1978 – Present Blues Lyrics

3.) Soft Snake (Roy Rogers and David Burgin A Foot In The Door)

Viva come right over me

Viva run right over me

Watch your walking stop this talking

Viva come right over me

Makes her living on the street

Makes her living on the street

Earns her money selling honey

Makes her living on the street

Well I walked right up to her

And ask her if she had the time

Time is money she replied

And I knew we had a deal going down

Putting my money on the line

Knew she would make me feel fine

So I trusted, then got busted

Putting my money on the line

(Guitar Solo)

Well I walked right up to her

Ask her if she had the time

Time is money she replied

And I knew we had a deal going down

So I bought up all the shame

And I’m learning this game

If you want to try it

Don’t try to buy it

Well if you want to try it

Don’t try to buy it

Yeah!

(Harmonica Solo Out)

5.) Country Thing (Roy Rogers and David Burgin A Foot In The Door)

(Guitar and Harmonica Instrumental) Key – E

9.) What I Want (Roy Rogers and David Burgin A Foot In The Door)

Well I’m trying to figure out
Just what I want today
Trying to get a direction
Some place where I can stay
I got to get myself going
Got to get thing on their way
It’s hard to be a person in the world as is today
It’s hard to be a woman it’s to be a man
We got to learn to live together then we’ll understand
It’s hard to be a woman it’s to be a man
Come on people let’s get it together then you do what you can
When I was a baby my mother said hey son
Go out in the world and help the brother
Then everything will come
But Lord it’s a heavy burden
Hard to be a friend to some
Got to keep on trying to make it
Then I will have won
It’s hard to be a woman it’s to be a man
We got to learn to live together then we’ll understand
It’s hard to be a woman it’s to be a man
Come on people let’s get it together then you do what you can
(Harmonica Solo)
Well I’m trying to figure out
Just what I want today
Tying to get a direction
Some place where I can stay
Got to get myself going
I got to get thing on their way
But it’s hard to be a person in the world as is today
It’s hard to be a woman it’s to be a man
We got to learn to live together then we’ll understand
It’s hard to be a woman it’s to be a man
Come on people let’s get it together then you do what you can

1. Paul Geremia – Somethin’ Gotta Be Arranged (I Really Don’t Mind Livin’)

(Slide Guitar Intro)
I said please baby please my love for you won’t change
Yes Locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
When you were homeless and all strung out
Remember how I took you in
When I was sick and lowdown
You helped come round
And I’d been lovin’ you ever since
And it is please baby please my love for you won’t change
Yes locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
Yes, traveling feeling weary
Working from town to town
But in my dreams you take me back
And my hearts jumps up and down
Yes please baby please my love for you won’t change
Yes locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Yes I thought if I quit drinkin’
My mind would wear you off
But I’m still right now on the same highway
And I’ve still ain’t paid the cost
Yes please baby please my love for you won’t change
Yes locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Yeah, we never had much conversation
We used to just sit and grin
I’s living alone little before I met you gal
And I can live that way again
But it is please baby please my love for you won’t change
Yes locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
I love the way you look little gal
I love the way you smell
I can’t get over the taste of your love
And uh It’s driving me through hell
Yes please baby please my love for you won’t change
Yes locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged

9. Grease In My Gravy (Doug MacLeod No Road Back Home)

(Intro)
My wife got the money, she walked out the door
She makin’ her way down to the health food store
She buy anything you know that I can’t stand she say
It’s the coming thing Douglas, I swear, it’s just sweeping this land
I know you like a natural scene
I want Grease in my Gravy
A little fat back in my greens
Now I’ve been around, I’ve enjoyed my time
Put a hurtin’ on hamhocks even eat the rind
Shorts ribs, pigs feet, greens on my plate
Now I’m getting nervous about the things I ate
I know you like a natural scene
I want Grease in my Gravy
A little fat back in my greens
I don’t know drugs, they slow up my brain
I have a hard-enough time when I’m sober and sane
I love my beer, and I’ll tell you why
Weed makes me sleepy, I’m afraid to fly
I know you like a natural scene
I want Grease in my Gravy
A little fat back in my greens
All kind of vitamins hanging ‘round my house
Take me thirty years to know what they are all about
I don’t like granola, seeds ain’t for me
Pass me some of that ribs and hot sauce
Some of that Corn Bread please
I know you like a natural scene
I want Grease in my Gravy
A little fat back in my greens
(Yeah)
(She keep on tellin’ me Douglas you need them rose hips)
(I said rose hips, girl I need those hips that’s the hips I need. I know what kind of hips I need)
(Lentils and fentils millets in my skillet I don’t even know what that stuff is)
(What is she doing cooking that stuff)
(Guitar Solo)

7.) Roberta (Cephas & Wiggins Sweet Bitter Blues)
Key = E
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well I reached for you in the dark last night, you know my eyes were open wide
I couldn’t see you, I couldn’t feel you, you know I broke right down and cried
I cried Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well I searched these streets for a friendly face, I stopped at every big joint in town
I swear to God, it’s a damned disgrace the way the women here have been puttin’ me down
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
I dreamed last night that I heard you calling my name your voice was music to my ears
Well I woke up this morning in a hotel room baby drowning in my tears
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
(Play The Blues)
(Harmonica Solo)
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well one of these old lonesome days I guess I’ll make it back home again
Meanwhile each and every night I pray for an angel of mercy to save a sinking man
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
I said with back against the wall
Well well with back against the wall

1.) My Kinda Place (Paul Geremia My Kinda Place) Key?

(Slide Guitar and Harmonica Intro)
My Kinda Place is a backstreet bar, with a low-down piano and a good guitar.
Some folks like me that ain’t got nothing to lose, just a little bit of time and a whole lot of blues ahh
You can’t skin a lion my name
Well it might be in Chicago or Old Santa Fe, might be in St Louis or Philadelphia
Might be in Baltimore or Providence, don’t go looking for answers nothing makes any sense ahh
You can’t skin a lion my name
Don’t bring too much money or your good advice they like as it is there in a paradise
Bound to find someone who will listen to your woes, if your down at the heels it’ll put you up on your toes ahh
You can’t skin a lion my name
(Take it Dale)
(Piano Solo)
Well it might bring you up and it might you down, it’s just another stop on life’s mary go round
You might fall off, you might get hurt, you try another pony and shed off the dirt ahh
You can’t skin a lion my name
(I can take it now)
(Harmonica Solo)
(Slide Guitar)
Yeah it’s the home for homesick the saints and the sinners it’s a temporary shelter for the losers and the winners
It don’t matter which one or the other when you hear last call whiskey is your lover ahh
You can’t skin a lion my name
(Harmonica Solo)
(Slide Guitar)
So you don’t you criticize them folks that might gather around, My Kinda Place
Nothing looks sadder than a self-righteous soul that falls off his high horse wind off stupefied in the water and trough ahh
You can’t skin a lion my name

13.) Big Walter (Paul Geremia My Kinda Place) Key?

(Harmonica Intro)
Blind John Davis told me that Sunnyland called him up.
He said late last night on the 6th of December Big Walter’s times was up
Big Walter’s time was up.
(Harmonica Solo)
He said Sunnyland was gonna call Muddy and give him a terrible news
That the world no longer would be able see Big Walter Horton sing his blues
Big Walter Horton sing his blues
(Harmonica Solo)
In his hand he held the silver harp through which the smoke and music swelled
And he walked through the crowd joined the fans he loved and he sang what the people felt
He sang what the people felt
(Harmonica Solo)
Yeah the blues poured from his black man’s soul like a rain from a stormy sky
He could make you want to jump for joy or bring tears to a strong man’s eyes
He could bring tears to a strong man’s eyes
(Harmonica Solo)
He played in Chicago, he played overseas and he played all over this land
And no matter where he is you can be darn sure he’s playing in a heavenly band
He’s playing in a heavenly band
(Harmonica Solo)
Yeah Blind John Davis told me that Sunnyland called him up.
He said late last night on the 6th of December Big Walter’s times was up
Big Walter’s time was up.
(Harmonica Out)

2.) Working Man Blues (Doug MacLeod Band Woman In The Street)

Well I walked on down to my bank, just to see what I could see
I asked the man behind the desk, I say “Ah, is there any money for me?”
Now he didn’t know just what to say
I said, “I need that money in a terrible way!”
Now he didn’t say “yes” but he didn’t say “no”
He just shook my hand and showed me the door
Oh Lord, yeah the blues they killin’ me
Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, yeah the blues they killin’ me
My wife loves money and it bothers my mind
Now she runs to the store and she buys, on time
T.V’s, radios, washer, dryer, CDs, VCR, antique phones
One of these days, I think they all be gone
My baby need clothes, my wife needs a car
It’s a wonder to me, I got this far
The landlord is knockin’, and he wants some rent
And I’m lookin’ for the money that my wife just spent
Oh Lord, yeah the blues they killin’ me
Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord blues they killin’ me
(Guitar Solo)
Tax time comin’, you know that’s a mess
Cause I’m payin’ Sam more and I take home less
The poor stay poor the rich stay rich
And I’m stuck somewhere in the middle
Now ain’t that a bitch
Just barely gettin’ by, kind of makes me mean
‘Cause the politicians I’m payin’ man, they live real clean
Step down Mister Politician, live like I do
I want you to know, some workin’ man blues
Oh Lord, yeah the blues they killin’ me
Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord the blues they killin’ me
(I gotta get me some money somewhere)
(Always dumping people with the bills)
(Always looking to my left when I want to go right)
(Yeah)
(Just give me a little more money man, just a little more money)

8.) ‘Splain It to Me (Doug MacLeod Band Woman In The Street) Key G?

‘Splain that to Me ‘Splain that real slow
You see I never answer from nothing
That I don’t know
My woman ordered Brandy
She want a 9-dollar shot
I said in order to get next to you
I got to give up more than what I’ve got
‘Splain that to Me
‘Splain that real slow
You see I never answer from nothing
That I don’t know
I go down honest John’s
I’m gonna buy me a brand new used car
He said 800 dollars son
This autowheel will take you far
‘Splain that to Me
‘Splain that real slow
I never answer from nothing
That I don’t know
(Guitar Solo)
My woman goes shopping
Boys she shops real hard
She said, I got all these things on sale
So I put them on your Master Card
I said ‘Splain that to me woman
‘Splain that real slow
You see I never answer from nothing that I don’t know
I never answer from nothing that I don’t know

8.) Brownsville (Cephas & Wiggins Live At Nightstage Cambridge MA) Key = F#
Lyrics (January 11, 2016)
(Slide Guitar Intro)
Well I’m going down in Brownsville, take that right hand road
Well, I’m going down in Brownsville, take that right hand road
And I ain’t stop walking reach my baby’s door
Well the woman that I love got long curly hair
Yeah the woman that I’m love got long curly hair
And her mother and her father, won’t allow me there
I’m going write me a letter lord, mail it in the air
I’m going write me a letter lord, mail it in the air
And if any man can stay there stay most anywhere
(Harmonica solo and then Guitar Solo)
Well my first name is John ain’t gonna tell my second name
Well my first name is John ain’t gonna tell my second name
And the way she treats me low down dirty shame
Well I asked for some cabbage she give me turnip greens
Well I asked for some cabbage she give me turnip greens
Well I asked for water give me gasoline
(2 Harmonica Solos)
Well I knew you didn’t want to love me lord when you laid down on my bed
Well I knew you didn’t want to love me when you laid down on my bed
I could smell white lightning moving all around your head
I’m going downtown down lord down down down
I’m going downtown down lord down down down
I’m just about crazy ‘bout to lose my mind
(Slide Guitar Out)

11.) Bus With No Destination (Doug Macleod Band 54th and Vermont)
Key = E,G, A?

