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Bad Luck Blues
03:36
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I got no money so I'm out on the street
Can't find a dentist and I'm losing my teeth
Had it up to here and it's all I can take, I need a break!
Lord, bless my soul
Haven't got a jacket and it's getting mighty cold
I used to have the world on a string
Now I ain't got a single thing
But I know what I've gotta do
Listen up now, I'm gonna tell you
I used to have the world on a string
Now I ain't got a single thing
But I know what I've gotta do
I'm gonna shake those bad luck blues.
If you wanna lose the blues like leaves in the fall
Open up your ears cuz I know it all
When the world gets you down, you'll know what to do
Just shake those bad luck blues!
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2. |
After You've Gone
04:46
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Now, won't you listen to me while I say
How can you tell me that you're going away?
Don't say that we must part
Don't you break my aching heart
You know I've loved you truly many a year
I've loved you night and day
How can you leave me, honey, can't you see my tears
Now listen to me while I say
After you've gone, and left me crying
After you've gone, there's no denying
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad, you'll miss the bestest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Someday, when you've grown lonely
Your heart will ache like mine, you'll want me only
After you've gone
After you've gone away
After you've gone, after the break up
After you've gone, you're gonna wake up
You will find, you were blind, to let somebody come and change your mind
After the years, we've been together
Joy and the tears, all kinds of weather
Some day, blue and down-hearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After you've gone
After you've gone away.
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Stuck home 'cause there's nowhere to go
The hands on the clock are moving mighty slow
Ran out of options, too troubled to think
Guess I'll make us both a drink
Never felt so blue on a Saturday night
So I'm cracking open bottled and it's feeling so right
Drinking alone just ain't dignified
That's why I'm glad you're here by my side.
Let's turn up the music, tune the whole world out
Then slide over here, that's what I'm talking about
Maybe it's best if we just stay in bed
It's high time we opened that bottle of red!
Forget your woes baby, come dance with me
Let's knock 'em back and push off reality
Actually there's no place that I'd rather be than
Stuck home getting tight with you!
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4. |
They Don't Know My Name
04:28
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I could walk around for days
With my head in a dreamy haze
People see me, just pass me by
Never bother to catch my eye
It's so lonely here at night
Want somebody to hold me tight
Someone to call my own
Someone to drive me home
But they don't know my name
I'd say it's a shame
Nobody cares for me
I'm just as lonesome as I can be.
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5. |
Leon's Lament
05:09
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I drove down to the valley, to say my last goodbye
The miles passed by slowly, old memories drifting by
He was laid out cold and yellow, with tired bloodshot eyes
The drink had done its damage, made him hard to recognize.
I lit us two more cigarettes, as he strained to rise
We sat in silence for a spell, the smoke got in my eyes
We talked a bit of days gone by, and of things that would never be
"You did the best you could", I said, I knew he'd soon be free.
He'd chased a young man's dreams, to travel and to roam
But left behind two growin' boys who had to find their own
Old man, old man, your time had nearly come, that's some life you've led
You broke some hearts along the way, they'll remember you when you're dead.
Don't let the sins of the father, weight down upon you son
You've got to make your own way, until your judgement comes
And as I stood to take my leave, when there was nothing more to say
He cried out "Son, now don't you grieve, when I'm gone let those damn horns play!"
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6. |
Gonna Find Some
04:22
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Tonight I'm gonna find some trouble to get in
Tonight I'm gonna try to commit a sin
Tonight I'm gonna drink me a bathtub full of gin
And try to forget the mess I'm in.
My baby she done left me for another man (another man)
My boss she wants to toss me in the can (in the can)
The bank they want to take me for everything I own
But I ain't gonna let them take this here trombone!
It's Friday night and I'm looking to get loaded (let's get loaded)
On Saturday, I'm hoping to get high (high, high, high)
On Sunday, I'll just lay in bed and try to soothe my achin' head
On Monday, I'll give life another try.
I've lived enough, you'd think that I'd know better (you should know better)
But that just ain't the way my story goes (story goes)
I'm just a man with a big ol' and a bigger appetite
And I doubt I'm gonna change, the good Lord knows!
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7. |
Never Look Back
03:38
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What's the use in sayin', I don't know if they'll hear
Ain't no point in prayin', I fear there's nothing there
Something's pulling at me, like a puppet on a string
Why must they attack me? I'm just tryin' to do my thing
Well, I guess I'll wait for the day, wait for the day you come around (around)
And drag me out, drag me out of this town (town)
I'll never look back, "Never Look Back", I say (say)
I'm gonna swing with my baby "till my dyin' day
What's the use in lyin', I know when you ain't true
Ain't no point in cryin', or hung up being blue
Searching for salvation, you gotta dig in deep
Life's an invitation and I ain't losin' sleep
Well, I guess I'll wait for the day, wait for the day you come around (around)
And drag me out, drag me out of this town (town)
I'll never look back, "Never Look Back", I say (say)
I'm gonna swing with my baby "till my dyin' day
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These are the words my Mama'd say
When she'd see folks in a bad way
There but for the grace of God go I
I'm reminded from time to time
That life can be cruel and unkind
There but for the grace of God go I
But if our fates are sealed
And His plan shall be revealed
Why let the lonely ones get lost along the way?
