Taj Mahal [Guitar, Banjo]

Now I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you, uh huh
I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you, oh yeah
Well, I let into my home, you gonna leave my woman alone
I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you
Now I'll be glad when you die, you rascal you, uh huh
I'll be glad, oh I'll be tickled to death
When you leave this earth it's true, oh yeah
When you're lyin' down six feet deep, no more fried chicken will you eat
I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you, oh yeah

Ah, you just ain't no good
Oh, you dog, now listen here

I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you, uh huh
I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you, oh yeah
I'll be standin' on the corner high, when they drag your body by
I'll be glad when you're dead, you know I'm gonna be so happy
When you're gone you dog
I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you

What am I living for if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you ?
Oh, nobody else, nobody else will do
What am I longing for each lonely night?
To feel your lips to mine, to hold you tight
You'll be the only girl my whole life through
Oh, nobody else, nobody else will do

I want you close to me that's all I know
I want you all the time because darlin' I love you so

Tell me what am I living for if not for you, baby?
What am I living for darling, if not for you?
What am I living for if not for you?
Oh, nobody else, nobody else will do, ooh

What am I living for if not for you?
Oh, nobody else, nobody else will do
Oh, sugar baby, nobody else, nobody else will do

We may not have a cent
To pay the rent
But we're gonna make it
We may have to eat beans everyday
But we're gonna make it
And if a job is hard to find
And we have to stand
In the welfare line
I've got your love
And I know you got mine
And we're gonna make it
We may not have a home
To call our own
But we're gonna make it
I know we will
We may have to fight hardships alone
We're gonna make it, I know we will
'Cause togetherness
Brings peace of mind
We can't stay down all of the time
I've got your love
And you know you've got mine
And we're gonna make it
I know we will
The car may be old
Our two rooms cold
But we're gonna make it
And though we can't spare
A roach a crumb
But we're gonna make it
I know we will
And if I have to carry around a sign
That says, "Help the deaf
The dumb and the blind"
I've got your love
You know you've got mine
We're gonna make it
I know we will
We may not have a home
Just to call our own
But we're gonna make it
I know we will
We may have to fight hardships alone
But we're gonna make it
I know we will
'Cause togetherness
Brings peace of mind
We can't stay down all of the time
I've got your love
You know you got mine
We're gonna make it
I know we will
We're gonna make it
We're gonna make it, baby
I know we're gonna make it, baby

Going down to Richmond
Going down, down to Durham
Going down down to Gainesville
When I'm rolling into view.
I'm going down to Richmond
Going down to Durham
Going down to Gainesville
Yuh-no-uh, rolling into view.
Ladies
(Female chorus harmonizes)
Shake it
Mhmmm
Trucking down to Houston
Going down to Galveston
Going down to Dallas
well, I'm rolling into view.
Going down to Houston
Riding on down to Galveston
Going down to Dallas.
You know, I'm rolling into view.
Sugar
(Female chorus harmonizes)
Mhmm
Aw, yeah
Going down to Jackson
Going down, down to Rosedale
Going down to Vicksburg
Child, it'da rolling into view.
Going down to Jackson
Going down to Rosedale
Going down to Vicksburg
Now, it's rolling into view.
(chorus harmonizes)
Going down to Nashville
Going down to Memphis
Going down to Franklin
Child, they rolling into view.
I'm going down to Nashville
Going down to Franklin
Going down to Memphuh
Yuh, now it's rolling into view.
Ladies
(more harmonizing)
On the river trucking to Nashville
Trucking on down to Houston
Going down to Dallas
Child, I'm rolling into view.
I'm going down to Houston
Going down to Galveston
Going back to Dallas
Sugar, now, I'm rolling into view.
Ladies
(and again with the harmonizing)
Aw, you sing so sweet.
Sing it (x7)
Ohhhhhh, sing it.

Going down to Richmond
Going down, down to Durham
Going down down to Gainesville
When I'm rolling into view.
I'm going down to Richmond
Going down to Durham
Going down to Gainesville
Yuh-no-uh, rolling into view.
Ladies
(Female chorus harmonizes)
Shake it
Mhmmm
Trucking down to Houston
Going down to Galveston
Going down to Dallas
well, I'm rolling into view.
Going down to Houston
Riding on down to Galveston
Going down to Dallas.
You know, I'm rolling into view.
Sugar
(Female chorus harmonizes)
Mhmm
Aw, yeah
Going down to Jackson
Going down, down to Rosedale
Going down to Vicksburg
Child, it'da rolling into view.
Going down to Jackson
Going down to Rosedale
Going down to Vicksburg
Now, it's rolling into view.
(chorus harmonizes)
Going down to Nashville
Going down to Memphis
Going down to Franklin
Child, they rolling into view.
I'm going down to Nashville
Going down to Franklin
Going down to Memphuh
Yuh, now it's rolling into view.
Ladies
(more harmonizing)
On the river trucking to Nashville
Trucking on down to Houston
Going down to Dallas
Child, I'm rolling into view.
I'm going down to Houston
Going down to Galveston
Going back to Dallas
Sugar, now, I'm rolling into view.
Ladies
(and again with the harmonizing)
Aw, you sing so sweet.
Sing it (x7)
Ohhhhhh, sing it.