Ribbon of highway, stretching through a southern night
Thinking about’ a woman that I never did treat right
Virginia Pines, reach up to the cold night sky
I hang my head, let a tear drop fall from my eye
Riding this bus with no destination, knifing through the frosty night air
Is this the way a woman feels when she knows her man don’t care
Carol was a pretty girl, blessed with a simple mind
She spoke in hush tones and she smiled on a future times
I wanted freedom she just wanted us
A fool rides alone in the night of a greyhound bus
Riding this bus with no destination, knifing through the frosty night air
Is this the way a woman feels when she knows her man don’t care
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Night time, reading lights, people all alone in their mind
They’re looking out the windows and they’re seeing themselves
But they’re thinking on another time
Old man, broken heart, stares at a picture of his son
I got my bourbon and I’m riding this dog but I don’t think my sleep will come
(Slide Guitar Out)

2.) Doo La (Doug Macleod Band 54th and Vermont)
Key=?
Down in Louisiana there’s a potion drink, change a man as quick as a wink
You hold your nose, and you drink on down
Ain’t no woman safe in your part of town
Say Doo la, Do the Doo La with me, I’ll do you fine, Doo la Guarantee
Don’t cost no money, just a piece of your soul
You can get it back if you live to be old
You grab your woman, you do your thing
And maybe someday, you’ll hear a church bell ring
Doo la, Do the Doo La with me, I’ll do you fine, Doo la Guarantee
(Guitar Solo)
Potion made a lover from a fool, potion make a cheap stone a jewel
Ain’t but one thing this old potion can’t do
And that’s keep a keepin’ woman, keepin’ off of you
Doo la, Do the Doo La with me, I’ll do you fine, Doo la Guarantee
That’s my story, this is the end
Their ain’t no more to say my friend
When you down in Louisiana where the gators reside
There’s a little bitty potion with a mighty big surprise
Say Doo la, Do the Doo La with me, I’ll do you fine, Doo la Guarantee
Oh Doo la, Do the Doo La with me, I’ll do you fine, Doo la Guarantee

 

10.) Hey Bartender (Doug Macleod Band 54th and Vermont)

Hey bartender don’t pour your booze too slow
Hey bartender don’t pour your booze too slow
I got a whole lot of money this evening and no more place to go
I should not be drinking when things ain’t goin’ right
I should not be drinking when things ain’t goin’ right
I want you to pour me some booze buddy, Lord knows I need my sleep tonight
Two trains running, but one don’t lead me home
Two trains running baby, but one don’t lead me home
My friends ain’t really my friends, so I’m down here, just to drink, by myself all alone
(Guitar Solo)
Don’t you cry for me baby, you see I’m grown and I choose my own mind
Don’t you cry don’t you cry for me, you see I’m grown and I choose my own mind
I’ve been drunk before and this is just one more time, one more time (oh yeah!)

1.) Ronnie Earl – Ridin With Ronnie – I Like It When It Rains
(Instrumental)

3.) Ronnie Earl – Midnite Clothes – I Like It When It Rains
Oh babe what you do to me
Oh baby now, it’s murder murder murder
In the first degree
Baby baby, baby baby, can’t you see
You’re killing me
When I turn the lights down low
And put on the fancy hose
And you dress in your midnite clothes
All the things you do do do do to me
Ooh baby
Woah baby, what you do to me
Woah baby now, crime, crime, crime
For the century
Baby baby, baby baby, can’t you see
You’re killing me
When I turn the lights down low
And put on the fancy hose
And you dress in your midnite clothes
All the things you do do do to me
Woah baby
When we’re out on the town
You always dress in a fancy gown
But when we’re home
What leather and lades
You’re pretty made a face
(Ha Ha Ha)
(Oh dang it)
(Yeah)
(Alright)
Oh babe what you do to me
Oh baby now, it’s murder murder murder
In the first degree
It’s the crime the crime of the century
You’re killing me
When I turn the lights down low
And put on the fancy hose
And you dress in your midnite clothes
All the things you do do do to me
You’re killing me
You’re killing me
You’re killing me
Crime of the century
Midnite Clothes
All your fancy hose
Your high heeled shoes
All your Midnite Clothes
Midnite Clothes
Your Midnite Clothes
Your Midnite Clothes
Midnite Clothes
Your Midnite Clothes
Midnite Clothes
(I don’t want no remedy)

6.) Ronnie Earl – Walkin And Cryin – I Like It When It Rains
Walkin And Cryin thinking about my friends past and gone
Walkin And Cryin thinking about my friends past and gone
Muddy, Big Walter, Bob Anderson, I sing his song
Miss him so much people, till it hurts my mouth to talk
I miss him so much people, till hurts my mouth to talk
Lot of bad dreams lately, I have to take myself a little walk
(Piano Solo)
(Harmonica Solo)
That’s why I’m walkin’ and cryin’, but soul still seems at rest
That’s why I’m walkin’ and cryin’, but soul still seems at rest
Cause I know I spent some good good times, I spend some times with the very very best

7.) Ronnie Earl – Down On Guadalupe – I Like It When It Rains
(Instrumental)

8.) Ronnie Earl – Anna Lee – I Like It When It Rains
Well Anna Lee, I want you for my own now, Anna Lee
Well Anna Lee, honey I want you for my own now, Anna Lee
Won’t you to all mine, honey you will now, just wait and see
Well Anna Lee, don’t you hear the wind and bells ring for you
Anna Lee, don’t you hear the wind and bells ring for you, Anna Lee
Well you say you’re gonna be mine, no matter what you do
Well Anna Lee, wooo, what‘s that you got for me now
Well Anna Lee, honey what’s that you got for me, Anna Lee
I don’t know what you got, but it sho’ feel alright
(Piano Solo)
(Slide Guitar Solo)
(Alright Alright)
Well Anna Lee, know I love you, Anna Lee
Well Anna Lee, you know I love you, Anna Lee
Now, you say you wanna be mine, but woah now baby just wait and see
Well Anna Lee, I want you for my own, Anna Lee
Well Anna Lee, honey I want you for my own, Anna Lee
Say you wanna be mine, honey, just wait and see

9.) Ronnie Earl – Sittin On Top of The World – I Like It When It Rains
(Instrumental)

13. Cold Rain (Doug MacLeod Ain’t The Blues Evil)
(Slide Guitar Intro)
I got a bad bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
I got a bad bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
Cold Rain is falling, seem like all in my soul
Baby won’t you tell me what’s in your mind
OOh woman tell me what’s in your mind
Cold Rain is falling seem like falling most my time
My woman said, she don’t love me no more
My woman said, she don’t want me no more
Cold Rain is falling, seem like just walk out my door
(Slide Guitar Solo)
I got to find my shelter, got to find my shelter fast
Got to find my shelter, got to find my shelter fast
Cold Rain is falling seem like it don’t ever pass
I got a bad bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
I got a bad bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
Cold Rain is falling, seem like all in my soul
Cold Rain is falling, people all in my soul
Cold Rain is falling, in my soul

11.) Shake Your Money Maker (Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo – Travellin’ Tracks) Key = G
Lyrics (January 11, 2016)
Well I got a girl that lives up on that hill
I got a girl that lives up on that hill
Sometimes she won’t
Sometimes I think she will
Shake your (my) moneymaker
Shake your (my) moneymaker
Shake your (my) moneymaker
Shake your (my) moneymaker
Little girl I won’t tell you no lie
Well I got a girl and she just won’t be true
I got a girl and she just won’t be true
She won’t do a doggone thing I tell her to
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker (baby)
Shake your moneymaker
Little girl I won’t tell you no lie
Play that Mississippi Saxophone
(Harmonia Solo then Guitar Solo)
Well I got a girl that lives up on that hill
I got a girl that lives up on that hill
Sometimes she won’t
Sometimes I think she will
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker
(Sing me a prayer brother)
I got a girl and she just won’t be true
I got a girl and she just won’t be true
She won’t do a doggone thing I tell her to
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker
Shake your moneymaker

3.) Anywhere You Go (Roy Book Binder The Hillbilly Blues Cats)
Might go to Shreveport or old St Louis
Follow you girl like I said I do
Anywhere you go I can go there too
Well I can love you girl like you no one else can do
You might take a boat could take a train
Drivin’ your car mama flyin’ your plane
Anywhere you go I can go there too
I can love you girl like you no one else can do
(Harmonica Solo)
Ride on a camel close to desert sand
Hoppin’ alligators swim away from land
Anywhere you go I can go there too
Well I can love you girl like you no one else can do
You could run to Panama or end up in Spain
I’ll follow you girl for wind, snow, sleet, and rain
Anywhere you go I can go there too
I can love you girl like you no one else can do
(Guitar Solo)
You might get religion teach in school
I’d be doggin’girl but I won’t be your fool
Anywhere you go I can go there too
I can love you girl like you no one else can do
Don’t be a turtle climb in your shell
Stuff that I got treat surely make you well
Anywhere you go I can go there too
I can love you girl like you no one else can do
(Harmonica Solo)
You can’t hide in the ocean
Or run through the woods
Their huntin’ out and fishin’
Gonna catch you
Anywhere you go I can go there too
I can love you girl like you no one else can do
Might go to Shreveport or old St Louis
Follow you girl like I said I do
Anywhere you go I can go there too
I can love you girl like you no one else can do

7. T-Man Blues #2 (Roy Book Binder The Hillbilly Blues Cats)

Goin’ out west through Alabama, Mississippi, saying Louisiana here I am
Goin’ out west saying Louisiana here I am
Goin’ out west Louisiana here I am
Heading down to old Blue Goose to hear them blues again
Drivin’ on down to Fannin Street, hear Jessie pick guitar
Drivin’ on down to hear Jessie (pick guitar)
Drivin’ on down hear Jessie pick guitar
Tell me about them gold o’le days baby face was going so far
I’m a travelin’ man and I’m all alone and on the road again
Travelin’ man and I’m on the road again
Travelin’ man and I’m on the road again
I don’t know where I’m goin’, but I’ll tell you where I’ve been
(Guitar Solo)
High speed cruising back to Dallas town, she don’t treat me right
High speed cruising, she don’t treat me
She’s a mean mistreater man, mistreat me every night
Made me spend my money spend my money on them foolish things
Made me spend my money on them foolish things
Made me spend my money on them foolish things
Then I’ll juke and jump around and now she wants a diamond ring
Travelin’ man and I’m all alone and on the road again
Travelin’ man and I’m on the road again
Travelin’ man and I’m on the road again
I don’t know where I’m goin’, but tell you where I’ve been
Rolling across that desert sand, California here I come
Rolling across that desert sand, cryin’ California here I come
California here I come
I’m motivating man through the land of dreams and I’m looking forward to find me some
Earthquakes, heartaches, and hot dry sun believe it’s time to go
Believe it’s time to go
Okay darlin’, come follow me, but there’s one thing you must know
Travelin’ man and I’m all alone and on the road again
Travelin’ man and I’m on the road again
I’m a travelin’ man and I’m on the road again
I don’t know where I’m goin’, but I’ll tell you where I’ve been

1.) Ay Ai Ai (Sonny Landreth Down In Louisiana)

(Drum Intro)
Way down in Louisiana
Underneath the evergreen
I was sitting there all alone
Along come a Creole queen
I said, “I’m going to a party
Baby, do you want to go?”
She said, ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai, don’t know”
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai don’t know
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai don’t know
(Harmonica Solo)
Way down in Louisiana
Underneath the evergreen
I was sitting there all alone
Along come a Creole queen
I said, “I’m going to a party
Baby, do you want to go?”
She said, ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai, don’t know”
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai don’t know
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai don’t know
(Guitar Solo)
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai, don’t know
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai don’t know
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai don’t know
Ay, ai ai, ay, ai ai
Ay, ai ai, don’t know”

2.) Sugar Cane (Sonny Landreth Down In Louisiana)

(Guitar and Harmonica Intro)
Once I had a little girl
Brought a smile into my world
So sweet she had a name
Called her sugar cane
Sugar cane was natural born
Cajun from the country lord
I swear she was the sweetest thing
I loved that sugar cane
(Harmonica Solo)
Sugar cane would go to town
And all the men folk turned around
Makin’ eyes they’d want to try
To steal her away from me
But I grabbed my knife and I’d hold her hand
So them boys would understand
Don’t mess around I mean it man
I love my sugar cane
Yeeaah!!
(Guitar Solo)
Then one day she had to leave
Travel far away from me
Lord I was lonesome like I’d never been before
And then one night I fell asleep
Dreamed she had come back to me
When I woke next morning guess she’s knocking on my door
I said sugar cane you done come back baby never gonna leave again
Yeeaahh!

