The six pack

Well, I'm tryin', yes I'm tryin just to get a line on you

Where you been?

But I'm havin' trouble puttin' a find on you

I'm wearin' thin

Somebody else been shaking your tree.

Supposed to saving all that stuff for me.



You been hidin', yes your're hidin', you been stayin' out on me.

Sneakin' 'round.

Me and you ain't workin' out just like we oughta be.

You've got me down.

Somebody else been shaking your tree.

Supposed to be saving all that stuff for me.



I'm tired of foolin' around with you, and sittin' here alone.

It's on my mind.

I think it's time for me to find a new tree of my own.

It's plantin' time.

Anything you wanna do is cool with me.

I don't care who shakes your tree.

My friends, they all told me,

Man, there's something gonna change your life.

My friends, they all told me,

Man, there's something gonna change your life.

Gotta have that brown sugar.

Man it's just gonna change my life.

Man, I gotta have that brown sugar.

Man, it's just gonna make me feel so right.



There's something make me feel good,

and it's gonna change my life.

There's something make me feel good,

and it's gonna change my life.

I gotta have some of that Brown Sugar,

Gotta try it before I die.



Man it sure do save me

when there's no place left for me.

Man it sure do save me

when there's no place left for me.

Gotta have some of that Brown Sugar

as long as that's gonna set me free.



Man, there's somethin' make me feel good

and it's gonna change my life.

Man, there's somethin' make me feel good

and it's gonna change my life.

I gotta have some of that Brown Sugar,

Gotta try it before I die.

Woman, grab your children, run and hide.

Don't let it catch up with you.

You gotta fight it to stay alive,

and if it gets you, man, you're through.



It smells so rotten and rank.

Well, everybody calls it the squank.



It's sick, depressin, gettin' bigger all the time.

Don't help it any way you can.

It's grey and brown and sometimes lime

and it's spreadin' all over the land.



And soon we'll be all breathin' out of tanks

if somethin' ain't done about the squank.



The meanest thing the world's ever bred

by me and you and my kinfold too.

A monster can't live unless it's fed,

and it's being fed by me and you.

And soon it's gonna leave the world blank,

and we'll all be erased by the squank.

I was on my way down to Mexico,

there was trouble on the rise.

It was nothing more than I'd left behind,

which was much to my surprise.

I turned around and lit a cigarette

wiped the dust off of my boots.

When up ahead I saw the crowd,

I knew it was no use.



I'ts been the same way for Oh so long,

it looks like I'm singing the same old song.



A fine and fancy man was he,

doing good things for the poor.

Givin' rides in his rockin' Eighty-eight for free.

They could not hope for more.

When it came my turn he said to me,

"Have I seen your face before?"

I said, "Oh no, you must be wrong,

I'm from a distant shore.



So if you don't mind, I'll just move along

but it looks like I'm singin' the same old song."



A Nineteen Forty movie star

with a long forgotten name.

She was a sexy mess in her pleated dress,

still hangin' on to fame.

With forgotten lines she missed her cue

and left a glass of wine at home.

She was singin' the same song that I was.

Could we both be wrong?



So hand in hand we walked along,

each of us singin' the same old song.

Old man sleepin' the hot day away,

while he dreams a thousand yesterdays.

'Cause he's had so many come his way.

All he cares about is somewhere to lay his head tomorrow.



Old man sits and thinks about his home.

Doesn't matter 'cause he's all alone.

What he'd give to get back on his own.

Curses his body 'cause it's old and it gives no transportation.

He sits in his one room shack alone but it provides no consolation.



What a shame,

his time is nearin'.

His eyes won't let him see

the skies are clearin'.

Someone tells him

without his hearin'.

It's no news to those who've been around

while things are changin'.

Neighbor, neighbor, why you messin' in my life?

Neighbor, neighbor, you've been talkin' to my wife,

tellin' her you seen me

runnin' wild the other night,

runnin' wild the other night.



A neighbor, neighbor, theres's always one in every crowd.

A neighbor, neighbor, tellin' lies and talkin' loud.

You better watch your step now.

You might fall off your cloud.

you might fall off your cloud.



Now I was walking down a dusty road

when along came a neighbor of mine.

He saw me walkin' with my head hung down,

he just had to stop and pass the time.

Neighbor, neighbor, floatin' in the salty brine.

floatin' in the salty brine.

I woke up this mornin' with these certified blues,

they sure been stalkin' me 'round.

So down tonight I couldn't tie my shoes.

They about to drop me in the ground.



If I could shake loose I would feel so fine.

There's one thing for sure and it's on my mind.

These certified blues are gonna take their time.



I've been livin' here, way down South,

a place that I wanna stay.

Been workin' hard just to feed my mouth.

Just can keep them blues away.



