5
5
1979, Mercury
Thirteen days on a gig down south We've got enough dope to keep us all happy We've got two girls dancing to pick up the crowd Sound man to mix us, make us sound loud Sometimes we make money, sometimes we don't know Thirteen days with life to go Birmingham and Mobile, then up to Baton Rouge Smoking cigarettes and reefer, drinking coffee and booze See the sun come up in Georgia, go down in New Orleans Never get to know a woman, except to get in her jeans Sometimes we make money, sometimes we don't know Thirteen days with life to go Migrant Worker is the name of this band When we come to your town, come to see us if you can Well, we've been to California, we've been to New York Some think we're good, others it's a joke Sometimes we make money, sometimes I don't know Thirteen days with life to goListe Now she don't know the way she is How sexy she can be She don't realize what her eyes do to me She keeps me hot, like a boilin' pot She whispers in my ear, "Let's do it right here" The ways of a wantin' woman, hauntin' mystery The style she has will never fade as long as she has me She keeps me hot, like a boilin' pot She whispers in my ear, "Let's do it right here" She keeps me hot, like a boilin' pot Burning right through the night It don't take long for her to catch my eye When she wants to suck me in, it's easy as pie She keeps me hot, like a boilin' pot Burning right through the nightListe I'll Make Love To You (J.J. Cale) I can't read and I can't write And I don't know my left from right I can't tell if the sun's gonna shine And I don't know if you'll ever be mine But I'll make love to you any old time I can't swim and I can't fly I ain't no fish, I ain't no bird in the sky I can't tell if the sun's gonna shine And I don't know if you'll ever be mine But I'll make love to you any old time I can't count from one to ten And I don't know the shape I'm in I can't tell if the sun's gonna shine And I don't know if you'll ever be mine But I'll make love to you any old timeListe Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, in the morning Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, I tell you no lie Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do it When old man trouble knocks on your door Don't give him no key, he just wants more He'll turn your life to misery Kick you down, just like me Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, in the morning Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine If you woke downhearted and you feel so bad Somebody wants something of nothing you had Love don't come too easy, you see A little bit of you and a little bit of me Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do it Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fine Everything'll be just fine Everything'll be just fine Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do it Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do itListe Somebody touched me late last night Had this woman and I still feel right Some kind of feeling up and down my spine Plays with my head and mess with my mind She tickled my toe and she kissed my ear Told me not to worry, told me not to fear Oo-wee, she felt good to me Gotta have another, just like the other Last night brother was too much for me I felt like a junkie, couldn't score no dope I buzzed no grass then I lost all hope Lying down woman, she got me too hot We had a little drink, and we smoked a little pot All I knew was something happened to me I was inconspicuous as anyone could be She set me on fire, I'm telling you Let me tell you brother, I didn't know what to do Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's not Sometimes you get it and sometimes you're got Oo-wee, it felt good to me Gotta have another, just like the other Last night brother was too much for meListe Don't take her for granted, she has a hard time Don't misunderstand her, or play with her mind Treat her so gently, it will pay you in time You've got to know, she's the sensitive kind Tell her you love her, each and every night You will discover, she will treat you right If you believe, I know you will find There ain't nothing like, the sensitive kind She gets so lonely, waiting for you You are the only thing to help her through Don't take her for granted, she has a hard time You've got to know, she's the sensitive kindListe Monday morning comes too early Work my back to the bone All day monday I keep thinking, weekend's comin', gonna go home Tuesday I hate, oh Tuesday, ain't no girls on the streets Tuesday ain't good for nothing, drinkin' beer, watchin' TV Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Wednesday's hump day, hump day's Wednesday Over the hump, week's half-gone If I had my pay on Wednesday I'd hang out, 'til hump day's gone Thursday, you know I feel better I can see the end in sight Think I'll write myself a letter Help myself through the night Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go homeListe Lou-Easy-Ann I hear you're calling back to me Lou-Easy-Ann I hear you're calling back to me Lord I'm going back to New Orleans Lou-Easy-Ann you set me free Bourbon Street mama You're never seen in the light Bourbon Street mama You keep it clean all inside Lord I'm going back to New Orleans Lou-Easy-Ann you've got it right Lou-Easy-Ann Ain't no woman quite like you Lou-Easy-Ann The way you do the things you do Lord I'm coming back to New Orleans Lou-Easy-Ann you've got me hooked on youListe Let's Go To Tahiti (B. Boatman, R. Tillison) Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Well the man been working in the shop all year He said, "Men, we've got to get out of here" Well the girl been working in the five-and-dime She says, "Girls, let's go while we've still got the time" Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Tell the captain, "Put the rhum on the boat" Everybody on board, let's see if she'll float Let that old jet plane fly on by We've got the time till the day we die Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to TahitiListe Out Of Style [Katy Kool Lady] (J.J. Cale) I sure do miss you babe You know it's been a while Way too long since you been gone I'm almost out of style You treat me kind and gentle You're always on my mind A love that's true I keep for you Until the end of time Someday you've got to come back Stay with me a while I'll take some time to make you mine And keep you out of styleListe Spend my life in a cold hard bar room Drinking that long black whisky down I play the guitar For me it's a living All I know Is hangin' around Dancing girls Oh they drive me crazy All they want is a Fancy Dan If I don't change my ways, I might not make it That's the fate of a fool and a guitar man Being bound now To the palace of pleasure Honky-tonk Where I come from Smoke so thick It can't be measured Wine flows faster by the rule of a gun One of these mornings, it'll come up some day I won't have to go down again That time ain't now It's a whole new dream That's the fate of a fool and a guitar man One more night One more dollar One more song Can you do it again I don't know I may not make it That's the fate of a fool and a guitar man That's the fate of a fool and a guitar manListe Mona she comes in the morning She brings me a bottle of wine She comes to my bed soothes up my head Makes me feel alright Makes me feel alright Mona she comes on a friday She stays into the night Mona she comes to my bedroom To keep my spirits high To keep my spirits high Mona she brings me no money She brings me no food All she brings is her sweet sweet love Makes my afternoon Makes my afternoon When daylight falls from my window Another night's come and gone I always know 'cause I'm feeling so low Mona you know she has gone Mona you know she has gone When daylight falls from my window Another night's come and gone I always know 'cause I'm feeling so low Mona you know she has gone Mona you know she has goneListe |