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| 3:22 | 
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I've been around and I've seen some things
People moving faster than the speed of sound Faster than the speeding bullet People living like Superman All day and all night And I won't say if it's wrong or if it's right I'm pretty fast myself But I do have some advice to pass along Along in the chorus of this song Better not look down If you want to keep on flying Put the hammer down Keep it full speed ahead Better not look back Or you might just wind up crying You can keep it moving If you don't look down An old girl friend of mine showed up the other day That girl have lived in love and for love And over love, and under love all her life If the arrows from cupid's bow that had Passed through her heart had been sticking Out of her body she would have looked like A porcupine, and she asked me B.B. do you think I've lived my life all wrong? And I said: The only advice I have to pass Along in the chorus of this song Girl Better not look down If you want to keep on flying Put the hammer down Keep it full speed ahead Better not look back Or you might just wind up crying You can keep it moving If you don't look down I was walking down the street at sunrise one morning In London, England And there was a very large Rolls Royce Limousine Pulling slowly along the street And in that Rolls Royce was the Queen of England Looking tired Just go back from a party, and the Queen leaned out and She said: Aren't you B.B. King? She said: Oh B.B., sometimes it's so hard to pull things together Could you tell me what you think I ought to do? And I said: Better not look down If you want to keep on flying Put the hammer down Keep it full speed ahead Better not look back Or you might just wind up crying You can keep it moving If you don't look down |
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| 2. |
| 4:33 |
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One hand will take, one hand will give
That's all we know and that is how we live One day hello, next day goodbye And everyone just stay high Same old story, same old song Goes all right till it goes all wrong Now you're going, then you're gone Same old story, same old song One builds you up, one tears you down To some you're a saint, to others you're a clown What can you do, just see it through And hold on to what is left to you Same old story, same old song Goes all right till it goes all wrong Now you're going, then you're gone Same old story, same old song |
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| 3:15 |
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Baby lights her cigarette
And takes a look around She says that morning sun Sure does get her down Nothing else to see Just to help her lose Those happy birthday blues Grandpa takes a drink of wine And tells it like it was Tells me all he wants to do Is what everybody does Say he'd give the world For a little girl Just to help him lose Those happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Happy birthday blues Got to pay your dues Those happy birthday blues In and out and on and on Everybody goes And where the fun with finally stops Everybody knows Girls it's me and you Doing what we do Just one way to lose Those happy birthday blues |
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| 4. |
| 5:29 |
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I don't have to know your name
Unless you really want me too All I really want to know Is what you want to do Hope there's something you like In something that you see I don't have that much to say for me I've always been lonely But don't be afraid I've always been lonely Like a song never played I've always been lonely But if you come with me tonight And stayed At least we'd know It wasn't loneliness we made You don't have to know my past It's much too much for me and you If the sadness has to show I guess I'll let it through We can go till it's gone And give it all we've got Sometimes anything can mean a lot |
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| 3:21 | 
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| 6. |
| 3:27 |
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Tonight I'm gonna make you a star
I'm gonna play you like my new guitar I'll put some polish on your strings I'll make you sing like an angel sings Lay back and love it baby stand up and shout 'Cuz tonight you'll see what bein' a star's all about One touch you tremble one more you'll moan I'll show you something you've never learned at home You'll see how good baby it all can be I'll show you everything you need to see I've got a feeling baby you'll go far 'Cuz tonight you'll see what bein' a star's all about I'm gonna rock you a little while And then we'll roll in a down-home style If it gets funky we won't mind We're gonna reach for whatever we can find You're gonna play all my favorite songs I'll show you right now where the beat belongs Come step aboard my midnight flight We're gonna ride babe till the mornin' light And when the tour is at the end We'll go back over everywhere we've been You got the message baby now answer the call Step into the spotlight and give it your all |
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| 2:22 |
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When I first met you we burned like a flame
Now it's gettin' colder and you know that's a same Love's out there somewhere but you know it won't come in So let's remember baby how sweet all this has been But when two real good lovers start bein' real good friends You know that's the beginning of the end I make you sparkle like strawberry wine And when I felt bad you make me feel fine Oh it's good when it's goin' and gone when it's gone We both know enough to leave well enough alone When two real good lovers start bein' real good friends Baby can't you see that's the beginning of the end The cool of the morning the heat of the night The loving was good (but you know) it just wasn't right Someday when you wake up and call out my name Don't feel bad about it I'll probably do the same But when two real good lovers start bein' real good friends Baby don't ya know that's the beginning of the end |
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| 2:48 |
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Went to a party
The New York style I met a lady Make a sane man wild She said the words only her lips could say She made me want to throw my life away But when I asked her She said "Maybe tomorrow, B.B." And that's a story everybody knows I took her flying Out across the sea I thought I had her I know that she had me And when we landed It was Paris, France Seemed like a nice place For some French romance But when I touched her She said "Maybe a little later, B.B." And that's the story everybody knows We went to Berlin And to Stockholm too And on the Moscow Then to the Peking Zoo As far as travel, she couldn't get too much Somewhere in Oakland She let me have just a little touch And then she said "I'm late for beauty appointment, I've got a headache, And I believe I'm coming down with the flu" And that's the story everybody knows |
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| 3:07 |
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Way down South there's a clear stream running
In the night I feel my heart turning I'm feeling some day I'd like to come Back to the place I started from Take it home Country night with the stars above me Way down there with the ones who love me Mother, Sister, Father, Son They mean more than anyone Take it home Fall winds blow and the red leaves falling Don't know there's a voice keeps calling Saying, you have found your song You've been gone so long Take it home Seems my life is a long road winding Gone so far but the ties are binding I'll pack up my bags and fly away To a far better day Take it home Don't know why I was made to wander I've seen the light, lord I've felt the thunder Someday I'll go home again And I know they'll take me in Take it home |
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