There's one thing for sure and it's on my mind.

These certified blues are gonna take their time.

If I could shake loose I would feel so fine.



You say you're feelin' bad and you don't know why.

You're broke and your woman been ly'n'.

And just one thing before I'm fired,

the blues have just been certified.



If I could shake loose I would feel so fine.

There's one thing for sure and it's on my mind.

These certified blues are gonna take their time.

I know you wanna be my bedroom thang,

but you're much too young.

You're the finest thing I've ever seen.

You just wanna have fun.



I need someone who can scratch my back.

I need someone who can carry my pack.

I need someone to be with me at night.

You're gonna make me feel alright.



Don't you bother me with petty lines,

I know you ran away from home.

This might come to you as some surprise,

I wish you'd leave me alone.



I need someone to scratch my back.

I need someone to carry my pack.

I need someone to be with me at night.

You're gonna make me feel alright.

Now I just got back from baby's,

we been rollin' al night long.

I saidI just got back from baby's,

we been rollin' al night long.

She comeon likes and loves me,

but I feel like somethin' wrong.



Now, sometimes I go se baby,

and sometimes she come see me.

I said, sometimes I go se baby,

and sometimes baby come see me.

I got a funny, funny feelin'

I'm not the only man she sees.



Now, I just got back from baby's,

big white house on the hill.

I said, I just got back from baby's,

big white house on the hill.

If her lovin' don't get me,

I know her husband will.

Got to have you baby,

don't you say that you don't care.

Got to have you baby,

don't you say that you don't care.



Any way you want it baby,

I'll settle for a back door love affair.



I call you on the telephone,

the party says that you ain't there.

I call you on the telephone,

the party says that you ain't there.



When a man asked who's callin',

I said, just tell 'em it's a back door love affair.

Got a girl, her name's,

finest thing you ever seen.

And I love her, she's all that I want.

And I need her, she's all that I need.



Well,, oh Francis, why

do you love me and make me cry?

How I love her, she's all that I want.

How I need her, she's all that I need.



If I ever caught her with Stevie P

I'd throw her back in the Penitentiary, now.

And if I caught her with my mother's son

I'll call her daddy and get my gun.



My Fancine just turned thirteen,

she's my angelic teenage queen.

And I love her, she's all that I want.

And I need her, she's all that I need.

And I love her, she's all that I want.

And I need her, she's all that I need.

And I love her, she's all that I want.

And I need her, she's all that I need.

I just got paid today, 

got me a pocket full of change.

Said, I just got paid today, 

got me a pocket full of change.

If you believe like workin' hard all day, 

just step in my shoes and take my pay.



I was born my papa's son,

when I hit the ground I was on the run.

I had one glad hand and the other behind.

You can have yours, just give me mine.

When the houd dog barkin' in the black of the night,

stick my hand in my pocket, everything's all right.



I just got paid today, 

got me a pocket full of change.

Said, black sheep, black, do you got some wool?

Yes, I do, man, my bag is full.

It's the root of evil and you know the rest

but it's way ahead of what's second best.

You know I'm wild about you, baby,

been keepin' me from my sleep at night.

You know I'm hung up on you, little doll,

you just don't treat your daddy right.



You know you crazy when you get drunks, you be talkin' all out your head.

You're acting mighty strange about me, sayin' those things you said.

I'm just wild about you, baby,

been keepin' me from my sleeps at night.

You know I'm hung up on you, little darlin',

you just don't treat your daddy right, oh yeah.



D'ya know I came home last night and I looked down on the floor,

I saw a fine pair of alligators, somethin' I never had before.

But I'm wild about you, baby,

been keepin' me from my sleeps at night.

You know I'm hung up on you, little darlin',

you just don't treat your daddy right.



Said, now honey if you don't stop messin' round with me,

try'n to make me out a dumbbell, somethin' I ain't never gonna be.

I'm still wild about you, baby,

you been keepin' me from my sleeps at night.

You know I'm hung up on you, little doll,

but you just don't treat your daddy right.

One, two, whatcha gonna do?

Can you come and see me tonight?

Black, white, feel alright

if you could in broad daylight.



If I could get to see her

you know I'd try to please her,

oh my Ko Ko.

Don't try to ask me why,

she set my soul on fire,

oh my,

oh my.



You're hot, the cold, I'm rollin' low,

jukin' down to twelve midnight

on ice cream, you know what I mean.

I think I got flavor you'll like.



If I could get to see her

you know I'd try to please her,

oh my Ko Ko.

Don't try to ask me why,

she set my soul on fire,

oh my,

oh my.



Hillbilly Willy, he's quite a guy

from eatin' some of Ko Ko's pie.

She's nice if you ask her twice.

Ask him and he'll testify.



If I could get to see her

you know I'd try to please her,

oh my Ko Ko.