[Hank Ballard & The Midnighters]

She's doing the hoochi coochi coo
They're swirling in the kitchen
I know she'll get a licking
For doing the hoochi coochi coo

Hey, mama, you better come real quick
Tell papa to bring a hickory stick
She's shaking like she's breaking
And I know she'll soon be aching
From doing the hoochi coochi coo

She's spinning like a top
Shimmying with that steady rock
Dipping up and down
Then she go, round
Round and round

Hey, mama, what you you gonna do

Hey, mama, just look at little Sue
They're swishing in the kitchen
I know she'll get a licking
For doing the hoochi coochi coo

Spinning like a top
Shimmying with that steady rock
Dipping up and down
Then she go, round
Round and round

Hey, mama, what you you gonna do
Hey, mama, look at little Sue
They're swishing in the kitchen
I know she'll get a licking
For doing the hoochi coochi coo

[Hank Ballard & The Midnighters]

She's doing the hoochi coochi coo
They're swirling in the kitchen
I know she'll get a licking
For doing the hoochi coochi coo

Hey, mama, you better come real quick
Tell papa to bring a hickory stick
She's shaking like she's breaking
And I know she'll soon be aching
From doing the hoochi coochi coo

She's spinning like a top
Shimmying with that steady rock
Dipping up and down
Then she go, round
Round and round

Hey, mama, what you you gonna do

Hey, mama, just look at little Sue
They're swishing in the kitchen
I know she'll get a licking
For doing the hoochi coochi coo

Spinning like a top
Shimmying with that steady rock
Dipping up and down
Then she go, round
Round and round

Hey, mama, what you you gonna do
Hey, mama, look at little Sue
They're swishing in the kitchen
I know she'll get a licking
For doing the hoochi coochi coo

The Calypsonians were all gathered together, singing such a mournful tune
I don't know if it was in the summer time could be the month of May or June
Believe me Baby now I love you the best
When I by myself I poke out me chest
Over lovin', lovin lovin, can't stop loving you

I do believe down to my soul I'm going to take accross the deep blue sea
Like my friend Carlos on the Hokule'a down to old Fiji
Believe me Baby now I love you the best
When I by myself I poke out me chest
Over lovin', lovin lovin, can't stop loving you

Love me baby, baby love me, love me baby thru and thru
Love me in the night time, darling from moon to moon
Believe me Baby now I love you the best
When I by myself I poke out me chest
Over lovin', lovin lovin, can't stop loving you

If you love me like you say you love me, love like you say you do
Love me in the sunshine, darling from moon to moon
Believe me Baby now I love you the best
When I by myself I poke out me chest
Over lovin', lovin lovin, can't stop loving you

The blues chaed up a rabbit, rabbit run a quarter mile
That poor little furry bunny scared like a little child
Believe me Baby now I love you the best
When I by myself I poke out me chest
Over lovin', lovin lovin, can't stop loving you

The Calypsonians were all gathered together, singing such a mournful tune
I don't know if it was in the summer time could be the month of May or June
Believe me Baby now I love you the best
When I by myself I poke out me chest
Over lovin', lovin lovin, can't stop loving you

If I were the sun way up there
I'd go with love almost anywhere
I'll be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know I'm still around
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is, baby
That's how strong my love is

I'll be the weeping willow drowning in my tear
You can go swimming when you are here
And I'll be the rainbow after the tears are gone
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm

That's how strong my love is, darling
That's how strong my love is, baby
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is

I'll be the ocean so deep, deep and wide
Catch the tears whenever you cry
I'll be the breeze after the storm has gone
To dry your eyes and love you warm

That's how strong my love is

That's how strong my love is, baby
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is, baby
That's how strong my love is

That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
So much of loving, so much
So much, so much of loving

That's how strong my love is, c'mon
That's how strong my love is, be young
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is

Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again
Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
It's time its time its time you felt like that again

There is just no percentage in remembering the past
It's time you learned to live again and love at last
Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

You stare at me with disbelief
You say for you there's no relief
But girl I swear it won't do you no harm
Don't sit there in your lonely room
Just looking back inside that gloom
Mama that's not were you belong
Come with me I'll take you where the taste of life is green
And everyday everyday hold on woman just got to be seen
Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again
Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
It's time its time its time you felt like that again

There is just no percentage in remembering the past
It's time you learned to live again and love at last
Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

You should have never said you loved me as you laid across my folding bed.
You should have never said you loved me as you laid across my folding bed.
Drinkin' your white lightning, baby...talkin' all out of your head.

