미국의 블루스 기타 연주자. 1967년 《Born Under A Bad Sign》을 발표하여 대히트를 기록하면서 대중들에게 이름을 알린 이후 70년대까지 최고의 전성기를 보냈다. 힘있고 리듬감 넘치는 탁월한 연주로 유명하다. 비비 킹·프레디 킹과 함께 블루스의 '3대 킹'으로 손꼽힌다.
If you're down and out and you feel real hurt Come on over to the place where I live And all your loneliness I'll try to soothe I'll play the blues for you
Don't be afraid come on in You might run across some of your old friends
All your loneliness I gotta soothe I'll play the blues for you
I got no big name and I ain't no big star I play the blues for you on my guitar All your loneliness I'll try to soothe I 'll play the blues for you
Laying around home alone On a rainy night like this Starving for your love Hungry for just one kiss Every raindrop I hear On my window pane yeah Beats so loud and clear Why does it tell your name? I got nowhere to turn to Tired of being alone I feel like breaking up somebody's home I know it's useless Hanging on to you When you belong to someone else Can't control the feelin' Cause after all I didn't make it myself
Last night I cried so hard I believe I caught a chill Can't control the vibration My heart just won't stand still Got nowhere to turn to I'm tired of being alone I feel like breaking up somebody's home
I know you hear me talkin' I know it's useless Hanging on to you When you belong to someone else Can't control the vibration Cause after all I didn't make it myself Got nowhere to turn to I'm tired of being alone I feel like breaking up somebody's home
Well, I'll Be Doggone if I would work all day And I'll Be Doggone if I would bring you my pay But if I ever caught you running around, Blowing my money all over this town Then I wouldn't be doggone Hey, Hey! I'd be long gone. Then I wouldn't be doggone (Baby!) I'd be long gone. mm mm Now, hey, hey, hey!
I'll be Doggone if you ain't a pretty thing And I'll be Doggone if you ain't warm as a breath of spring And if we live to be a hundred year old, If you ever let that spring turn cold Then I wouldn't be doggone Hey, Hey, Hey! I'd be long gone. Oh, I wouldn't be doggone (Baby) I'd be long gone. mm mm Now, did you hear me? Well, now, what I say oh, believe me.
Well, ev'ry woman should try to be whatever her man wants her to be. And I don't want much, all I want from you is for you to be true to me.
I'll be Doggone if love ain't a man's best friend Oh, baby, And I'll Be Doggone if you ain't the loving end Though I know you make me feel like nobody could, If I ever found out that you're no good Then I wouldn't be doggone Well, I wouldn't be doggone (Baby!) I'd be long gone. I wouldn't be doggone (gonna catch me a train) Naw, baby, I wouldn't be doggone I wouldn't be doggone (gonna catch me a plane)
This number's bein' especially played And dedicated to all of the women From all of the men
You see you women have a good thing goin' But we hip to ya now
You take two or three pieces And go down to the laundromat An' take ya eight hours to wash 'em No good!
We gonna buy ya washers and dryers And we're gonna put ya at home in the basement And we gonna kick the door down that goes to the basement While we can hear the washer when it stop
And baby, baby, baby, when that washer stop You better be though Or you better have a darn good explanation!
Don't you go get whupped all on the toenails We're gonna raise your eye lashes and whup ya some And if ya run fast enough We're gonna whup ya on the bottom of the feet
Ain't that right men? Speak up for yourself! (yeah, yeah)
There will be no more goin' to the laundromat Puttin' your clothes in there And gettin' your girlfriend keep her eye on it While you step out the back door
You better take my advise You might need it on your vacation this summer I'd hate to see ya come up with a leg screwed off Or a eye punched out Yeah!
Whoa! yeah, yeah!
I know you don't know it babe (yeah, yeah, yeah) But things look bad for you Hey, I know you don't know it babe But I'm gonna keep a close eye on you
Well, ev'ry time you go to the laundromat, baby I want you to know, I want you to know That I'll be there too!
I went to work this mo'nin' My foreman looked me in the eye He said, "Fella I don't know what's wrong with ya, But you look sick enough to die"
He sent me to the company doctor And he examined from head to toe "Whatever's wrong with ya, young man, My x-rays just won't show"
I say, angel of mercy Won't you please look down on me? Angel of mercy A little mercy is all I need
The finance company They just don't receive my check They say they want a payment by Friday Or they want all-a the furniture back
I went to the credit union To try to get myself a loan They said, "I would let ya have it young man, But we hear that you won't be workin' here much longer
Angel of mercy Won't you please look down on me? Oh, angel of mercy A little mercy is all I need
Lord have mercy! Oh angel! Oh!
Oh!