Don't try to ask me why,

she set my soul on fire,

oh my,

oh my.

In a flat Forty-One with my strat on the door

we was goin' to the country for what we came for.

I'm sure you've smelled the trees in the air.

The best of motor cruisin's just the joy to get there.



I was approachin' Simonton down by the cotton gin.

There was old man Berkman trying to flag me in.

He asked if I would stay awhile and if I needed gas.

I said, "No thanks, anyhow I don't drive too fast."



Hallelujah, hallelujah, 

ride my.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, 

ride my.



I took the road down to Cinco

through that red Brazos River land,

done hit that freeway at sunset.

Now the big city lights are at hand.



Hallelujah, hallelujah, 

ride my.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, 

ride my.

No, baby, tell me why don't you?

Well, now, baby, tell me why don't you?

Aw, baby, tell me why don't you?



No, baby, now want to make me some?

Oh, now, baby, now want to make me some?

Aw, baby, now want to make me some?



No, baby, tell me why don't you?

Oh, now, baby, tell me why don't you

aw, make me some of your fine famous?

Rain fell this mornin', make me feel so bad

on account of my baby walked off with another man.

Like takin' eyesight from the blind man and money from the poor

that woman took my lovin' and walked on out that door.

And it sure got cold after the rain fell,

not from the sky, from my eye.



Somebody, can you tell me just what make a man feel this way?

Like river without its water, like night without a day.

And it sure 'nuff got cold after the rain fell,

not from the sky but from my eye.



If you're home early in the mornin' you hear that rain to fall,

with thunderbolts and lightning the wind begins to call.

Your worry's superficial 'cause you slept on through the night

but stormy weather keep you wond'rin' if ev'rything's all right.

And it sure 'nuff got cold after the rain fell,

not from the sky but from my eye,

not from the sky, from my eye.

I'm so tired, you on my head.

Whiskey'n mama, you shouldn't have said

you wanted me to be your lover true,

then turn around and treats me just likes you do.

I should have known better than to fool with a whiskey'n mama.



Now I could be right and could be wrong,

you been layin' out all night long.

You telephoned this mornin', said you'd be home soon.

The doorman said he seen you at the Club Blue Lagoon.

I should have known better than to fool with a whiskey'n mama.



Whiskey'n mama, you standin' there

with your curly hair

just to have you do me good.

I know you could if you only would.



Whiskey'n mama, you standin' there

with your curly hair

just to have you do me good.

I know you could if you only would.



Well, the sun come shinin' on the rain soaked street.

Whiskey'n mama, where can she be?

I guess I'll have to put you down on my list,

I didn't wanna do it but you insist.

I should have known better than to fool with a whiskey'n mama.

When I woke up this mornin' 

had a smile run across my face.

My baby from town just had to get down, 

come and drag me all over the place.



Gonta drive on a flatbed trailer truck

down on highway fifty-nine.

I had the blues and my baby, she knew

she's holdin' little piece of mind.



Down brownie, 

my brownie downtown,

down brownie.



Got my share and I'm a black hand cottonfield

just to try and keep myself alive.

Eatin' red beans and rice with the rat's hole, it's nice

or anything you wanna try.



Now I'm hitchin' a ride back from Brownie's,

I'm kind of sad but I feel alright.

The cold night it stings but I got me some wings,

I'll be flyin' into Houston tonight.

Have mercy, been waitin' for the bus all day.

Have mercy, been waitin' for the bus all day.

I got my brown paper bag and my take-home pay.



Have mercy, old bus be packed up tight.

Have mercy, old bus be packed up tight.

Well, I'm glad just to get on and home tonight.



Right on, that bus done got me back.

Right on, that bus done got me back.

Well, I'll be ridin' on the bus till I Cadillac.

Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans.

Well now, Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans.

Yeah, yeah.

Workin' from one end to the other and all points in between.



Took a jump through Mississippi, well, muddy water turned to wine.

Took a jump through Mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.

Yeah, yeah.

Then out to California through the forests and the pines.

Ah, take me with you, Jesus.



You might not see him in person but he'll se you just the same.

You might not see him in person but he'll se you just the same.

Yeah, yeah.

You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name.

If you see me walkin' down the line

with my fav'rite honky tonk in mind,

well, I'll be here around suppertime

with my can of dinner and a bunch of fine.



Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah.

Uh-huh-huh, baby, don't you wanna come with me?



The crowd gets loud when the band gets right,

steel guitar cryin' through the night.

Yeah, try'n to cover up the corner fight

but ev'rything's cool 'cause they's just tight.



Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah.

Huh, baby, don't you wanna come with me?

Ah, play it boy.



The joint was jumpin' like a cat on hot tin.

Lord, I thought the floor was gonna give in.

