
I went to her house but she don't live there no more

And it's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues
I went to her girlfriend? house, but she was out
I knocked on her door and her mother started to shout
"Get away from here!"

Too early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

Went to Jenny Lou's to get something to eat
The waitress looked at me, she said, "B., you sure look beat"
It's early in the morning, baby
Early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

Had a lot of money when I first started out
I couldn't find my baby, now my money's run out

Now it's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

It's early in the morning

I ain't got nothin' but the blues

I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
I'm gonna move, baby, way out on the outskirts of town
I'm gonna move way out on the outskirts of town
I don't want nobody who's always hanging around

I'm gonna tell you baby, we're gonna move away from here
I don't want no ice man, I'm gonna get me a frigidaire
When we move way out on the outskirts of town
I don't want nobody who's always hanging around

I'm gonna bring my own groceries, gonna bring them everyday
That'll stop the grocery boy, and keep him away

When we move way out on the outskirts of town
I don't need nobody always hanging around
It may seem funny honey, as funny as funny can be
But if we have any children, I want them all to look like me
When we move way out on the outskirts of town

I don't want nobody always hanging around

JACK, YOU'RE DEAD!
When you've got no more assurance
Than a great big hunk of lead
If you don't respond to romance
Jack, you're dead!

When a chick is smiling at you
Even though there's nothing said
If you stand there like a statue
Jack, you're dead!

You've been always kicking
But you stubbed your toes
When you ups and kicks the bucket
Just like old man Mose

When you get no kicks from loving
And you blow your top instead
It's a fact that you ain't living
Jack, you're dead!

If you just ain't got nobody
Since you've gone and lost your head
Rigor Mortis has set in daddy
Jack, you're dead!

What's the use of having muscles
When your life hangs by a thread
If you ain't got no red corpuscles
Jack, you're dead!
You've been always kicking
But you stubbed your toes
When you ups and kicks the bucket
Just like old man Mose

When you get no kicks from loving
And the news begins to spread
All the cats will holler, "Murder!"
Jack, you're dead!
All the breaths leaked out of you
When your friends gather round the bed
And look at you and say, "Um, um, um, don't he look natural"
When that happens to you, daddy

Jack, you're dead!

KNOCK ME A KISS
I like cake, no mistake, but baby if you insist
I'll cut out the cake, just for your sake
Baby! C'mon and knock me a kiss

I like pie, I hope to die, just to get a load of this
When you get high, doggone the pie
Baby! C'mon and knock me a kiss

When you pressed your little lips to mine, that was then I understood
They taste like candy, brandy and wine, peaches, bananas and everything
good
I love jam and no film flam, scratch that off my list
This ain't no jam, the jam can scram
Baby! C'mon and knock me a kiss

When you pressed your sweet little lips to mine, that was then I understood
They taste like candy, brandy and wine, peaches, bananas and everything
good
I like cars and big cigars but baby they won't be missed
If everyday I hear you say
Baby! C'mon and knock me a kiss
Baby! C'mon and knock me a kiss

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
Hey, everybody, let's have some fun
You only live but once
And when you're dead you're done, so

Let the good times roll, let the good times roll
I don't care if you're young or old
Get together, let the good times roll

Don't sit there mumblin', talkin' trash
If you wanna have a ball
You gotta go out and spend some cash, and
Let the good times roll, let the good times roll
I don't care if you're young or old
Get together, let the good times roll

Hey Mr. Landlord, lock up all the doors
When the police comes around
Just tell 'em that the joint is closed
Let the good times roll, let the good times roll
I don't care if you're young or old
Get together, let the good times roll

Hey tell everybody
Mr. King's in town
I got a dollar and a quarter
Just rarin' to clown
But don't let nobody play me cheap
I got fifty cents more that I'm gonna keep, so

Let the good times roll, let the good times roll
I don't care if you're young or old
Get together, let the good times roll

No matter whether rainy weather
Birds of a feather gotta stick together
So get yourself under control

Go out and get together and let the good times roll

CALDONIA
Hey, I'm walking with my woman
She got great big feet
Long, lean and angry
She ain't had nothing to eat
But she's my woman
And I love her just the same
She's a fine looking woman
And Caldonia is her name

Now here we go!

Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard
I love her
Yeah, I love her just the same

Give me that now.

I'm crazy about the woman
'Cause Caldonia is her name

Can we do it once more?

Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard, oh
Caldonia, Caldonia, Caldonia

IT'S A GREAT, GREAT PLEASURE
It's a great, great pleasure, a great, great, great, big thrill
It's a great, great pleasure, a great, great, great, big thrill

When you got your baby and a whole lotta time to kill
Did you ever get a feelin' that your feet had turned to stones
Do you ever get a feelin' that your feet had turned to stones
Do you get a funny feelin' running up and down your bones
That's arthritis

It's a great, great pleasure, a great, great, great, big thrill
It's a great, great pleasure, a great, great, great, big thrill

When you got your baby and a whole lotta time to kill
Did you ever feel lucky and wake up cold in hand
Did you ever feel lucky and wake up cold in hand
Find you ain't got a nickel and your woman got another man

Bad deal

RUSTY DUSTY BLUES (MAMA MAMA BLUES)
Mama don't you beg your daddy for no diamond ring
Mama don't you beg your daddy for no diamond ring
'Cause mama you already got the best of everything

I see you riding 'round, baby, riding in a brand new car
I see you riding 'round, baby, riding in a brand new car
I know you couldn't buy it sitting on your caviar
Now your bracelets, your furs and that Paris label
They're laying right there, laying on the table
They'll come, hop, skip, and jumping as long as you're able
Go get me some money baby, and lay it on the table

Get up, get up, get up, get up, woman
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty, don't you hear me woman
Get up, get up, get up, get up, woman
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty
Get up mama, before it gets too rusty

Now you've got the very best, the best of everything
And baby, honey, you know how to do everything
You even got that champagne taste
But I'm so afraid baby, oh, you'll let me go to waste

Get up, get up, get up, get up, woman
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty, don't you hear me
Get up, get up, get up, mama
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty

Get up mama, before it gets too rusty

SURE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME LAST NIGHT
I sure had a wonderful time last night
Least wise they tell me I did

I sure had a wonderful time last night
Really blew my lid

Went to a party, I recollect that much
But after four or five, you know I lost my touch
I sure had a wonderful time last night
Least wise they tell me I did

I had a whale of good time last night
Really got myself some kicks
I sure had a wonderful time last night
Took me right back to the sticks

Between that hillbilly band and old Uncle Zeke
And that new atomic beverage that they called "Sneaky Pete"

I sure had a wonderful time last night
Least wise they tell me I did

Sure had a wonderful time last night
Don't know how I got to bed

Sure had a wonderful time last night
Come here, feel this lump on my head

They say I got kinda noisy
And started to shout
Four big bouncers grabbed me
But I threw them out
I sure had a wonderful time last night
Least wise they tell me I did

Sure had a wonderful time last night
Really had myself some fun

Sure had a wonderful time last night
Didn't get home until about half past one

You know I'd like to take you with me the next time I go
But where the heck was it?
Sure would like to know

But I sure had a wonderful time last night

SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY
Now if you've ever been down to New Orleans
Then you can understand just what I mean
All thru the week it's quiet as a mouse
But on Saturday night they go from house to house
You don't have to pay the usual admission
If you're a cook, a waiter or a good musician
So if you happen to be just passin' by
Stop in at the Saturday Night Fish Fry

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Now my buddy and me was on the main stem
Foolin' around just me and him
We decided we could use a little something to eat
So we went to a house on Rampart Street
We knocked on the door and it opened up with ease
And a lush little Miss said, "Come in, please"
And before we could even bat an eye
We were right in the middle of a big fish fry

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Now the folks was havin' the time of their life
And Sam was jivin' Jimmie's wife
Over in the corner was a beat up grand
Being played by a big fat piano man
Some of the chicks wore expensive frocks
Some of them had on bobbie socks
But everybody was nice and high
At this particular Saturday Night Fish Fry

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Now the women were screamin' and jumpin' and yellin'
The bottles was flyin', and the fish was smellin'
And way above all the noise we made
Somebody hollered, "You better get outta here, this is a raid!"
I didn't know we was breaking the law but
Somebody reached over and hit me on the jaw
Now they had us blocked off from front to back
And they was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potatoes in a sack

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

I knew I could get away if I had a chance
But I was shakin' like I had the St. Vitus dance
So I tried to crawl in under a bath tab
When a policeman said, "Where are you goin' there, bub?"
Now they got us out of there like a house on fire
And put us all in the black Maria
Now they might have missed a pitiful few
But they got both me and my buddy too

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Well we headed for jail in a dazed condition
They booked each one of us on suspicion
Now my chick came down and paid my bail
And finally got me outta that rotten jail
Now if you ever want to get a fist in your eye
Just mention a Saturday Night Fish Fry
I don't care how many fish in the sea
But don't ever mention a fish to me

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
I once lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money I didn't care
Always taking my friends out for a good time
Buying champagne, gin and wine
But just as soon as my dough got low
I couldn't find a friend, no place I go
If I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna squeeze it, and squeeze it
Till the eagle grins

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT
In your pocket, not one penny
And your friends, you haven't any
And as soon as you get on your feet again
Everybody is your long lost friend
It's mighty strange, without a doubt, but
Nobody wants you when you're down and out

You know folks, I once had a mansion
Way up on the side of a hill
I'd give champagne and caviar parties
Just for fun and get a thrill
But you know things they just can't stay like that forever
And now I can't muscle up enough money
To buy a shot of gin

But you know, if I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna squeeze it, and squeeze it till the eagle grins
It's mighty strange, without a doubt
Nobody wants you
Nobody needs you

Nobody wants you when you're down and out