5.) Congo Square (Sonny Landreth Down In Louisiana)

(Drum Intro)
Might be superstition but some kind of somethin’
Goin’ on down there
It might be superstition but some kind of somethin’
Goin’ on down there
It’s an old time tradition when they play their
Drums at night in Congo Square
You can hear ’em in the distance
And the old folks up the bayou say a prayer
You can hear ’em in the distance
And the old folks up the bayou say a prayer
That’s when the voodoo people gather
And they play their drums at night in Congo Square
… voodoo people
(Harmonica Solo)
My eyes were not believin’
What I seen there but I could not turn away
My eyes were not believin’
What I seen there but I could not turn away
They had that mojo in motion
And I seen ’em dance in trance with that snake
(Guitar Solo)
Well it might be superstition
But when I hear ’em in the night I say a prayer
Yeah it might be superstition
But when I hear ’em in the night I say a prayer
Because I respects tradition
Like the kind they carry on in Congo Square
… Congo Square
(Drums Out)

8.) Little Linda (Sonny Landreth Down In Louisiana)

(Harmonica Intro)
Well, I got a little girl, she sure is sweet
You know, she’s the kind all the boys want to meet
Oh, she’s not too short, she’s not too tall
She’s not too big, she’s not too small
Well, I got to have her and the feelings wrong
Well, I’m talking about a girl called Linda La Blanche
Well, I met little Linda on Saturday night
She walked in the joint, she was lookin’ alright
I said, ‘hey, pretty mama, where ya’ coming from’
Oh, she looked me over like I was a bum
I said, ‘whoa, now darlin’, you sure are mean’
Well you the cutest little thing I ever did see
I said, whoa, little Linda
Hey, little Linda, whoa, little Linda
You sure look good to me
(Guitar Solo)
(Harmonica Solo)
Well, I kept on talkin’ till I broke the ice
And then later on she got real nice
She said, ‘hey, now honey, I’m all alone’
And I sure could use a long ride home
Well, I took her home and I stayed all night
You know ever since then I ain’t been right
I said, whoa, little Linda
Hey, little Linda, whoa, little Linda
You sure look good to me

7.) South of I-10 (Sonny Landreth South of I-10)

(Guitar Intro)
I woke up in Mississippi in ’51
Migrated next door became a native stepson
Grew up on the rhythm of Clifton and Cleveland
And the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Rocking my baby through the seventies roll
In ’81 I counted thirty years old
Turning me loose and yet holding me close
Life was a waltz that wouldn’t let go
Allons danser, Allons danser
Come on let’s dance, come on let’s dance
South of I-10 we really had it made
Lafayette boomed ’till they capped offshore
Then the oil families couldn’t take it no more
A two-step too fast with one foot slower
I lost my partner when we hit the floor
Allons danser, Allons danser
Come on let’s dance, come on let’s dance
South of I-10 we really had it made
(Guitar Solo)
While the band was cookin’ at the bar I went broke
And Clifton’s accordion was starting to smoke
With a gold toothed grin and a laugh and a shout
He said “I feel like a jet y’all, we’re takin’ off now!”
So rock me high through the ups and the lows
‘Til the music stops and it’s time to go
Accept this dance for the life we know
And we’ll get back up when we hit the floor
Allons danser, Allons danser
Come on let’s dance, come on let’s dance
South of I-10 we really got it made

9.) Mojo Boogie (Sonny Landreth South of I-10)

(Slide Guitar Intro)
Mmmmm
Mmmmm
Been to New Orleans sho’ had a wonderful time
Been to New Orleans sho’ had a wonderful time
I was high, high as a Georgia Pine
Mighty cattin’ on down on Rampart Street
Seen everybody that I wanted to meet
She said “Watch it son, stop lookin’ now
Listen to me! They got somethin’ that’ll
Knock you right off your feet”
They got that Mojo Boogie
They got that Mojo Boogie
Got that Mojo Boogie begin to slide on down
I thought she was talkin’ ’bout those in Algiers
I said “Can’t you please tell me,
Say what did you said?
They got that Louisiana boogie
And all them other kind of things
They even got somethin’ called that Mojo Hand
They got that Mojo Boogie
The Mojo Boogie
Got that Mojo Boogie begin to slide on down
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Wooooo
(Get your mojo Alan)
(Piano Solo)
(Guitar Solo)
I got me one, y’all, she sure is crazy
She got a bunch of others ’cause she’s an operator
Went to the night club she was squeezin’ me tight
I believe that was just the thing that started the fight
They got that Mojo Boogie
The Mojo Boogie
Got that Mojo Boogie begin to slide on down
Wooooooo
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Been to New Orleans sho’ had a wonderful time
Been to New Orleans sho’ had a wonderful time
The Mojo Boogie begin to slide on down

1.) Ronnie Earl – I Want to Shout About It – Plays Big Blues
She’s strong to hold me
And strong enough to turn me loose
Let me sing my song and do the best that I can do
I Want to Shout About It she’s so good for me
Now when I’m miles from home
And it’s weak still weak as again
One thought of her and I bust out in a grin
I Want to Shout About It she’s so good for me
Now when I come up short, she slip me a ten
When I need good lovin’ I just say when
And she takes me for what I am
And I know I’m a lucky man
Yeah
I’m a lucky man
I’m talking about a lucky man baby
You know I’m a lucky maaan
(Keyboard Solo)
(Saxophone)
Now when I’m dragging on home
And throw my rags my on the floor
It’s like I never left
She rocks me, long, long, long, and slow
I Want to Shout About It she’s so good for me
Yeah Yeah
I Want to Shout About It she’s so good for me
I Want to Shout About
I wanna tell the whole world about it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ooooh)

2.) Ronnie Earl – Bonehead Too – Plays Big Blues
(Instrumental)

5.) Ronnie Earl – Ronnie Johnnie – Plays Big Blues
(Instrumental)

11.) Paul Geremia – My Kinda Place (Live From Uncle Sam’s Backyard)

(Slide Guitar and Harmonica Intro)
My Kinda Place is a backstreet bar, with a low-down piano and a good guitar
Some folks like me that ain’t got nothing to lose, except for a little bit of time and a whole lot of blues
Mmmm
You can’t skin a lion my name
Hard liquor is there no matter what’s your pleasure come as you want no what’s matter the weather
They don’t care nothing about your politics that for the real-world places for kids
Mmmm
You can’t skin a lion my name
It might be in Chicago or Old Santa Fe, might be in St Louis or Philadelphia
Might be in Baltimore or Providence, don’t go looking for answers nothing makes any sense Mmmm
Can’t skin a lion my name
Yeah it’s the home for homesick the saints and the sinners, temporary shelter for the losers and the winners
It don’t matter which one or the other when you hear last call whiskey is your lover
Mmmm
You can’t skin a lion my name
(Harmonica Solo)
(Slide Guitar)
It might bring you up and it might you down, it’s just another stop on life’s mary go round
You might fall off, and you might get hurt, you try another pony and shed off the dirt
Mmmm
You can’t skin a lion my name
(Harmonic Solo)
(Guitar Solo)
Don’t bring too much money or your good advice they like as it is there in a paradise
Bound to find someone who will listen to your woes, if your down at the heels it’ll put you up on your toes
You can’t skin a lion my name
Now don’t you criticize them folks that might gather around, My Kinda Place
Nothing looks sadder than a self-righteous soul that falls off his high horse winds off stupefied in the water and trough
Mmmm
You can’t skin a lion
You can’t skin a lion
You can’t skin a lion my name

15. Paul Geremia – Somethin’ Gotta Be Arranged (Live From Uncle Sam’s Backyard)

(Slide Guitar Intro)
Please baby please my love for you won’t change
Locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta ‘rranged
When you were homeless and all strung out
‘Member how I took you in
When I was sick and lowdown
You helped come round
And I’d been lovin’ you ever since
And it is please baby please my love for you won’t change
Locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
I’m, traveling feeling weary
Working from town to town
But in my dreams you take me back
And my hearts jumps up and down
Please baby please my love for you won’t change
Locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
(Slide Guitar Solo)
I thought if I quit drinkin’
My mind would wear you off
But I’m still right now on the same highway
And I’ve still ain’t paid the cost
Please baby please my love for you won’t change
Locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
We didn’t have much conversation
Used to just sit and grin
I’s living alone little before I met you gal
And I can live that way again
But it is please baby please my love for you won’t change
Locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged
(Slide Guitar Solo)
I love the way you look little gal
I love the way you smell
Can’t get over the taste of your love
And uh It’s driving me through hell
Please baby please my love for (you won’t change)
Locked in my heart you hold a key
Somethin’ gotta be arranged somethin’ gotta be arranged

16. Paul Geremia – Big Walter (Live From Uncle Sam’s Backyard)

(Harmonica Intro)
Blind John Davis told me that Sunnyland called him up.
He said late last night on the 6th of December Big Walter’s times was up
Big Walter’s time was up.
(Harmonica Solo)
He said Sunnyland was gonna call Muddy and give him a terrible news
That the world no longer would be able see Big Walter Horton sing his blues
Big Walter Horton sing his blues
(Harmonica Solo)
In his hand he held the silver harp through which the smoke and music swelled
And he walked through the crowd joined the fans he loved and he sang what the people felt
He sang what the people felt
(Harmonica Solo)
Yeah the blues poured from his black man’s soul like a rain from a stormy sky
He could make you want to jump for joy and he could bring tears to a strong man’s eyes
He could bring tears to a strong man’s eyes
(Harmonica Solo)
He played in Chicago, he played overseas and he played all over this land
And no matter where he is you can be damn sure he’s playing in a heavenly band
He’s playing in a heavenly band
(Harmonica Solo)
Yeah Blind John Davis told me that Sunnyland called him up.
He said late last night on the 6th of December Big Walter’s times was up
Big Walter’s time was up.
(Harmonica Out)
Muchas Gracias Buenos Noches
See you again sometime I hope