Soundin' a lot like a House Congressional

'cause we're experimental and professional.



Beer drinkers, hell raisers, yeah.

Well, baby, don't you wanna come with me?

High class Slim came floatin' in 

down from the county line.

Just gettin' right on Saturday night, 

ridin' with some friends of mine.

They invited me just to come and see

just what was on their minds

and then I took my first long look

at the on high.



In the back of Jimmy's Mack

stood a round steel cage

welded into shape by Slim,

made out of sucker gauge.

How fine, they cried, now with you inside,

strapped in there safe and sound.

I thought, my-o-my, how the sparks will fly

if that thing ever hit the ground.



Slim was so pleased when I had eased

into his trap of death.

He had slammed the door but I said no more

and I though I'd breathed my last breath.

We was out in the sticks down Highway Six

and the crowd was just about right.

The speed was too, so out I flew

like a stick of rollin' dynamite.



When I hit the ground you could hear the sound

and see the sparks a country mile.

End over end I began to spin

but the ball started runnin' wild.

But it was too late as I met my fate

and the ball started gettin' hot.

But through the sparks and the flame I knew that the claim

of the was gone.

Hot, blue and righteous,

an angel called me aside.

Hot, blue and righteous,

said, "Stick by me and I'll be your guide."



I heard the words as I closed my eyes

down on my, down on my bended knees.

It fit like a glove and I realized

somethin' good's happenin' to me.



Hot, blue and righteous

angel called me aside.

Ooh, ooh, ooh.

When I hear that Santa Fe start blowin'

I wonder where it's been and where it's goin'.



I tell you, boy, every time

the feelin' sure is fine.

Just move me on down the line,

just move me on down the line.



Then I heard Red Rooster start his crowin'

around the curve that cloud of smoke was blowin'.



I tell you, boy, every time

the feelin' sure is fine.

Just move me on down the line,

just move me on down the line.



I'll be where the big wheels keep on turnin'

and the diesel drivers keep them engines burnin'.



I tell you, boy, every time

the feelin' sure is fine.

Just move me on down the line,

just move me on down the line.



Move me on down the line, move me on down.

Move me on down the line, move me on down.

(repeat & fade)

Ridin' top the floodway on a Friday night,

the landscape's a fine and nat'ral sight.

Just cruisin' slow through the dark of night.

With ev'rything's all right.



Good God Almighty, we was goin' down slow,

yeah, if we knew just where we had to go.

Cryin', just a flyin' down a put out road

with in my flathead Ford.



So if you're out rollin' late some night,

yeah, and you need that supernatural delight, I'm talkin' to you, brother,

I know somebody's, they's just out of sight.

Get with, they gonna treat you right.

Rumour sprendin' a-'round in that Texas town

'bout that shack outside 

and you know what I'm talkin' about.

Just let me know if you wanna go 

to that home out on the range.

They gotta lotta nice girls.



Have mercy.



A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.

A haw, haw, haw.



Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time

and the ten to get yourself in. 

A hmm, hmm.

And I hear it's tight most ev'ry night,

but now I might be mistaken.

hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.



Have mercy.

I met a shiek from Mozambique

who led me to the Congo.

He dreamed to go to Mexico

and sample a burrito.



My tempature had risen again,

it must have been a hundred and ten.



Under the oaks I was telling some jokes

and thinkin' I had it made-

Gettin' on with the folks, havin' some Coke

and coolin' off in the shade.



My tempature had risen again,

and it must have been a hundred and ten.



I took a boat that couldn't float

to Rio de Janeiro.

So with my scuba I swam to Cuba

bur I'll be gone tomorrow.



My tempature had risen again,

it must have been a hundred and ten.

Have you heard 'bout Jo Tir Math, 

yeah yeah yeah?

Well, then you could not be lost, 

yeah yeah yeah.



Which way are you comin' from,

goin' up or gettin' down?

Well, have you thought about it some

or have you put it down?



Have you heard about heaven,

yeah yeah yeah?

Seven come eleven,

yeah yeah yeah.



Have you heard, dear brother,

yeah yeah yeah?

Well, let's help one another,

yeah yeah yeah.



Have you heard, oh yeh?

Have you heard, oh yeh?

Have you heard, oh yeh?

Have you heard, oh yeh?

Have you heard, oh yeh?

Have you heard, oh yeh?

Have you heard, oh yeh?

(repeat & fade)

Get high, everybody, get high.

Get high, everybody, get high.

Get high, everybody, get high.

Get high, everybody, get high.

Have you heard? What's the word?

It's.



All you kids from Texas,

you grow so big and tall.

All of them kids from Texas

they grow so big and tall.

All of them like to roam

in that T-Bird hall.



Get hi-hi-high.

Really makes you feel so fine,

really goes down so smooth,

really puts you in the groove.