They say that if you've got love
You've got more than enough
There but for the grace of God go I
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9. |
New Man Blues
04:11
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It's been a long three years since you went away
I still think about you most everyday
Though I've tried to stay brave and strong
My new man, well, he treats me wrong.
My new man, yes, he makes me cry
We just don't see things eye to eye
And most everything that he do
Just reminds me, I still love you!
I'm stuck with a new man and I'm blue
For eight sweet years, honey, I loved you
My new man he's unkind and untrue
Now I'm stuck with a new man and I'm blue.
This new guy has really got me down
And I'm tired of him acting like a clown
I wish that you had stayed by my side
Because now I'm on a very bumpy ride.
My new man, he's as mean as can be
And he's losing touch with reality!
Everything that he say
Seems to come off the wrong way!
I'm stuck with a new man and I'm blue
For eight sweet years, honey, I loved you
My new man he's unkind and untrue
Now I'm stuck with a new man and I'm blue.
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10. |
St. Louis Blues
05:14
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I hate to see that evening sun go down
Yes I hate to see that evening sun go down
Because the man I love has gone and left this town
Feeling tomorrow like I've been feeling today
Yes, I'll be feeling tomorrow like I've been feeling today
I guess I'll pack up my trunk and make my get-away
St. Louis woman, with that diamond ring
She pulls that man around with her apron strings
And if it wasn't for powder or that store bought hair
The man I love, he wouldn't go nowhere, nowhere!
I got the St. Louis blues
I'm as blue as I can be
That man has a heart
Like a rock cast in the sea
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far away from me
Now I love that man, Like a school boy loves his pie
Like a Kentucky colonel likes mint in his rye
I'm gonna love that man
Until the day I die
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11. |
Calico
03:56
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Folks, here's a story 'bout Calico
One of those girls who just couldn't say no
Boys would line up from tallest to small
She couldn't choose so she'd just have them all.
Others would whisper with such foul breath
That she was crude and lacked finesse
She never cared 'bout a word they said
She'd grab her guy and then run off to bed!
All the boys would cling to her
Sometimes they would sing to her
And offer shiny things to her
In hopes of a kiss or a moment of bliss
Calico's heart was wild and delightful
When they caught sight, men would beg and they'd cry
Then she'd say something really insightful
Like, "I'm in the mood, won't you give me a try?"
Calico's eyes could penetrate steel
Sharp as a knife, yes, she was the real deal
One look from her and you knew her intentions
Though, she didn't follow the normal conventions.
Looked like an angel, swore like a sailor
I waited my turn, hoping one day I'd nail her
My wish came true, much to my delight
She took me home on one hot summer night!
Calico, Calico, I wanted her more than she'd ever know
Calico, Calico, I still see her in my dreams
Some tried to tame her, some tried to shame her
Some tried to claim her with little success
Me, I sit grinning, happy to have been
One of the many to take off her dress!
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12. |
When You Look Like That
04:02
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Hey now baby won't you put on your best
Red feather hat and your flapper dress
I wanna take you out on the town
But first pretty mama do you wanna go down
To the nightclub, dancing, drinking and such?
Get in the mood, I hope it doesn't take much
Let me treat you to a mighty fine spread
But I prob'ly shouldn't tell ya, what's goin' on in my
Head to the dancefloor, the band is real hot
Do the Shimmy, Shag, Lindy Hop, Turkey Trot
Dancin' the Tango like Ginger and Fred
Pretty soon I'm thinkin', I'd like to take you to
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Queens
KC, Chi-town, New Orleans
Swingin' to the hot jazz, diggin' the scene
With my hand on your hips, and my thoughts in-between
The shows there's a burlesque act
But that ain't what I''ve been lookin' at
It's only you, as a matter of fact
"Cause you mesmerize me mama when you look like that!
When you look like that (when you look like that)
When you look like that (when you look like that)
When you look like that (when you look like that)
Well, ya mesmerize me mama when you look like that!
Come on, pretty baby, won't ya give me a whirl
Come on, pretty mama, let me take ya 'round the world
Come on, pretty baby, let your love unfurl
'Cause I love ya pretty sugar mama, that's for sure!
When you look like that (when you look like that)
When you look like that (when you look like that)
When you look like that (when you look like that)
Well, ya mesmerize me mama when you look like that!
Won't you marry me baby, when you look like that!
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13. |
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
04:04
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Yes Sir, that's my baby
No Sir, don't mean maybe
Yes Sir, that's my baby now.
Yes Ma'am, we've decided
No Ma'am, ain't gonna hide it
Yes, Ma'am, you're invited now
Oh, by the way!
Oh, by the way!
When we reach the preacher
I'll say with feeling
Yes Sir, that's my baby
No Sir, don't mean maybe
Yes Sir, that's my baby now!
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I could walk around for days
With my head in a dreamy haze
People see me, just pass me by
Never bother to catch my eye
It's so lonely here at night
Want somebody to hold me tight
Someone to call my own
Someone to drive me home
But they don't know my name
I'd say it's a shame
Nobody cares for me
I'm just as lonesome as I can be.
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The Barrelhouse Wailers are an 8 piece Jazz Band from Ventura, CA that serve up their own take on Prohibition Era hot jazz and blues music of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Playing an eclectic selection of originals and vintage covers, they are enthusiastic performers akin to the street musicians of New Orleans. ... more
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