5.) You Can’t Stop Now (Roy Rogers Pleasure and Pain) Key = G
Lyrics (January 5/6, 2016)
If you think you’re goin’ that wrong direction
And if you got it all ridin’ on the line
And your reality just won’t meet your perception
The last roll of the dice is not so kind
It’s too late, it’s too late
It’s too late, oh… baby you can’t stop now (can’t stop now)
And you can try so hard to reach perfection
But there’s always somethin’ more than what’s in your hand
And the devil may give you a predilection
You better be on call to make your last stand
It’s too late, it’s too late
It’s too late, oh… baby you can’t stop now (can’t stop now)
Baby you stop now
(Guitar Solo)
(Yeah baby you can’t stop now)
If you think you’ve waited baby way too long
But you’ve still lookin’ out to maybe see a sign
You know fate may come and maybe make you wrong
You just can’t hold back the hands of time
It’s too late, it’s too late
It’s too late, oh… baby you can’t stop now (can’t stop now)
Baby you can’t stop now
Come on Roy
Can’t stop now
Can’t stop now
(Guitar Out)

7.) Gertie Ruth (Roy Rogers Pleasure and Pain) Key = F
Lyrics (January 5/6, 2016)
Gertie Ruth big den is back in the alley-way
So rich old men can sneak in sight unseen
They check their coats and their hats and they check their identities
And they smile at the hostess named Angeline
They are the cream of New Orleans and they pass through the doorway
Every once in a while a politician or two
Real southern genteel but they really let their hair down
But no one gets too close to Gertie Ruth (now Gertie Ruth)
She lives her life in a mercenary territory
She may singe your hide and make your soul unclean
Gertie Ruth, Gertie Ruth, she’ll charm you down to purgatory
Never once did that woman ever tell me the truth
Oh… Gertie Ruth
(Guitar Solo)
Gerite Ruth is strong for fine musicians
They drop by anytime in the town for free
A few notes of blues and they cruise up the stairway
For some of Gertie Ruth’s own special hospitality
She had special relation with a junkie and a horn man
You know he played his soul and was one-of-a-kind
‘Til one mornin’ they found his body in a suitcase
Floatin’ down in the waters of Pontchartrain
She lives her life in a mercenary territory
She may singe your hide and make your soul unclean
Gertie Ruth, Gertie Ruth, she’ll charm you down to purgatory
Never once did that woman ever tell me the truth (Gertie Ruth)
Oh… Gertie Ruth
Oh… Gertie Ruth
A Gertie Ruth
Gertie Ruth
Yeah Gertie Ruth
(Guitar Out)

8.) Bloody Barefoot Blues (Roy Rogers Pleasure and Pain) Key = F#
Lyrics (January 5/6, 2016)
I walk the streets of but I’m bleeding from my feet
I see the judging look upon the face that I meet
They say that I’m the one to blame
For walkin’ with no shoes
They tell me losers have to sing those
Bloody Barefoot Blues
No fancy school for me to get a Ph.D.
I graduated from the street with no tuition fee
I didn’t have the will or the freedom to choose
You know my feet were forced to sing those
Bloody Barefoot Blues
Well I’m walking with no shoes
Those bloody barefoot blues
Some people born to win
Some people born to lose
Some people they walk those bloody barefoot blues
(Guitar Solo)
Always workin’ for the man fancy shoes on his feet
I filled their wallets one by one, me, I earned enough to eat
They’re cruisin’ ‘round in fancy style, me,
I’m walkin’ with no shoes
They tell losers have to sing those
Bloody Barefoot Blues
Well I’m walking with no shoes
Those bloody barefoot blues
Some people born to win
Some people born to lose
Some people they walk those bloody barefoot blues
(Guitar Out)

9.) My Rose in the Snow (Roy Rogers Pleasure and Pain) Key = G#
Lyrics (January 5/6, 2016)
I shared you with the sun in the summer
But summer love’s a gypsy on the fun
You left me all alone for a stranger
I’m feelin’ oh so lonely and down so low
And I wonder where my summer has gone to
I’m searching for my rose in the snow
Summer was the time we had together
But now the snow is falling in the cold
Without you I no longer have my freedom
I just don’t seem to go
And I wonder where my summer has gone to
I’m searching for my rose in the snow
My world is so cold and so lonely
I don’t seem to know where to go
And I wonder where my summer has gone to
I’m searching for my rose in the snow
(Guitar Solo)
Loving you was all that really mattered
I’ll search until I find you once again
Searching for you in the chill of winter
I’m thinking back to how our love began
And I wonder where my summer has gone to
I’m searching for my rose in the snow

10.) Down at Josephine’s (Roy Rogers Pleasure and Pain) Key = G
Lyrics (January 5/6, 2016)
There’s a place I go – that’s way across town
No flashin’ lights – just a sign that’s down
It’s on a one way street – you know it’s hard to find
Don’t be too careful or you’ll have a good time
A dance floor that’s crowded servin’ beer and wine
If you find the place you know ain’t no fluke
Josephine’s – Don’t you be know square
Josephine’s – You can boogie down there
When the joint gets jumpin’ you can have a ball
Josephine’s – they come from all around
Josephine’s – you can take me on down
There ain’t no closing time down at Josephine’s
When the party starts going they ain’t no end
Like there’s no tomorrow – and there’s ain’t no sin
You can lose yourself – to the time at hand
You can dance real crazy to a rockin’ good band
Jo’s the queen of the hop – and baby’s she’s so fine
All the men go crazy just to call her name
Josephine’s – Don’t you be know square
Josephine’s – you can boogie down there
When the joint gets jumpin’ you can have a ball
Josephine’s – they come from all around
Josephine’s – you can take me on down
There ain’t no closing time down at Josephine’s
(Guitar Solo)
If the band don’t show there’s still something to do
They’ll keep on rocking to a serious juke
Some nine dressed people – sportin’ hi-heeled shoes
When the morning comes the place will give you the blues
But you bet your money – you got nothin’ to lose
The juke will be jumping next evening time
Josephine’s – Don’t you be know square
Josephine’s – you can boogie down there
When the joint gets jumpin’ you can have a ball
Josephine’s – they come from all around
Josephine’s – you can take me on down
There ain’t no closing time down at Josephine’s
I said I there ain’t no closing time down at Josephine’s

1.) Doola (Doug MacLeod Live As It Gets) Key?
John “Juke” Logan and Doug Macleod
Let’s here for them
All Right All Right
Down in Louisiana there’s a potion drink,
You know it change a man as quick as a wink
You hold your nose, and you drink on down
Ain’t no woman safe in your part of town
Oh Baby Doo la, Do some Doo La with me, I’ll do you fine baby, Doo la Guarantee
Don’t cost no money, just a piece of your soul
They say you get it back if you live to be old
You grab your woman, you do your thing
Maybe someday, you’ll hear a church bell ring
Oh Doo la, Do some Doo La with me, I’ll do you fine sugar, Doo la Guarantee
(All right partner)
(Harmonica Solo)
(Yeah Juke)
(Juke Logan ladies and gentleman)
The potion makes a lover from a fool
You know the potion make a cheap stone a jewel
Ain’t but one thing this old potion can’t do
And that’s keep a keepin’ woman, keepin’ off of you
Lord Doo la, Do some Doo La with me, I got to do you fine sugar, Doo la Guarantee
(Guitar Solo)
That’s my story, this is the end
Ain’t no more to say my friend
When you down in Louisiana where the gators reside
There’s a little bitty potion with a mighty big surprise
Sayin’ Doo la, Do some Doo La with me,
I got to do you fine baby, Doo la Guarantee
I got to do you fine baby, Doo la Guarantee
I’ll do you fine woman, do your Doo la with me
(We thank you very much)

7. Nosy Neighbors (Doug MacLeod & John “Juke” Logan Live As It Gets) Key?

(Harmonica Intro)
(Clapping)
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
Well I can tell by your gossip
You only envy me
Well I got a nosy neighbor across the street
All day long she pats her feet
She’s always yakkin’, all over town
She’s always yakkin’ when the goes down
Nosy Neighbors … why won’t let me be
Tell ya’ who was drinkin’ last Saturday night
Tell ya’ everybody who was on the fight
Tell ya’ how long they stayed in jail
And just how long it took to go their bail
Nosy Neighbors … why won’t let me be
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
Well I can tell by your gossip
You only envy me
(Harmonica Solo)
Well I must admit she’s pretty keen
She’s got a line on everything
She’s the judge jury, Johnny Cochran too
If you don’t watch out, she’s gonna sentence you
Nosy Neighbors … why won’t let me be
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
I want to hear Doug MacLeod get down in Funky D, Dirty D, Down D, Dog D.
(Guitar Solo)
(Dirty D Doug MacLeod on guitar)
(Harmonica)
Well I must admit she’s pretty keen
She’s got a line on everything
She’s the judge jury, Johnny Cochran too
If you don’t watch out, she gonna sentence you
Nosy Neighbors … why won’t let me be
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
Well I can tell by your gossip
You only envy me
Nosy Neighbors, Nosy Neighbors
Why won’t let me be
Well I can tell by your gossip
You only envy me

9.) Love Engineer (Doug MacLeod Live As It Gets)
(Spoken Introduction)
We’re going to do one that ah got to chronical
This is one of those things
Every time I write a song I think you got chronical things
You know what I mean, it’s out there, so you chronical it and you got it down
This is a song for everybody in love or everybody that needs love
That should be everybody in the house
This song is called Love Engineer
Everybody got to have a Love Engineer
Ah ha Yeah, here’s the song about it The Love Engineer
See he is not a songwriter, he’s a chronicaler
One of the great chronicalers of the blues
(Lyrics)
All you women ain’t getting much
Been a long since a loving touch
I don’t care if you ain’t got it right
What you need sweet thing you can have tonight
Sit right down, but your fine, your sexy, your foxy, your self-righteous
Sit right down, you with the Love Engineer
I ain’t been to college ain’t got no degree
Few in this world make love better than me
I don’t care if you dissatisfied
I can make you feel girl and it ain’t not lie
Sit right down, but your fine, your sexy, your foxy, your self-righteous
Sit right down, woman, you with the Love Engineer
(2 minute harmonica solo)
(Yeah man Juke Logan y’all)
See a good woman ain’t no man
That’s how to me to understand
New get old, old get new
What I got for you baby is tried and true
Sit right down, but your fine, your sexy, your foxy, your self-righteous
Sit right down, you with the Love Engineer

11. Cold Rain (Doug MacLeod Live As It Gets)
(Slide Guitar Intro)
I got a bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
Mmmmmmm she don’t love me no more
Cold Rain falling, just look in my soul
Baby won’t you, tell me what’s in your mind
Mmmmmmmm, tell me what’s in your mind
Cold Rain falling seem like most my time
My woman said, she don’t want me no more
My woman said, she don’t want me no more
Cold Rain falling, just look in my soul
(Slide Guitarw Solo)
I’ve got a bad bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
I said oooo watch out she don’t love me no more
Cold Rain is falling, just look in my soul
Cold Rain is falling, just look in my soul

1. Whose Truth Whose Lies (Doug MacLeod Whose Truth Whose Lies) Key F?

Whose Truth Whose Lies
That’s the feeling I do despise
One politicians made a promise
The other one said it ain’t true
They fightin’ amongst themselves
At expense of me and you
If I did my job y’all
The way the fools theirs
I’d be begging in the streets
No one in my life would care
Whose Truth Whose Lies
That’s the feeling I do despise
We got children killing children with guns and dope
Saw a monkey get fat on those who brought hope
I said how many more children now must I see die
Before you stand up and renounce your lies
Whose Truth Whose Lies
That’s the feeling I do despise
(Guitar Solo)
Whose Truth Whose Lies
That’s the feeling I do despise
Now I’m listening to this lawyer
He talking cool and calm
Selling me a bill of goods you know
You know damn well it’s wrong
He keep the truth hidden
And carry a world of scheme
If you don’t watch out partner
He prove a river runs upstream
Whose Truth Whose Lies
That’s the feeling I do despise
Whose Truth Whose Lies
That’s the feeling I do despise
(Talk about that son)
(Guitar Solo Out)

3. ‘Splain It to Me (Doug MacLeod Whose Truth Whose Lies) Key G?