Have you heard? What's the word?

It's.



Juice, juice, juice

really makes you loose loose, loose,

really goes down so smooth,

really puts you in the groove.

Have you heard? What's the word?

It's.



Get hi-hi-high,

way up in the sky.

Gonna get, yes sirree,

if ya come and rock with me.

Have you heard? What's the word?

It's.

I. BACKDOOR LOVE AFFAIR



Got to have you, baby, even 

though you say that you don't care.

Got to have you, baby, even 

though you say that you don't care.

Any way you want it, 

settle for a backdoor love affair.







II. MELLOW DOWN EASY



Jump, jump here, jump, jump there,

jump, jump, baby, everywhere.

Don't you mellow down easy,

babe, you got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy, babe.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top.



Shake, shake here, shake, shake there,

shake, shake, baby, everywhere.

Don't you mellow down easy,

babe, you got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy, babe.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top.



Shake, shake here, shake, shake there,

shake, shake, baby, everywhere.

Don't you mellow down easy,

babe, you got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy, babe.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Got to mellow down easy.

Don't you mellow down easy.

Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top.







III. BACKDOOR LOVE AFFAIR NO. 2



Baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?

Uh-huh uh-huh, yes I do, yes I do.

Oh, baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?

Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.

Oh, I give you lovin' by the daytime,

night time you could take good care of me.



Baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?

Uh-huh uh-huh, yes I do, yes I do.

Oh, baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?

Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.

Oh, I give you lovin' by the daytime,

night time you could take good care of me.



Baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?

Uh-huh uh-huh, yes I do, yes I do.

Oh, baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?

Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.

Oh, I give you lovin' by the daytime,

night time she could take good care of me.







IV. LONG DISTANCE BOOGIE



Is everybody feelin' good? You makin' us feel good, too!

Now, early this morning I got on that long distance telephone

and I called my mama.

I said, "Mama, this is your boy, and I'm way down here in

New Orleans, Louisiana."

And she said, "That's all right, boy."

And she turned to my papa and she said, 

"Papa, our boy's way down there in New Orleans.

We cannot let him stay out all night long."

She did!

Long about that time, I heard my papa lean toward my mama.

I heard papa tell mama, "Let that boy boogie-woogie."

He said, "It's in him and it's got to come out."



So I went downtown.

There's a lot of people there.

They was-a really havin' a ball.

And I felt so good.

Yes, I felt so good.

Yes, I felt so good.

Yes, I felt so good.

Yes, I felt so good.

Yes, I felt so good.

Yes, I felt so good.



Boogie, children!



Boogie, children!

Well, I knocked down on your door, baby,

to see if you were at home.

Your shade was down, there wasn't even a sound

but something told me you weren't alone.

What in the world can a nasty dog do

but try to get next to you?



Don't laugh 'cause it ain't funny.

Look how it happened to me.

It could happen to you, you could be a fool too

and it'd leave you in misery.

I guess there's nothin' more funky king can do

but to try to get next to you.



Mm, well.

I done ran into my baby

and fin'lly found my old blue jean.

I done ran into my baby

and fin'lly found my old blue jean.

Well, I could tell that they was mine

from the oil and the gasoline.



If I ever get back my blue jean,

Lord, how happy could one man be.

If I ever get back my blue jean,

Lord, how happy could one man be.

'Cause if I get back those blue jean

you know, my baby be bringin' 'em home to me.

Deep in the South of Texas

not so long ago,

there on a crowded island

in the Gulf of Mexico



it didn't take too much money,

man, but it sure was nice.

You could dance all night if you felt all right,

drinking whiskey and throwing dice.



And everybody knows

it was hard to leave.

And everybody knows

it was down at the.



Yeah, I remember Ruby,

she always dressed in red

wearing skintight pants, Lord, and how she could dance

with a rag wrapped around her head.



And everybody knows

it was hard to leave.

And everybody knows

it was down at the.



And everybody knows

it was hard to leave.

And everybody knows

it was down at the,

it was down at the,

it was down at the.

If you're down in Acuna and you ain't up to being alone

don't spend all your money on just any honey that's grown.

Go find the Mexican blackbird and send all your troubles back home.



They all call her her "puta" 'cause no one really knows her name.

She works the cantina, dancin' and a-lovin's her trade.

Her mama was Mez'can and her daddy was the ace of spades.



Oh, let's drive that old Chrysler down to Mexico, boy.

Said, keep your hands on the wheel there.

Oh, it sure is fine, ain't it?

Now, ya got it! Hand me another one of them brews from back there.

Oh, this is gonna be so good.



Mm, she's hot as a pepper but smooth as a Mexican brew.

So head for the border and put in an order or two.

The wings of the blackbird will spread like an eagle for you.



