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Somebody help me, I'm about to cross that line
Somebody help me, I'm about to cross that line
I don't who's life I'm living, but I know that it can't be mine
Morning troubles
And the night time too
Look in the mirror, wonder
What I'm going to do
I've been down, kicked 'till I'm half blind
I don't know who's life I'm living
But I know that it can't be mine
Money gone
Can't pay my rent
Before I make it
All the money's spent
I've been down, kicked 'till I'm half blind
I don't know who's life I'm living
But I know that it can't be mine
Once upon a time
Had a great big car
Lots of friends
I was gonna be a star
I've been down, kicked 'till I'm half blind
I don't know who's life I'm living
But I know that it can't be mine
Old lady's sick
And the kids need shoes
Can't even ride
With these walkin' blues
I've been down, kicked 'till I'm half blind
I don't know who's life I'm living
But I know that it can't be mine
Somebody help me, I'm about to cross that line
Somebody help me, I'm about to cross that line
I don't who's life I'm living, but I know that it can't be mine
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1,000 Feet Ahead
03:33
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A thousand feet ahead, that's where my baby stays
A thousand feet ahead, that's where my baby stays
I broke her heart, I’ve gotta win her back some day
You know I’m never lonely,
You know I never cry,
You know I only miss her
On days that end with why
A thousand feet ahead, that's where my baby stays
I broke her heart, I’ve gotta win her back some day
You know she used to love me
But I would treat her mean
She's got a brand new man
Who treats her like a queen
A thousand feet ahead, that's where my baby stays
I broke her heart, I’ve gotta win her back some day
You know I had my fun
I used to play around
But since she left me flat
Everything's been staying down
A thousand feet ahead, that's where my baby stays
I broke her heart, I’ve gotta win her back some day
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It ain't about black depression
It ain't about sunny hues
It ain't about black or white or red
It ain't about singing the blues
It's a green thing
It ain't about purple passion
It ain't about jealous rage
It ain't about love, or even hate
Or standing here on the stage
It's a green thing
Don't bother me with your theories
Don't trouble me with your facts
I'm just trying to pay my bills
Before they come and take it all back
It's a green thing
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As I was walking down 47th Street
Cat was blowing saxophone to a hip hop beat
Old man came up to him, said "Let me clue you in,
You can't know where you're going, if you don't know where you've been"
There ain't nothing cooler than the blues
There ain't nothing cooler than the blues
You can play anything you choose
But there ain't nothing cooler than the blues
That cat said "Look here, Pops, you don't know what you're saying
This is the hippest thing, if you dig what I'm playing"
Old man said "Listen son, I've seen hip come and go
If you want to talk about cool, there's just one thing I know"
There ain't nothing cooler than the blues
There ain't nothing cooler than the blues
You can play anything you choose
But there ain't nothing cooler than the blues
Hip hop, new wave, rock and roll
Be bop, disco, funk and soul
They all sounding mighty fine
But one thing gets 'em every time
That cat was flipping, man, he started turning red
He didn't understand a thing that old man said
He grabbed his saxophone and walked the other way
I saw him flipping burgers in Chunk y Jeez the other day
Man, there ain't nothing cooler than the blues
There ain't nothing cooler than the blues
You can play anything you choose
But there ain't nothing cooler than the blues
There ain't nothing cooler than the blues
There ain't nothing cooler than the blues
You can play anything you choose
Man, you can play a thrash metal gangsta rap hip hop cd101 neuvo jazz alternative grunge r&b dance new country teenage anthem
But there ain't nothing cooler than the blues
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Sunshine Romeo
06:27
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I'll be your fool, baby
'Cause I love you so
I'll be your fool, baby
'Cause I love you so
You won't be my bad time baby
I'll be your Sunshine Romeo
You know I'll get you
Your hearts desire
I just can't help it baby
You set my soul on fire
I'll be your fool...
Now my intentions
Ain't hard to read
I got the things you want
But you got what I need
I'll be your fool...
First time I seen you
You took my heart away
I got to have you baby
No matter what I've got to pay
I'll be your fool...