‘Splain that to Me ‘Splain that real slow
You see I never answer from nothing
I don’t know
My woman ordered Brandy
She want a 9-dollar shot
I said in order to get next to you
I got to give up more than what I’ve got
I said honey you got ‘Splain that to Me
‘Splain that real slow
You see I never answer from nothing I don’t know
I go down honest John’s
Yes I’m gonna buy me a brand new used car
He said you got 800 dollars son
This autowheel will take you far
I said man you got ‘Splain that to Me
‘Splain that real slow
You see I never answer from nothing I don’t know
(Harmonica Solo)
My woman goes shopping
She shops real hard
She said, I got all these things on sale
So I put them on your Master Card
I said honey you got ‘Splain that to Me
‘Splain that real slow
You see I never answer from nothing I don’t know
That’s good advice y’all

9. Rise Up (Doug MacLeod Whose Truth Whose Lies) Key Open G or Open A?

Rise up Ohh rise up carry on
Rise up Ohh rise up carry on
Don’t you worry about your past see you past, ain’t nothing been gone
You can’t ever change what has been and what’s been done (Rise Up)
I said you can’t ever change what has been and what’s been done (Rise Up)
But your darkness gonna fade, with the coming of the sun (Rise Up)
This man got a dream, he’s a got one more chance to choose (Rise Up)
I know this man with a dream, he’s got one more chance to choose (Rise Up)
When you rise up from the bottom, you know you ain’t got time to lose (Rise Up)
(Slide Guitar Solo)
(Come On Now)
(Rise Up)
Lord Rise up Ohh rise up carry on (Rise Up Carry On)
Rise up Ohh rise up carry on (Rise Up Carry One)
Don’t you worry about your past no your past, ain’t nothing been gone
(Rise Up)
It’s gone
Rise Up Rise up Ohh rise up carry on
Rise up Ohh rise up carry on (Rise Up Carry One)
Oh yeah
Rise up rise up carry on (Rise Up Carry On)
Rise up rise up carry on (Rise Up Carry On)
Rise up rise up carry on (Rise Up Carry On)
Rise up rise up carry on (Rise Up Carry On)
Come On Girl
Come On Girl
Come Daryl preach it to me son

12. You Won’t Find Me (Doug MacLeod Whose Truth Whose Lies) Key?

Now you lookin’ back, on what used to be
You might find yourself, but you won’t find me
I said oooooh, I said oooooh
I said oooooh, No you won’t find me
You time is like a river, it comes and go
Ain’t no stopping it’s steady flow
I said oooooh, I said oooooh
I said oooooh, it’s steady flow
(Guitar Solo)
Now you can’t go back to yesterday
For what you missed long gone away
I said oooooh, I said oooooh
I said oooooh, long gone away
Anybody asks you who sang this song
You say a traveling soul, I’ve been here I’ve been gone
I said oooooh, I said oooooh
I said oooooh, I’ve been here I’ve been gone
I’ve been here I’ve been gone
I’ve been here I’ve been gone
Mmmmm Mmmmm
Mmmmm I’ve been here I’ve been gone

1.) Daryl Davis – I’m A Boogie Man – American Roots
(Piano Intro)
Well I boogied last night and the night before
When I woke this morning, I wanted to boogie some more
I’m the boogie man
(He’s the boogie man)
I’m the boogie woogie man
(He’s the boogie woogie man)
I like boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as I can
You know I boogied with Sally
And her sister too
And her mama walked in
She did the boogie woogie too
I’m the boogie man
(He’s the boogie man)
I’m the boogie woogie man
(He’s the boogie woogie man)
I like boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as I can
Well the barber found out and was gonna take my life
I boogied with his daughters and I boogied with wife
Well I’m the boogie man
(He’s the boogie man)
I’m the boogie woogie man
(He’s the boogie woogie man)
I like boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as I can
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
He likes to boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as he can
I can boogie with one, two, three, or four
I keep on boogiein’ until my woogie gets sore
I’m the boogie man
(He’s the boogie man)
I’m the boogie woogie man
(He’s the boogie woogie man)
I like boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as I can
When I start boogin’ you’ll holler please don’t stop
And I’ll keep on boogin’ until I blow my top
I’m the boogie man
(He’s the boogie man)
I’m the boogie woogie man
(He’s the boogie woogie man)
He likes to boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as I can
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
(Boogie Woogie shoot shoot)
(Aw whip it whip it whip it)
(Make me feel good)
He likes to boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as he can
Well if you are looking for some fun
Or something to do
Step around the corner and
Let me boogie with you
I’m the boogie man
(He’s the boogie man)
I’m the boogie woogie man
(He’s the boogie woogie man)
He likes to boogie woogie woogie boogie
Boogie as much as I can
Bye, Bye
Hand Clapping
(Bye Bye)
Hand Clapping
Hand Clapping
Hand Clapping

2.) Daryl Davis – Leave Me Alone – American Roots
Every time I go out walkin
It never fails
Some little girl is on my tail
I say leave me alone
I want to walk by myself
I’m in love with one woman
I ain’t gonna walk with no one else
And every night I go to sleep
My phone will always ring
Some little girl wants to play with my ding-a-ling
Leave me alone
I want to sleep by myself
I make love to one woman
I ain’t gonna sleep with no one else
Ah Huh
Ah Huh Huh
Ah Huh
Ah Huh Huh
Ah Huh
Ah Huh Huh
(Piano solo)
(Saxophone Solo)
And every time I start dreamin’
Your always on my mind
Leave all my other woman
Woaow behind
If I could have you
I wouldn’t want nobody else
And if I can’t have you darlin’
I’ll just stay by myself
Ah Huh
Ah Huh Huh
Ah Huh
Ah Huh Huh
Ah Huh
Ah Huh Huh
(Guitar Solo)
Ah Huh

3.) Daryl Davis – We All Owe A Debt – American Roots (Dedicated To Chuck Berry)
Maybelline is still crusin’ about 50 years later
And he’s still mog her baby tryin’ to date her
From Memphis and Norfolk to the Promise Land
George Thorogood and Keith Richards say he’s still the man
He took some boogie, some country, and some blues
Called rock ‘n’ roll rockabilly and delivered his views
It was thugs that followed him who made the news
For along time after he had paid his dues
He wrote the constitution for this land of rock ‘n’ roll
And he’s the daddy and every gal or foe
Once you see him you never stop talkin about
The way he does his crazy duck walkin’
(Guitar Solo)
He see him come and he see him go
As a rockette, rock, funk, and disco
In 50s he had Elvis Presley knees knockin’
50 years later he’s still got us rockin’
Down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way up north he is the king of kings
We feel it in his songs when he sings
We hear it in his guitar when it rings
(Guitar Solo)
(Piano Solo)
From deep in the heart of Texas to the Frisco Bay
He and his music are here to stay
Put his name up in lights, so it’s well understood
We all owe a debt to Johnny B. Goode

4.) Daryl Davis – Let Me Boogie Your Woogie – American Roots
Come on pretty baby get your tail on the floor
I’m gonna wrap my arms around and rock you till your body gets sore
Let Me Boogie Your Woogie (All Night Long)
Rockin’ your roll (to the break of dawn)
Make love to you baby right here on the floor
I’ve been wanting to dance with a girl just like you
Are you the kind of girl, who will let me dance like I do
Let Me Boogie Your Woogie (All Night Long)
Rockin’ your roll (to the break of dawn)
Make love to you baby right here on the floor
(Piano Solo)
When I dance with you I get a feelin’ I’ve never felt before
Come on and shake it for me cause I really dig your meat
Won’t you grind me some more
And Let Me Boogie Your Woogie (All Night Long)
Rockin’ your roll (to the break of dawn)
Make love to you baby right here on the floor
(Guitar Solo)
Let Me Boogie Your Woogie (All Night Long)
Rockin’ your roll (to the break of dawn)
Make love to you baby right here on the floor
Let Me Boogie Your Woogie rockin’ your roll
Thrill you all over fill your body with my soul
And make love to you baby right here on the floor

5.) Daryl Davis – Going Back To The Country – American Roots
I’m going to the country
Lord that’s where I belong
When you wake up city girl
This country boy will be gone
I’m gonna pack my clothes
And I won’t even say goodbye
Honey you know how I hate
To see a city girl cry
City girl you’re not to blame
I enjoy making love to you the same
But no part of me can you claim
Not my body, not my name
I’m going to the country
Baby that’s where I will roam
Get ready you country women
I’m coming on home
(Piano)
City girl you’re not to blame
The city ain’t wild and I ain’t tame
Although I love your just the same
I’m going from where I came
I’m going to the country
Lord that’s where I belong
When you wake up city woman
Your country boy will be gone
(Guitar Solo)
I’m going to the country
No more cities will I roam
Get ready you country women
I’m coming on home
So long I’m gone
And I won’t be back no more
I’m gonna find me a country gal
Down the road I go

6.) Daryl Davis – Romp In The Swamp – American Roots
(Instrumental)

7.) Daryl Davis – Broadminded – American Roots
Well I went to school and earned a college degree
I’ve been around the world to see what I can see
Come to find out, that I only lack one thing
To have lots of women and never buy a ring
Cause I’m broadminded (Broadminded)
I got broads on my mind (Broads on his mind)
I just think about women think about them all the time
(Broadminded he’s broadminded)
They can be red head, a blonde, brunette
Have black hair or no hair wear a wig or net
I like them petite and I also like them tall
A worley guy like me takes them any size at all
Cause I’m broadminded
I got broads on my mind
Any kind of girl will do me just fine
I’m broadminded
I’m broadminded
Yeah I’m broadminded
I’m so broadminded I got a one-track mind
(Broadminded, he’s broadminded)
(Piano Solo)
(Guitar Solo)
Now if your worried about your looks
But you want to have a ball
I ain’t narrow minded just give me a call
I’ll take any lady from 18-81
What does age matter when we’re having fun
You know I’m broadminded
I got broads on my mind
I want to make love with two or three at a time
I’m broadminded
Yeah I’m broadminded
I’m so broadminded I got a one-track mind
(Broadminded, he’s broadminded)
(Guitar Solo)
I’m so broadminded wooooo I’m broadminded
Yeah I’m so broadminded I got a one-track mind
I’m so broadminded I got a one-track mind
Yeah I’m so broadminded I got a one-track mind

8.) Daryl Davis – Double D Blues – American Roots (Dedicated To Johnnie Johnson)
(Instrumental)

9.) Daryl Davis – Karen Lee – American Roots
When I first met you baby honey you were just 21
I said come one out we can have lots of fun
And now that your legal won’t you be my little honey bun
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Wooo Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee Karen Lee baby what are you doing to me?
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
You baby blue eyes and long blonde hair
Honey won’t you be my Teddy Bear
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee Karen Lee baby what are you doing to me?
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
(Piano Solo)
(Saxophone Solo)
Well she rides around town in a red sports car
Cutest little girl from near or far
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee Karen Lee baby what are you doing to me?
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
I was in love with you baby long before I know the name
And every time you look at me honey, I just about go insane
Well I hope and pray one day you will feel the same
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Wooo Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee Karen Lee baby what are you doing to me?
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
(Guitar Solo)
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Wooo Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee Karen Lee baby what are you doing to me?
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Wooo Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Yeah Yeah Karen Lee
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)
Karen Lee Karen Lee baby what are you doing to me?
Karen Lee (Karen Lee) (Karen Lee)