Oh, one more time,

can you roll me another Bull Durham, please?

Can't you do it with one hand, boy?

Do you remember 

back in nineteen sixty-six?

Country Jesus, hillbilly blues, 

that's where I learned my licks.

Oh, from coast to coast and line to line

in every county there,

I'm talkin' 'botu that outlaw X

is cuttin' through the air.



Anywhere, y'all,

everywhere, y'all,

I heard it, I heard it,

I heard it on the X.



We can all thank Doctor B

who stepped across the line.

With lots of watts he took control,

the first one of its kind.

So listen to your radio

most each and every night

'cause if you don't I'm sure you won't

get to feeling right.



Anywhere, y'all,

everywhere, y'all,

I heard it, I heard it,

I heard it on the X.

I been up, I been down.

Take my word, my way around.

I ain't askin' for much.

I said, Lord, take me downtown,

I'm just lookin' for some tush.



I been bad, I been good,

Dallas, Texas, Hollywood.

I ain't askin' for much.

I said, Lord, take me downtown,

I'm just lookin' for some tush.



el.g. solo



Take me back way back home,

not by myself, not alone.

I ain't askin' for much.

I said, Lord, take me downtown,

I'm just lookin' for some tush.



el.g. solo

I'm gonna tell ya what it's all about

Sweet thang's tryin' to put me out

She gone and found herself another man

She tryin' to let me down as fast as she can



It's only love, it drives me crazy

It's only love pretty baby

Baby, what you tryin' to do



Well after runnin' round a time or two

I found out only the best will do

Well it's your own fault for lettin' her go

So maybe now you'll take it slow



It's only love, it drives me crazy

It's only love pretty baby

Baby, what you tryin' to do



Well, it's all over now but the cryin'

I keep on payin' the price for my lyin'

Don't let it get you down it ain't nothin' new

You ain't the only one that it's happened to



It's only love, it drives me crazy

It's only love pretty baby

Baby, what you tryin' to do

When you're driving down the highway at night

And you're feelin' that wild turkey's bite

Don't give Johnny Walker a ride

Cause Jack Black is right by your side

You might get taken to the jailhouse and find

You've been arrested for driving while blind



Now just the other night with nothin' to do

We broke a case of proof 102

And started itchin' for that wonderful feel

Of rollin' in an automobile

You could say we was out of our mind

And let me tell you we were flyin' while blind



Then they had us up against the wall 

Hey it's only blood grain alcohol

And there ain't no cause for alarm

We ain't out to do nobody no harm

How could anyone be so unkind

To arrest a man for drivin' while blind

Did you ever hear the story

That happened not long ago

'bout the man with a tan

El diablo de Mexico

And this man played his hand

And he lived by the luck of the draw

Now and then and again

Found him steppin' outside the law

Hey! hey!



And his fortune he had made

let him live high on the hog

Til the day of the raid

When they hunted him like a dog

He was out on the run

Knowing he could get by

Cause the men killed in sin

were not there to testify

Hey! hey!



He was caught, he was bound

In la casa de Calaboose

He was tried, he was found

And readied for the noose

But the break he would make

It didn't turn out so well

And the hombre called Diablo

Bid his last farewell

I say Hey!!

Do you wanna play?

I say Hey!!

I said whatcha' say!

The water she is nice we can steal away

They'll never know we're gone 'til the break 'o day

Come on! Come on!



I say Hey

Did they talk to you today?

I say Hey

Did you see it their way?

The moon she is high, we must leave tonite

We must get away, we will join the fight

Come on! Come on!



I say Hey!

Did our brothers stay

I say Hey

Will our sisters pay

Does it really matter of the friends we lost

It doesn't really matter cause their souls were lost

Come on! Come on!



I say Hey!!

Do you wanna play?

I say Hey!!

I say Hey! watcha' say!

The water she is nice we can steal away

They'll never know we're gone til the break 'o day

So come on!

Oh I'm makin' my way back home

Least that's what I told her on the phone

Been a while since I made her smile

And I know she gonna dig my style

Could you enjoy baby

Really enjoy gettin' it on



Could I get some pie ala mode

When I come in off the road

Do she still have her fightin' gear

Just one look is gonna make it clear

If she would enjoy baby

Really enjoyed gettin' it on



How does it feel holdin' me again

She's holdin' on like it gonna never end

Well I'm home thinkin' I should stay

While I'm here just let me hear you say

Say you enjoyed baby

Really enjoyed gettin' it on

Mr. ten dollar man with that gold in your hand

Comin' round here after sunlight

With your peaches and your pream

And your rollin magazine

Tellin' me you'll make me feel alright

You gonna make me feel alright



Mr. ten dollar man with a girl by the hand

Will this ten spot take her away?