Cut my lights off this mo'nin' They set my furniture out doors I was listenin' to the weatherman 'while ago An' he's says it's gonna rain an'snow
My daughter's got pneumonia An' my son is down with the flu My whole family's sufferin' from malnutrition And I can't even 'fford them soup
I say, angel of mercy Won't you please look down on me? Oh, angel of mercy A little mercy is all I need
Ev'rybody understands the blues Are you listening? YEAH! [audience replies]
I say ev'rybody understands the blues Ev'rybody from one day to another has the blues
You take the little baby that's layin' in the cradle He can't get that milk bottle fast enough He go to kickin' an'cryin' An' goin' on, tearin' up the little baby bed He got the blues Can ya dig it? YEAH! [audience replies] Ha, ha, ha
You take this girl that's got this main squeeze That's her boyfriend, that is, you know
An' he just bought a brand new GTO You know she wanna be wit' him ev'rytime he cranks it up An' go around the corner to the soda fountain This is where she wanna go an'show it off Where all the girls and guys be You know what I mean?
An' she get ready to go out this particular night An' her mother say, "Daughter you was just out last night You can't go out tonight, that's too many nights in a row"
She go in the room an'fasten the door An' won't answer the phone, won't eat Won't talk to nobody She got the blues That's what's wrong wit' her
Some people call them the reds, the pinks When ya get through It's the old-fashioned country blues That's right
I haven't seen my main squeeze In ten long weeks, today
You know I got the blues Can you dig it? ha, ha, ha YEAH! [Audience replies]
Woo! Alright!
Ah but wait, I don't think you're with me Let's ev'rybody get a thing goin' right here Yes, yes, yes
Can you feel it? YEAH! I can't hear you, can you feel it? YEAH! Yes, yes Sounds awful good, keep it, keep it, right there chilin' Keep it right there, ha ha ha ha
The blues! An' when you're doin' the blues They so strong, that's the reason there named They call 'em blues power, yeah
An' would you believe I invented blues power? YEAH! Ha, ha Can you dig the blues power? YEAH! Let ev'rybody say "yeah" YEAH! Say it again, say "yeah" YEAH!
Alright! Alright! Hey! Hey! Hey! Oh! Alright Ha, ha, ha! Well! Woo! Ha, ha, ha! Oh man! Hey! Ooh-oh! Woo!
Thank you! Thank you very much! Thank you very kindly! Woo!
We're gonna take ya way back, ha ha I said we're gonna take ya way back [Yeah!] Ha, ha (Let's start!) When the sunrise in the east, lover It set deeply in the west (Spoken: Oh, turn my organ down a-lil' bit so I can croon a lil' bit on ya)
Oh, the sunrise in the east It set deeply in the west I've been lookin' for my lover An' I haven't found her yet I'm gonna call up China An' see if my woman's over there Well, I'm gonna call up China An' see if my woman's over there You know, I've searched the whole world over, Lord I can't find my lover, nowhere (hey-ya) She won't write me no letter She won't even call me on the telephone No, she won't write me no letter
She won't even call me on the telephone You know I haven't had no real good lovin' Since that gal-a mine been gone
(Spoken: I can't see my, engineer Hey, somebody! (hey, hey) Where's Mister ... <name of engineer, inaudible> Well, Ooh!)
Someday baby, hahahaha You're gonna want me, like I want you Oh, someday baby, you're gonna want me, like I want you But when you call me long distance, darlin' I'll say I have nothing for you to do Someday baby, you're gonna want me, like I want you Hey, someday baby, you're gonna want me, like I want you Oh, but when ya call me on the phone, angel I'll say I have nothin' for you to do Woo, thank you!
The other day a woman stopped me She said daddy let me talk to you She said now listen I aint beggin I'm just lonesome and I'm blue Once I had a good man But I didnt know how to act By the time I learnt my lesson My good man wouldnt take me back She cried that was too much for me Thats why I walked the back street and cried But it hurt me so bad, yeah Yeah that the man I misused said goodbye
I said rap on baby
I sent a friend to talk for me And she say I did the best I could I lied like a dog for you I just couldnt do you no good Thats why I hit the backstreet there Just as drunk as I could be The man I had misused He passed and didn't look back at me I said its too much for me Thats why I walk the backstreet and cry Well, it hurt me so bad, it hurt me so bad To hear the man I misused say goodbye
Ahhh...
I had the galls to call him He said you lowdown as you could be And last time we had an argument You know called the police on me They raid me out of my house woman While you stood there on and grinned Now the police can't help you little girl Cause they cant bring me in She said that was too much for me Thats why I walk on the backstreet and cry Ohh it hurt me so bad, it hurt me so bad To hear the man I misused say goodbye