10.) Daryl Davis – I’m Coming Back – American Roots
When I left my happy home, I had women on my mind
I left my wife and children, I left my family behind
Now I got a pain in my heart
And a guilty conscious on my mind
I’m Coming Back
(Piano Solo)
I’m Coming Back
I’m coming back to my broken home
Back to my children
No more nights will I roam
Back to my wife, yes, I know I did her wrong
(Guitar Solo)
Please forgive, it’s the one thing I beg of you
I know I was wrong, for doin’ the things I do
But with your forgiveness
I know we can see it through
(Saxophone Solo)
Yes, I’m coming back to my broken home
Back to my children
No more nights will I roam
Back to my wife, and make it my happy home

11.) Daryl Davis – One Foot In The Graveyard – American Roots
I got one Foot In The Graveyard
One hand on the nurse
The doctor keeps sayin’ you ain’t getting no better
Son your only worse
Well I’ve been laid up in this hospital bed
For darn near over a week
They keep their eyes on me in the morning, noon, at night
And whenever I take a leak
They say if I don’t dry I’ll settle down
And leave those women alone
I’m going go out, get drunk, get shot up
And come to rest at my eternal home
Well I finally got out
But I neglected my prescribed medication
I had some brew and got into a slight altercation
This lady’s husband caught me holding his wife by her hand
Now right back in this same hospital room again
With One Foot In The Graveyard
One hand on the nurse
The doctor keeps sayin’ you ain’t getting no better
Son your only worse
If you don’t stop your drinkin’
Your other fool is gonna start sinkin’
Your life your bound to lose
Chasin’ women and drinkin’ booze
(Guitar Solo)
Well my wife came by here to see me
Just the other night
Sayin’ my kids were home cryin’
Cause their daddy had been in one hell of fight
She said if I didn’t straighten up and calm down
And try a brand-new start
She would no longer be remain here with me
Til death do us part
Well the day finally came that lost my job
My girlfriend and my wife
She packed all her things and took her kids
And that damn near ended my life
I wish I had listened to what I was told
As I lay hear in this bed
The way things are goin’
The doctor going to pull that sheet
On over my head
I got One Foot In The Graveyard
One hand on the nurse
The doctor keeps sayin’ you ain’t getting no better
Son your only worse
If you don’t stop your drinkin’
Your other fool is gonna start sinkin’
Your life your bound to lose
Chasin’ women and drinkin’ booze
(Yeah)
You got One Foot In The Graveyard
One Foot In The Graveyard
One Foot In The Graveyard
You know my life ain’t been nothing but the blues
Chasing women and drinking booze

12.) Daryl Davis – Y2K Boogie – American Roots (Dedicated To Pinetop Perkins)
(Instrumental)

8.) Brownsville (Cephas & Wiggins From Richmond to Atlanta) Key = G
Well I’m going down in Brownsville, take that right hand road
Yeah, I’m going down in Brownsville, take that right hand road
And I ain’t stop walking until I reach my baby’s door
Yeah the woman that I love got long curly hair
Yeah the woman that I’m love got long curly hair
And her mother and her father, won’t allow me there
I’m going write me a letter goin, mail it in the air
I’m going write me a letter goin, mail it in the air
And if any man can stay there stay most anywhere
(Guitar Solo)
Well my first name is John ain’t gonna tell my second name
Well my first name is John ain’t gonna tell my second name
And the way she treats me low down dirty shame
(Harmonica Solo)
Well I knew you didn’t love me when she laid down on my bed
Yeah I knew you didn’t love me when she laid down on my bed
I could smell white lightning moving all around her head
(Guitar Solo)
Well I asked for some cabbage she give me turnip greens
I asked for some cabbage she give me turnip greens
I asked for water gave me gasoline
I’m going downtown down lord down down down
I’m going downtown down lord down down down
I’m just about crazy ‘bout to lose my mind
I’m just about crazy ‘bout to lose my mind
Lord I’m just about crazy ‘bout to lose my mind

4.) Roberta (Cephas & Wiggins From Richmond to Atlanta, 2000) Key = E
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well I reached for you in the dark last night, my eyes were open wide
I couldn’t see you girl, I couldn’t feel you, you know I broke right down and cried
And I cried Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well I searched these streets for a friendly face, I stopped at every juke joint in town
Well I swear to God, it’s a damned disgrace the way the women here been turnin’ me down
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well last night I dreamed last night that I heard you calling my name your voice was music to my ears
I woke up this morning in a hotel room baby drowning in my tears
And I’m crying Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
(Let me call that girl)
(Harmonica Solo)
And I’m crying Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well one of these old lonesome days I guess I’ll make it back home again
Meanwhile each and every night I pray for an angel of mercy to save a sinking man
Roberta where are you, can’t you hear me call
Well I’m 1,000 miles away from home, with back against the wall
Well well well with back against the wall
I’m crying with back against the wall
Let’s go on home with back against the wall

1.) Leeve Town (Sonny Landreth Levee Town)

(Slide Guitar Intro)
Sunlight blinking through the cypress knees
Lays shadow steps in front of Jacob and me
As if we’re guided by the heavens’ eye
On a ladder road down to the levee town
Quick as lightning, news is frightening
Kayla, my neighbor, where you running to?
Yelling, “Thunder! The prophets have not blundered
The great locks are opening soon.”
The river is high and the sandbags are sinking low
Whoa, they’re rocking the cradle
But some day we’ll rock-a-bye and roll
Out the red carpet ‘long the Atchafalaya
And we’ll snake up the river and rejoice in style
Break out a bottle of fine gulping wine
And raise Cain down in the levee town
I heard old Moses was hired to go
By the Corps of Engineers to run this show
Out of the Basin, two by two
Just ask Noah, he knows what to do
The river is high and the sandbags are sinking low
Whoa, they’re rocking the cradle
But some day we’ll rock-a-bye and roll
Out the red carpet ‘long the Atchafalaya
And we’ll snake up the river and rejoice in style
Break out a bottle of fine gulping wine
And raise Cain down in the levee town
(Slide Guitar Solo)
In the eye of the storm, we will face our fears
At the reckoning place, all channels wind up here
Live oaks point the way
With twisted trunks under mossy drapes
So pull back the curtain, the Devil be damned
Into the fog, we will make our stand
But the word gets around, so don’t be surprised
At who shows up down in the levee town
The river is high and the sandbags are sinking low
Hey, they’re rocking the cradle
But some day rock-a-bye and roll
Out the red carpet ‘long the Atchafalaya
And we’ll snake up the river and rejoice in style
Break out a bottle of fine gulping wine
And raise Cain down in the levee town
Roll out the red carpet ‘long the Atchafalaya
And we’ll snake up the river and rejoice in style
Break out a bottle of fine gulping wine
And raise Cain down in the levee town
(Guitar Solo Out)

3.) U.S.S. Zydecoldmobile (Sonny Landreth Levee Town)

(Slide Guitar Intro)
You can feel the horses under the hood
Through thick and thin pull us out of the wood
She’s the smoothest ride, yeah, you’ll ever feel
She’s the Delta slide of automobiles
Double clutchin’ on the backseat
I hear you, yeah, with your main squeeze
Playing triple row accordion fills
In the USS Zydecoldsmobile
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS Zydecoldsmobile
(Slide Guitar)
Mardi Gras run block the road
Park the car and join the show
Get up on the trunk and dance at will
Aboard the USS Zydecoldsmobile
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS Zydecoldsmobile
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Yeah, spirit moves through everyone
We have faith and we have fun
God bless the turning wheel
Of my USS Zydecoldsmobile
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS Zydecoldsmobile
Come ride with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Double clutchin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Hip shakin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Come ride with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Double clutchin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Come ride with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Hip shakin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Come ride with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Double clutchin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Double clutchin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Double clutchin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Double clutchin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Hip shakin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Zydecoldsmobile Zydecoldsmobile

9.) Z. Rider (Sonny Landreth Levee Town)
(Instrumental)

 

2.) Hell At Home (Sonny Landreth The Road We Are On)

Her daddy’s doorbell was a ringin’
When I called on the telephone
He was the one to answer me
So I told him what was goin’ on
Sir I love your daughter
But we don’t get along
Now sir I love your daughter
But we don’t get along
In fact it’s true to tell
She’s been givin’ me hell at home
No sir she ain’t ailin’
‘fact she’s still goin’ strong
No sir she ain’t ailin’
‘fact she’s still goin’ strong
Now she’s alive and well
And she’s alive and well
Just a givin’ me hell at home
(Hell at Home)
(Acoustic Guitar Solo)
I said your moody little angel
Done packed her bags and gone
I said your moody little angel
Done packed her bags and gone
Now she’s a ringin’ your bell
And gonna be givin’ you hell at home
(Hell at Home)
(Electric Guitar Solo)
Just a moody little angel
Done packed her bags and gone
I said you moody little angel
Done packed her bags and gone
Now she’s the ringin’ your bell
Gonna be givin’ you hell at home

3.) All About You (Sonny Landreth The Road We’re On)

(Slide Guitar Intro)
We can’t pick up the pieces
I’m here to break the news
We can’t pick up the pieces
I’m here to break the news
The rest of my life
Ain’t gonna be all about you
Now when you shake your head
You make me dizzy too
Now when you shake your head
You make me dizzy too
Sometimes baby
Everything ain’t all about you
(Ain’t all about you)
(Slide Guitar Solo)
You got to back up baby
So you can face the truth
You got to back up baby
So you can face the truth
Yeah the rest of my life
Ain’t gonna be all about you
I’m gonna take my leave
And leave this with you
I’m gonna take my leave
And leave this with you
Sometimes baby
Everything ain’t all about you
Yeah the rest of my life
Ain’t gonna be all about you

4.) Sonny Landreth – A World Away – The Road We’re On

Wake up baby listen to me
It’s time to open your eyes
Snap out of this dream
Where do you go
When you space
Right out in the middle of somethin’
I’m tryin’ to say I can tell
I know you well
Girl you’re a world away
Though you hold me
Close my dear
You may as well be a million
Miles from here
I’ve seen you light your candle and pray
You got a new lover or an old flame
I can tell I know you well
Girl you’re a world away
(Slide Guitar Solo)
I love you darlin’ hate to see you go
That’s why it will break my spirit
When you bare your soul
But I will swallow the sober truth
Oh my hungry heart is losin’ you
I can tell I know you well
Girl you’re a world away
Girl you’re a world away
Girl you’re a world away
Girl you’re a world away
(Slide Guitar Solo)

5.) Sonny Landreth – Gone Pecan – The Road We’re On

Stretch the road beneath my treads
I got a tap in my toes from a song in my head
I got a Gibson Firebird and a Dumble too
A Coricidin bottle to carry the blues
So don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
Don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
(Guitar Solo)
Out of the air into my radio
On a strong signal we got zydeco
Yeah all the stars are droppin’ by
And i’m locked on and pull ’em out of the sky
So don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
Don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
(Guitar Solo)
All the stars are droppin’ by
And i’m locked on and pull ’em out of the sky
So don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
So don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

2.) Blue Freightliner (Watermelon Slim Up Close and Personal)

I got a blue Freightliner rolling down the road
I got a blue Freightliner rolling down the road
I’m going down to Atlanta, got to drop my load
I got a blue Freightliner rolling down the line
I got a blue Freightliner rolling down the line
Yeah, them bears and the DOT ain’t no friends of mine.
I rolled on down through Tulsa, down through Memphis too
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia ‘fore I’m through.
You know the man my wife married, she don’t recognize
You know the man my wife married, she don’t recognize
‘Cause I’ve been gone so long, trying to make a living, and I just can’t apologize.
You know the 10 speed forward just can’t be denied
You know the 10 speed forward just can’t be denied
I’m gonna roll that ol’ white line till my dispatcher gets satisfied

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

12.) Scalemaster Blues (Watermelon Slim Up Close and Personal) December 31, 2016
I went over the hill, boys just to see what I could see, (2x)
Saw nothing but them bears and that mean old DOT.
You know I went over the scales and that old scalemaster said, “Why don’t you come inside.”
“You know you got 1200 pounds, boy, over on your drives.”
“And you know you got 700, 700 pounds, over on your steers.
You got 700 over on your steers.
You know your fine, boy, 194 dollars, why don’t you drag that mess out of here.”
Is it any wonder why that old truckdriving, Lord gives me the blues?
Any wonder boys, why this old truckdriving, Lord gives me the blues?
See that old scalemaster grinning boys, DOT makes me lose.