With his slaver's finance he winked,

Said take a chance

Don't you know it happens every day

I said it happens every day



Mr. ten dollar man with that gun in your hand

Could I get a case of those tonight

And now you've got the order, it's time

To slip the border

Don't you know it happens every day

I said it happens every day

I've gotten good at missin' her

I practice all the time

While I drive the Pan Am highway thru

With that cactus friend of mine

It's gettin' hard to see the white line rollin' by

I can't forget her memory deep inside



I dropped a bundle down in Panama

But the loss didn't do me no good 

Spendin' cash and talkin' trash

Don't do it like it should

I realized I just couldn't buy her smile

I'll keep tryin' on that Pan Am mile by mile



If she'd meet me in San Salvador

I'd buy her a drink or two

We'd talk about our used to be

And ride on to Peru

The time to get it right is here and now

If she won't I'll move on anyhow

Somebody breathin' down my neck

While I'm tryin' to roll the bones

I don't care I'll just float a check

Cause I'm feelin' my gamblin' Jones

Here come seven, gimme eleven come again

Love to hideout where I am my own best friend



There's crazy little Linda Lou

With the long and lanky legs

Nobody do it like Linda do

At these backwoods lone star dregs

Like I told you, head out FM 92

Roll in slowly, you'll be safer if you do



If you don't know what I'm talkin' about

Let me ease your worried mind

It's the place to go without a doubt

But it's a litlle bit hard to find

Back in the timber, once you're there

You'll wanna stay

Get loose and limber anytime night or day

Just remember, ask for the Avalon hideway

She used to drive a beat up pickup

Down around San Antone

Stealin' the heart of every guy in town

Includin' the one I own

But this sweet young thing of seventeen

Would sting you with the lovesick blues

Just a blonde haired blue eyed picture of sin

Lookin' for someone to use



She's a lover 'n fighter, she's a wild bull rider

And I'm wonderin' why she left me such a long time ago

She's a heartbreaker, she's a love taker

She can break a heart and take all the love she needs



Well I heard she got down in Beaumont

And she wound up in El Paso

She was tuff as a boot and thin as a rail

And she could step to the cotton eyed Joe

If you run across this flagrant fuzzy

Slip in and get her while you can

Cause before too long she'll be good as gone

And runnin' with another man



She's a lover 'n fighter, she's a wild bull rider

And I'm wonderin' why she left me such a long time ago

She's a heartbreaker, she's a love taker

She can break a heart and take all the love she needs

I got a girl she lives cross town,

She's the one that really gets down.

When she boogie,

She do the tube snake boogie.

Well now boogie little baby, 

Boogie woogie all night long.



I got a girl she lives on the block,

She kinda funky with her pink and black socks.

She likes to boogie,

She do the tube snake boogie.

Well now boogie woogie baby,

Boogie woogie all night long.



I got a girl, she lives on the hill.

She won't do it but her sister will,

When she boogie,

She do the tube snake boogie.

Well now boogie little baby,

Boogie woogie all night long. 

Blow your top blow your top blow your top.

She is an American car,

She isn't legal so she can't go far.

She got her mind stuck up in second gear,

Where she going ain't exactly clear.

Baby please, baby please, I wanna drive you home.



Low mileage without a pink slip,

Clean upholstery and it ain't been ripped.

She stripped her gears only late last night,

I don't think that thing was oiling right.

Baby please, baby please, I wanna drive you home.



She shakes and shimmies all over the road,

She's always happy when she carry a load.

Another lonesome automobile,

Something bout the way she makes me feel.

Baby please, baby please, I wanna drive you home.

Tidify da, sinmah gough dah hep haing ding fum gogamamo.

Stry da fings thadd awondt oont do butt any il thang thad a wondt meeto.

Shees my nurirng my nu esit seten' ra mind at a ros reshoo.

I don loo kadang doo my net loohah leten meen you



Hmm, I wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole.

I wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole.

You just don't know what shape I'm in.



Try-da-fy thedit dern tasgoo

Itel dang ifl eeton if airs ron wichoo

Day me dy ron my nek

Thars a dang ana ding doo itan beegon



Shee kina sitn wita ly dou fang

Let it ang wit a itin imin babee

Ide oln lee pak da thangs yoodo

Letit ang ifen eeton wacha ron wichoo

I wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole.

She had a look in her eye that could make you melt,

Made me feel better than I ever felt.

But bless her heart, she couldn't stay,

I begged her not to go away.

She left my ex best friend out in old Tucson,

Told me she was leavin and would be rollin on.

Now the days just pass on by,

Losin' her is the reason why.

Leila, Leila your mind will be flying high

And everything will be alright.



You know I love you girl more than I can say,

I still think about you each and every day.

My lonesome old hearttill feels the same,

So Leila won't you steal away.

