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1​,​000 Feet Ahead

from Blooztown by Hitman Blues Band

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This tune was a lot of fun to record, It was the only one where I had to ask Bernard Purdie to play a different drum beat than the one he used. He gave me a sort of "you're telling ME what to play?!?" look, and then nailed it right away. Every time I hear the drums, I have to smile, because it sounds so happy.

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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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from Blooztown, released January 1, 2000

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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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