1.) Native Stepson (Sonny Landreth Grand Street)
(Instrumental)

3.) Gone Pecan (Sonny Landreth Grand Street)

(Slide Guitar Intro)
Yeah stretch the road beneath my treads
I got a tap in my toes from a song in my head
I got a Gibson Firebird and a Dumble too
A Coricidin bottle lord to carry the blues
Yeah so don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine yeah we are gone pecan
Don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
(Guitar Solo)
Out of the air into my radio
On a strong signal we got zydeco
Yeah all the stars are droppin’ by
And I’m locked on and pull ’em out of the sky
Yeah so don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine yeah we are gone pecan
Don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
(Guitar Solo)
Yeah Out of the air into my radio
On a strong signal we got zydeco
Yeah so don’t come knockin’ we ain’t home
Me and mine yeah we are gone pecan
Don’t come knockin’ cause we ain’t home
Me and mine are gone pecan
(Slide Guitar Out)

5.) Blues Attack (Sonny Landreth Grand Street)

Yeah you know you got trouble when you call on the phone
A stranger tell you that your baby ain’t home
Poor boy about to get a blues attack
Yeah baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
Well you know you got trouble when you knock on the door
Another one slams at the back of the porch
Poor boy about to get a blues attack
Yeah baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Yeah you know you got trouble when you walk in the hall
You see your poor picture faced against the wall
Poor boy about to get a blues attack
Yeah baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
(Guitar Solo)
Yeah you know you got trouble when the man brings the mail
The dog don’t bark he just wags his tail
Poor boy about to get a blues attack
Baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
(Guitar)
Yeah you know you got trouble when the man brings the mail
The dog don’t bark he just wags his tail
Poor boy about to get a blues attack
Yeah baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
Well you know you got trouble when you go downtown
All the guys at the bar want to buy you a round
Poor boy about to get a blues attack
Baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
Yeah baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
Baby’s on the sly, sneaking behind your back
Poor boy about to get a blues attack
(Guitar)

6.) Z. Rider (Sonny Landreth Grand Street)
(Instrumental)

7.) U.S.S Zydecoldsmobile (Sonny Landreth Grand Street)

(Guitar Intro)
You can feel the horses under the hood
Through thick and thin pull us out of the wood
She’s the smoothest ride, yeah, you’ll ever feel
She’s the Delta slide of automobiles
Double clutchin’ on the backseat
I hear you, with your main squeeze
Playing triple row accordion fills
In the USS Zydecoldsmobile
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS Zydecoldsmobile
Yeah Mardi Gras run they block the road
Park the car and join the show
Get up on the trunk and dance at will
Aboard the USS Zydecoldsmobile
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS Zydecoldsmobile
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Spirit moves through everyone
We have faith and we have fun
God bless the turning wheel
Of my USS Zydecoldsmobile
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
Port of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
The USS Zydecoldsmobile
(Spoken)
Come ride with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Hip shakin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Double clutchin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Hip shakin’ with me in my Zydecoldsmobile
Hip shakin’
Hip shakin’
Hip shakin’ do do baby get down
(Slide Guitar)

11.) Congo Square (Sonny Landreth Grand Street)

(Drum Intro)
(Guitar Intro)
It might be superstition but some kind of somethin’
Goin’ on down there
It might be superstition but some kind of somethin’
Goin’ on down there
But it’s an old time tradition when they play their
Drums at night in Congo Square
You can hear ’em in the distance
And the old folks up the bayou say a prayer
You can hear ’em in the distance
And the old folks up the bayou say a prayer
That’s when the voodoo people gather
And they play their drums at night in Congo Square
… voodoo people
(Guitar Solo)
My eyes were not believin’
What I seen there but I could not turn away
My eyes were not believin’
What I seen there but I could not turn away
They had that mojo in motion
And I seen ’em dance in trance with that snake
…snake dance
(Guitar Solo)
Yeaahh it might be superstition
But when I hear ’em in the night I say a prayer
It might be superstition
But when I hear ’em in the night I say a prayer
Because I respects tradition
Like the kind they carry on in Congo Square
… Congo Square
(Drums Out)

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

1) The Wheel Man (Feat. Magic Slim) (Watermelon Slim The Wheel Man)
November 20, 2016

When I was a youngster I could press my weight
Didn’t fear a man on the planet
No grey flannel suits threatening nuclear war,
Or mobsters with their faces of granite.
I spent years waiting for the deal to go down,
And making sure the boss got paid.
But there was one place boys I could wear the crown,
Where my reputation was made,
I was the wheel man. I’m the wheel man.
If you want me to play, I’ll still pick up my axe,
But I’m doin’ my best when I’m making tracks,
I’m the wheel man. I’m the wheel man.
Some buds of mine invited me to rob and steal,
Said it would be an easy score,
They’d be in good hands with me at the wheel,
Waiting outside with an open door.
I said thanks but no thanks, I think I’ll stick
To selling stuff to you and your friends
And all that time I was learning my job, and how a guitar string bends
I was the wheel man. I’m the wheel man.
If you want me to play, I’ll still pick up my axe,
But I’m doin’ my best when I’m making tracks,
I’m the wheel man. I’m the wheel man.
(Guitar Solo)
(Guitar Solo)
I jumped clean before my life of scuffling crime
Was a chain I could never break.
The games I was playin’– you know they was payin’–
But anyone can make a mistake
I was never yellow, just too goodhearted
To spend my whole life outside the law.
But there was one thing I carried from the underworld,
I’m the best that you ever saw,
I’m still the wheel man. I’m the wheel man.
If you want me to play, I’ll still pick up my axe,
But I’m doin’ my best when I’m making tracks,
I’m the wheel man. I’m the wheel man.
I’m the wheel man.
I’m still The Wheel Man
I’m The Wheel Man
If you want me to play I’ll still pick up my axe
But I’m doing my best when I’m making tracks
I’m The Wheel Man
I’m The Wheel Man
(Driving Drive)
If you want me to swing I’ll still strut my stuff
But I’m doing my best when the road gets rough
I’m The Wheel Man
I’m The Wheel Man Too
Oh I’m The Wheel Man
And you know that right
I’m The Wheel Man
Oh I’m The Wheel Man
I’m The Wheel Man Too Can’t You See
I’m The Wheel Man
And You Know That
Oh boys I’m The Wheel Man
Tell it like it is driver
I’m The Wheel Man
Oh I’m The Wheel Man

2.) The Working Man Blues (Doug MacLeod Live at XM Satellite – EP)
I think I’m going to do this one for you fellas, this is called The Working Man Blues. This is a song of mine that was recorded by Albert Collins, but I don’t think nobody has ever heard the original version of it. How is was written before Albert did it. And um you guys will be the guys that will hear it.

Well I walked on down to my bank, just to see what I could see
I asked the man behind the desk, I say “is there any money for me?”
Now he didn’t know just what to say
I said, “I need that money in a terrible way!”
Now he didn’t say “yes” but he didn’t say “no”
Just shook my hand and showed me the door
Oh Lord, yeah the blues is killin’ me
And I said Lord, Lord, Lord, yeah the blues is killin’ me
You know my wife loves money and it bothers my mind
Now she runs to the store, she buys, on time
T.V’s, radios, washer, dryer, CDs, antique phones
One of these days, I think they all be gone
My baby need clothes, my wife needs a car
It’s a wonder to me, I got this far!
Landlord is knockin’, and he wants some rent
And I’m lookin’ for the money my wife just spent
Oh Lord, yeah the blues is killin’ me
I said Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord blues is killin’ me
(Guitar Solo)
Tax time comin’, you know now that’s a mess
I’m payin’ Uncle Sam more, I take home less
The poor stay poor the rich stay rich
I’m stuck somewhere in the middle here
Ain’t this a (bitch)
Just barely gettin’ by you know, kind of makes me mean
‘Cause the politicians I’m payin’, they live real clean
Step down Mister Politician, I want you to live like I do
And I want you to know, some workin’ man blues
You see the blues is killin’ me
Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord the blues is killin’ me
(You know it’s rough at my house)
(My wife tells me Douglas, Douglas your money is funny)
(I said what are you talking about sugar)
(I’m a hardworking man)
(I get paid weekly)
(She said “I know” very weakly)
(Rough at my house fellas)
(But I got one thing in my favor I got one thing in my favor)
(You know what that is that’s my last name)
(My last name is MacLeod)
(You spell MacLeod – M-a-c-L-e-o-d)
(That spells MacLeod)
(So that means I’m going to know you if you know me, if you call me at 6:00 in the evening)
(I’m at home doing the dishes the phone rings, I pick it up, I say hello man said Mr. Mcleeod)
(I said who, Mr. McLeeod please, I said nobody here by that name. I’m sorry, MaccLeod, Doug MaccLeod, is he there? Ah no, there is nobody here by name either)
(Who am I talking to?)
(He said this is the collection company, Is this 537-7972?)
(I said yeah, that’s the right number, I said looks to me that you got the right number, but the wrong party)
(He said well I’m sorry to have troubled you sir)
(No trouble at all)
(Sugar, looks like we got the couch for another month)
I said Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord the blues they killin’ me

4. Cold Rain (Doug MacLeod – Live at XM Satellite – EP)
(Slide Guitar Intro)
I’ve got me a bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
I said oooooh she don’t want me no more
Cold Rain falling, just look all in my soul
Baby won’t you tell me, tell me what’s in your mind
Baby won’t you tell me, tell me what’s in your mind
Cold Rain falling seem like most my time
My woman said, she don’t want me no more
Yeahhhhh, she don’t want me no more
Cold Rain falling now, all in my soul
(Slide Guitar Solo)
I’ve got to find my shelter, woooo got to find some shelter fast
Got to find some shelter, yesss I’ve got to find it fast
Cold Rain is falling and I don’t believe it goin’ pass
I’ve got a bad feeling my woman don’t love me no more
I said yessss she don’t love me no more
Cold Rain falling, all in my soul
Cold Rain falling, all in my soul
I feel she don’t want me no more

17. Travelin’ Man Blues (Roy Book Binder Road Songs & Stories)

I’m gonna finish up with this little number I made up a long time ago way back in 1970. This one’s called the Travelin’ Man Blues. Now thank you all for coming out supporting the folk music, organizers, volunteers, audiences. God Bless y’all. Looked like you all had a good time, but again I try not to show too much emotion, but I had a blast.