Leila, Leila your mind will be flying high

And everything will be alright.



Leila, Leila your mind will be flying high

And everything will be alright.

Baby, baby, I need you,

I'll lay it on you with a straight shot

Baby, baby, I love you,

I'll give it ev'rything I got.

I'm gonna try my best to hold you baby,

Hold you in my arms.



Tryin' my best to please you, 

Never ever tease you,

Don't you go and break my heart.

Don't burn me like a jet fuel, 

Baby just be cool,

Don't go tearin' me apart.



Baby, baby I want you,

I know we're thinkin' 'bout the same thing.

Lord have mercy,

I need you, I can read you like a magazine.

I'm gonna try my best to hold you baby,

Hold you in my arms.



Tryin' my best to please you,

Never ever tease you,

Don't you go and break my heart.

Don't burn me like a jet fuel,

Baby just be cool,

Don't go tearin' me apart. 



You know what I'm talkin' 'bout

Because I'm givin' you the head lines.

Baby, baby I love you,

Let's get ready for the good times.

I'm gonna try my best to hold you baby,

Hold you in my arms.



Tryin' my best to please you,

Never ever tease you,

Don't you go and break my heart.

Don't burn me like a jet fuel,

Baby just be cool,

Don't go tearin' me apart.

When the light comes and yu're feelin' down

Cause your baby's out there somewhere runnin' round.

Don't start feeling blue and feeling lonely too,

It's hard I know when that love ain't true.



You just can't explain, but you know it's there,

That empty feeling seems so unfair.

What can you do when it's gone, it's gone,

'Cause those lovin' feelings seem to hurt so long.



So if you feel like cryin', go ahead and cry,

A heartbreak will cool as time goes by.

And it's so hard baby, it's so hard to take.

It's so hard baby, it's so hard to take.



Well you work so long every day and night,

Tryin' every thing that seems so right.

But when a love falls a heart must break,

And it's so hard baby, it's so hard to take.

She's really upset with me again,

I didn't give her what she likes.

I don't know what to tell her,

Don't know what to say.

Everything got funky last night.

She was really bombed,

And I was really blown away,

Until I asked her what she wanted,

And this is what she had to say:

A pearl necklace.

She wanna pearl necklace.

She wanna pearl necklace.

She gets a charge out of bein' so weird,

Digs gettin' downright strange.

But I can keep a handle on anything,

Just this side of deranged.

She was gettin' bombed,

And I was gettin' blown away,

And she held it in her hand

And this is what she had to say:

A pearl necklace.

She wanna pearl necklace.

She wanna pearl necklace.

She is so tough, as pure as the driven slush.

And that's not true what she's talkin' about,

It really don't cost that much.

She was gettin' bombed,

And I was gettin' blown away,

And she took it in her hand,

And this is what she had to say:

A pearl necklace.

She wanna pearl necklace.

She wanna pearl necklace.

I'm gonna find me a groovy little hippie pad.

I'm gonna find me a groovy little hippie pad.

I work a hundred grand scam from a border town.

Well, I'll be feeling glad.



I'm gonna find me a blonde-haired mama,

In a Jeep with a German Shepherd by her side.

I'm gonna find me a blonde-haired mama,

With boots and a fourty-four on her side.

And if I ain't too hjigh or used up,

I'll have her take me for a groovy little hippie ride.



I'm gonna fix brown rice every day,

And drink down a bottle of Midnight Red.

I'm gonna fix brown rice every day,

And drink down a bottle of Midnight Red.

That's all I need to get groovy,

That's what all the little hippie said.

Hello darling.

Surprised?

Yes, it's me again.

I have just returned from the island of Chandelier.

What am I doing in town?

Well, I'm glad you asked.

I'm just passing through in search of the ever elusive Thunderbird.



I got a job as a public relations man.

Passing out handbills on Austin Street.

Merely an effort to improve my financial situation,

And ward off a case of the D.T.'s



So farewell, my darling.

Perhaps we'll meet again 

On some sin-infested street corner in Houston Texas.

I found an empty house in my neighborhood,

I knew that wer shouldn't but I thought we could.

Knew it wouldn't be hard to slide into the backyard,

Called all my friends and slipped a hundred to the guard.

We turned on the radio and had a party on the patio.



Betty's in the sauna and she's getting kind of hot,

Mary's in the icebox wishin' she was not.

Connie's in the whirlpool, Jimmy's tryin' to be cool,

Libby's in the bushes 'cause she's nobody's fool.

We turned the lights down low and had a party on the patio.



Heard the cops are coming so we tried to jump the fence,

Mary didn't make it and we haven't seen her since.

Connie had another drink, Jimmy simply couldn't think,

Billy G. was passed out underneath the sink.

But everybody's gonna show for another party on the patio.