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Busted
04:04
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I've been working since,
I don't know when
Seems like trouble's all there's
Ever been
Now I'm busted
Baby, dropping like a stone
Well I've had enough
Better leave the boy alone
I been drivin' since the
Break of day
Seems like everybody
In my way
Now I'm busted
Baby, dropping like a stone
Well I've had enough
Better leave the boy alone
Losing everything I
Got to lose
Losing everything but these
Low down blues
Now I'm busted
Baby, dropping like a stone
Well I've had enough
Better leave the boy alone
You keep talkin' and I'll
Do you right
Lonesome graveyard be your
Bed tonight
Now I'm busted
Baby, dropping like a stone
Well I've had enough
Better leave the boy alone
Well I'm leaving when that
Sun goes down
They'll be looking for me
All over town
Now I'm busted
Baby, dropping like a stone
Well I've had enough
Better leave the boy alone
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Catch-22 Blues
04:10
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Well a bug can't lift a twig, for a dog it's nothing big
But he don't want to
And the dog can't grab a cat, a racoon can do all that
But he don't want to
And I dream of you at night, while you hold your baby tight
But he don't want you
You can see it in his eyes, from the way he tells you lies
That he don't want you
He stays at work too long, and you beg him to come home
But he don't want to
Girl I'd be so good for you, I know you could love me too
But you don't want to
I got a black book full of numbers, of girls I'll never call
They only make me think of you, you don't think of me at all
A pig can't eat a cow, that old bear could show him how
But he don't want to
Now that bear can't reach the bees, an eagle can with ease
But he don't want to
Baby it's a shame, your man calls someone else's name
But girl I want you
He doesn't love her, but she doesn't care
I'm in the middle with my heart up in the air
It's true, it's like the old catch-22
'Cause love is taking numbers
But the order's gone askew
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Whiskey Bottom Road
03:52
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I'm not a stranger
Though you may not know my name
You've seen me a thousand times
And the story's still the same
You shake your head
Say that's just the way it goes
Just another three time loser
Out on Whiskey Bottom Road
Ain't it funny
'Cause I was once like you
Money in my pockets
And a lover, it's all true
You don't believe me...
Take a good look at my soul
You'll find it torn and dying
Out on Whiskey Bottom Road
I don't want your money
It can't help a dying man
I took the wrong road
And you don't get no second chance
But maybe I'll see you down there
'Cause man, you just never know
Where the dead men keep on walkin'
Out on Whiskey Bottom Road
When you've lost yourself forever
Out on Whiskey Bottom Road
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If I could do it all over one more time
I'd still be drinkin', and smokin', doin' fine
But I'd fix up one small part
That was where I broke your heart
If I could do it all over again
If I could do it all over again
I would stay on and love you till the end
I'd bundle up my pride
And never, never make you cry
If I could do it all over again
If I could do it all over again
I would be there every time you need a friend
I would come home every night
And I'd try to love you right
If I could do it all over again
If I could do it all over with you
I'd probably do all the things I used to do
But I'd quit that old refrain
When I start to cause you pain
If I could do it all over again
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It's raining up in Harlem
And I'm just trying to make a call
It's raining up in Harlem
And I'm just trying to make a call
But that phone just keeps on ringing
There ain't no response at all
I said I'd call at seven
Now I'm standing in the rain
I said I'd call at seven
Now I'm standing in the rain
If I can't reach my baby
The sun won't never shine again
I'm going to leave this cold, cold city
And I'm going home to stay
I'm going to leave this cold, cold city
And I'm going home to stay
I've just got to tell my baby
My baby don't know that I
Changed my evil ways
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Hitman Blues Band New York, New York
He has New York City in his veins, blues in his heart, & the music of many worlds in his gifted hands. The man in the shades, top hat and sharp suit on stage with that tight band is playing real blues right, informed by 50 years of mastery while imitating no one. The Hitman Blues Band, with Russell “Hitman” Alexander in the lead, plays the blues you’ve been looking for all your life ... more
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