Well, I’m travelin’ man and I’m all alone and on the road again.
I’m a travelin’ man on the road again.
I’m travelin’ man and on the road again.
Don’t know where I’m goin’, but I’ll tell you where I’ve been.
I’ve been to Norfolk town down Virginia way.
I’ve been to Norfolk town down Virginia way.
I’ve been to Norfolk town down Virginia (slide).
I had me a rider there Lord, just could not stay.
Well she held my hand, held me through the night.
The girl held my hand and she held me through the night.
Yeah she held my hand and she held me through the night.
I didn’t mean to treat her wrong, ooh I sure didn’t treat her right.
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Yes I’m a travelin’ man and I’m on the road again.
Wooh I’m a travelin’ man and I’m on the road again.
And I don’t know where I’m goin’, but I’ll tell you where I’ve been.
I left goin’ south through the Carolinas, goin’ see my good friend Pink.
Through Carolinas, goin’ see my good friend Pink.
Through Carolinas, goin’ my good friend (slide).
Yeah when I got down there, he’d gone and I didn’t know what to think.
I looked around and I hung my head and the tears began to fall.
I hung my head and the tears began to (slide).
Hung my head and the tears began to fall.
He was a good-time rounder, Lord, but he ain’t around and there no more.
Yes, I’m a travelin’ man and I’m on the road again,
I’m a travelin’ man and I’m on the road again.
Travelin’ man and I’m on the road again.
I don’t know where I’m goin’; tell you where I’ve been.
Crossed that border into Georgia; Florida’s on my mind.
Crossed that border with Florida on my mind.
I crossed that border with Florida on my (slide).
I guess I’m gonna have to go back home where the women do treat me kind.
Yes, I’m a travelin’ man and I’m all alone and I’m on the road again.
I’m travelin’ man and I’m on the road again.
Travelin’ man and I’m on the road again.
I don’t know where I’m goin’; tell you where I’ve been.

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

1.) Caterpillar Whine (Long Line Skinner) (Watermelon Slim Escape From The Chicken Coop) Key?

Well I’m a long-line skinner, ain’t got no regrets, ain’t no reason to be down in the mouth,
Cause there’s never a long, long way to dinner Rolling 40 straight across the South.
Keep it in your own lane, thank you lady, I’m headed for OKC
I got a little bit of rain on my glass as I slide through Memphis
I got three big ol’ empty asphalt lanes stre-e-tching out in front of me.
I got my pedal to the metal and I’m watching the lights blinking on in Arkansas
But there’s no one on my front door and I’m using my brights– got one ear out for the law
I got a half-gallon Rubbermaid thermos jug of black triple-strength caffeine
And when I hit that Oklahoma line in Roland,
I’ll be waving my hat at the greatest country this ol’ driver’s ever seen. Hey!
(Guitar Solo)
I’m pulling in to the Petro at the one-four-oh for a couple of hours shuteye
Fill my tanks up with diesel and I’m good to go, then watch this ol’ Peter fly
It’s a couple more hours in that goin’-home gear straight to the Texas line,
Thunder road through Amarillo and Albuquerque
And if you stand in that hammer breakdown lane you can hear that Caterpillar whine
(Guitar Solo)
(Spoken)
How about that Red westbound Pete there come on? Oh you got him
Now you got Smokey Bear in your 264, I appreciate that driver
We are headed for California
Hammer down
Hear that Caterpillar Whine
Where’s old Tarzan tonight?

7.) Elemental Journey (Sonny Landreth)
(Instrumental)

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

2.) Bull Goose Rooster (Watermelon Slim Bull Goose Rooster) November 19, 2018

Here he comes, strutting cross the parking lot
He’s that Bull Goose Rooster come to show me what he’s got
He’s got a technical color shine to every feather on his back
In a boy chicken’s paradise, he’s the leader of the pack
Cause he’s a Bull Goose Rooster the top gun bird
Don’t mess with his chickens’ man, you got my word
Cause he’ll pull your tailfeathers out and peck you too
Run you screaming down the street with his cock-a-doodle-doo
(Guitar Solo)
When we had a feel of checking each other out
He must’ve have had chicken on his mind when he turned about
And then he threw back his head and let out with a big old crow
Sayin’ I’ve got people to see and places to go
Cause he’s a Bull Goose Rooster don’t fret to see
Being all a bird that a bird can be
Well if I could do my job just as good as him
They’d have to call me Watermelon “Rooster” Slim
Oh Oh Watermelon “Rooster” Slim
Yeah Yeah Watermelon “Rooster” Slim
Woo Woo Watermelon “Rooster” Slim
Yeah Yeah Watermelon “Rooster” Slim

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

8) Blue Freightliner (Bull Goose Rooster) November 20, 2016

I got a blue freightliner rollin’ on down the road
I got a blue freightliner rollin’ on down the road
I’m going down to Atlanta got to drop my load
I got a blue freightliner rollin’ on down the line
I got a blue freightliner boys rollin’ on down the line
You know them bears of The DOT ain’t no friends of mine
I rolled down through Tulsa down through Memphis too
I rolled eastbound through Tulsa down through Memphis too
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia ‘fore I’m through
(Guitar Solo)
You know the man my wife married she don’t recognize
Well the man my wife married she don’t recognize
Cause I’ve been gone so long, trying to make a living and I just can’t apologize
You know the 10 speed forward just can’t be denied
Oh the 10 speed forward just can’t be denied
I’m gotta roll that ol’ white line till my dispatcher gets satisfied
(Spoken Oh take it above the top brother)
(Guitar Out)

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

15.) Foreign Policy Blues (Watermelon Slim Bull Goose Rooster)
Lyrics (November 2, 2016)
I looked out in the world tell me what did I see
I looked out in the world tell me what did I see
Whole bunch of Ayatollahs, bunch of big bag rollers, dirty old dictators, money manipulators lookin’ back at laughin’ back at me
I got them Foreign Policy Blues worst I ever I had
I got them Foreign Policy Blues worst I ever I had
When you think you can’t do nothing about it, yeah it hurts 3 times as bad, makes you feel so sad
Some people scream give me a violet ain’t one handy give me a gun
Yeah their screamin’ give me a violet ain’t one handy give me a gun
Yeah you got to be not quite so down particularly about how they get their business done, and ain’t no fun.
It’s enough to make a saint cuss, enough to make a strong man cry
It’s enough to make a saint cuss, enough to make a very strong man cry
Thinking about all them hungry mouth’s around the world that I just can’t satisfy, whether I give or not
(Guitar Solo)
U.S or The Soviet Union won’t you take your choice
U.S or Russia won’t you take your choice
Never more freedom here right now, but I still hear them talk them with that same old voice (making people around the world they can’t refuse)
There will come a time where you are going to have reap just what you sow
There will come a time where you are going to have reap just what you sow
And them all old Foreign Policy Blues will have to go
Big Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, all them bad neo-cons
Sure going to have to work
Sure going to have to work
Sure going to have to go
On down the road with Obama and so forth

3.) The High Side (Sonny Landreth Bound By The Blues)

Just above sea level in the summer of ‘72
We were rollin up to gain altitude
But on the road that Estes Park
Texas was hard to get through
In the pan handle with a band the law
Any evidence of fun we had to toss
They ran us outta ol’ Waxahachie and
We broke Down in Wichita Falls
Rollin up the high igh side
Rollin up the high igh side
Rollin up the high side
Bound for the great divide
(Acoustic Guitar Solo)
Some bad dudes took our 8-track deck and guitar
My copy of All Things Must Pass was blastin’ down the boulevard
When it did not end well for them in the crash of a stolen car
Rollin up the high igh side
Rollin up the high igh side
Rollin up the high side
Bound for the great divide
(Acoustic Guitar Solo)
With just a bowlin’ ball bag of can goods left
We gave it all we got with pots and pans tied to our belts
What a sight and sound
A-bangin’ and clangin’ on up the trail
How the mountain grew with heavy shoes near the top
But the spirit rises faster that the body drops
A-takin’ in a view so grand, man it never stops
Way above sea level one summer in Estes Park
Rollin up the high igh side
Rollin up the high igh side
Rollin up the high side
Bound for the great divide

Credit – William P Homans, III aka Watermelon Slim, ASCAP William P Homans Music, ASCAP

1.) Pick Up My Guidon (Watermelon Slim Golden Boy)

(Guitar Intro)
Somebody wrote a song about the chimes of freedom
They’re flashing in my head
They’re not invisible and you can see them
And they’ll be flashing even when I’m dead
Brothers and sisters, oh say can you see
Were still marching strong
And if I go down, I’m going in the knowledge
That my comrades have carried on
And they’ll pick up My Guidon
They’ll pick up my guidon
They’ll pick up my guidon
Pick my guidon up and push on home
It started in a common crucible
Most had it worse than I
But we all learn lessons that we took to heart
And come to guide our whole life’s lies
After all these years I only say
I’m proud to serve with y’all
I’ll be in this outfit come what’s made
Until my final curtain call
And you’ll pick up My Guidon
You’ll pick up my guidon
You’ll pick up my guidon
Pick my guidon my and push on home
(Piano Solo)
And you’ll pick up My Guidon
You’ll pick up my guidon
You’ll pick up my guidon
Pick my guidon my and push on home
And you’ll pick up My Guidon
You’ll pick up my guidon
You’ll pick up my guidon
Pick my guidon my and push on home
(Guitar Solo to Fade End)

3.) Lonesome Feeling (Doug Macleod Break The Chain)

I got a lonesome feeling
Like one I really ever ever known
Think about a woman that loved me
That’s the only thing that girl did wrong
I got a lonesome feeling
Like one I really ever ever known
I got a lonesome feeling
Like one I ain’ really ever known
She left me and found somebody new
I know that’s an old story
But that don’t make it less true
But I don’t blame her
You see I’d do that same thing too
Ooh it’s a lonesome feeling
When you can’t right what you did wrong
It’s a lonesome feeling
When you can’t right what you did wrong
It’s a very lonesome feeling
When love is gone
(Slide Guitar Solo)
I got a lonesome feeling
Like one I ain’t really ever known
You know it’s a lonesome feeling
When you can’t right what you did wrong
It’s a lonesome feeling
When love is gone
Oh you know
It’s a lonesome feeling
When love is gone
(Guitar End)

12 Break The Chain (Doug Macleod Break The Chain)

Long chain and it snake back through time
Where you find ghost walking in a mist of lies
But you got the power to make a change, you got the power to stop the pain
You got the power to break the chain
Chains shackle your spirit, so your mind ain’t really free
And you’re prudent of your memory
Cause you got the power to make a change, you got the power to stop the pain
You got the power to break the chain
Now you got a child and that child look up to you
That child sees and hears everything you
You want that child to be in chains too?
You got the power to make a change, you got the power to stop the pain
You got the power to break the chain
(Slide Guitar Solo)
Well I was born a free man without shackles and pain
Cause the one who came before yeah broke the chains
But I got the power to be the change, I got the power to keep the past away
Yeah, I’m a free man walking, I ain’t go no chains
I got the power to be the change, I got the power to keep the past away
Yeah, I’m a free man walking, I ain’t go no chains
But I got the power to be the change, I got the power to keep the past away
Yeah, I’m a free man walking
Ain’t got no chains