You said, "Baby, baby, baby...buh-buh-baby, baby that's all right with me'
You said, "Duh-duh-dad, daddy, daddy...daddy that's all right with me.
You can have my juicy lovin' but don't you throw it in the deep blue sea.

I'm like a stranger
Like a stranger in my own home town
I'm like a stranger
Like a stranger in my own home town

My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down
Oh no, can't get him down

I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago
I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago

But my home town won't accept me
Just don't feel welcome here no more

My home town won't accept me
Just don't feel welcome here no more

I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago, yes I did
I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago
But my home town won't accept me
Just don't feel welcome here no more
I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
Yeah, I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down

I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago, yes I did
I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago
My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down

I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down

I'm like a stranger
Like a stranger in my own home town
I'm like a stranger
Like a stranger in my own home town

My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down
Oh no, can't get him down

I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago
I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago

But my home town won't accept me
Just don't feel welcome here no more

My home town won't accept me
Just don't feel welcome here no more

I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago, yes I did
I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago
But my home town won't accept me
Just don't feel welcome here no more
I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
Yeah, I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down

I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago, yes I did
I came home with good intentions
About 5 or 6 years ago
My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down

I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
I'm like a stranger, like a stranger in my own home town
My so called friends stopped being friendly
Oh but you can't keep a good man down

Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up, mama, now, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to hide (drive) Willie McTell from your door?

You know I woke up in the mornin', now, I had them Statesboro Blues
I woke up this morning now, I had them Statesboro Blues
I looked over in the corner, grandma and grandpa had 'em too

Mama got 'em, papa got 'em, sister got 'em, everybody got 'em
I'm goin' to the country, mama do you wanna go?
If I can't take you, I believe I'll take three or four more

Mama died and left me reckless, papa died and left me wild, wild, wild
Mama died and left me reckless, papa died and left me wild
Ya know I ain't good lookin', but I'll stumble on a sweet angel-child
(Alt. lyric : "I'm gonna find me a sweet angel-child")

Mama got 'em, (doncha know ?), papa got 'em, sister got 'em, everybody got 'em
I'm goin' to the country, mama do you wanna go ?
If I can't take you, I believe I'll take three or four more

Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up, mama, now, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to hide (drive) Willie McTell from your door ?

[Walter Jacobs, Lonnie Carter]

I worked all summer, spring and fall
Blonde-headed woman, she's the cause of it all
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

Saw her in Dallas, in El Paso
So come back baby, I need you so
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

Mississippi river, so big and wide
Blonde-headed woman on the other side
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

Mississippi river, so big and wide
Blonde-headed woman on the other side
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

I worked all summer, spring and fall
Blonde-headed woman was the cause of it all
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

Don't come here running, holding out your hand
I have me a woman, you can grab your man
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

Saw her in Dallas, in El Paso
Blonde-headed woman, you know I need you so
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

Don't come here running, holding out your hand
I have me a woman, you can have your man
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

Mississippi river, so big and wide
Blonde-headed woman on the other side
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
My baby caught the Katy, left me a mule to ride
The train pulled out, and I swung on behind
I'm crazy 'bout her, that hardheaded woman of mine

Man my baby's long, great god she's mighty, she's tall
You know my baby's long, great god she's mighty, my baby she's tall
Well my baby she's long, my baby she's tall
She sleeps with her head in the kitchen and her big feet out in the hall
And I'm still crazy 'bout her, that hardheaded woman of mine

Well I love my baby, she's so fine
I wish she'd come and see me some time
If you don't believe I love her, look what a hole I'm in
If you don't believe I'm sinking, look what a shape I'm in

She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
She caught the Katy, and left me a mule to ride
Well my baby caught the Katy, left me a mule to ride
The train pulled out, and I swung on behind
I'm crazy 'bout her, that hardheaded woman, hardheaded woman of

(Ethel Waters)

Down in Georgia, got a dance that's new,
Ain't nothin' to it, it's easy to do,
Called "Shake That Thing,"
Oh, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!

Now, the old folks start doin' it, the young folks, too,
But the old folks learn the young ones what to do,
About shakin' that thing,
Ah, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!

Now, Grandpapa Johnson grabbed Sister Kate,
He shook her like you shake jelly on a plate,
How he shook that thing,
Oh, he shook that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!

Why, there's old Uncle Jack, the jellyroll king,
He's got a hump in his back from shakin' that thing,
Yet, he still shakes that thing,
For an old man, how he can shake that thing!
And he never gets tired of tellin' young folks: go out and shake that thing!

Now, it ain't no Charleston, ain't no Pigeon Wing,
Nobody has to give you no lessons, to shake that thing,
When everybody can shake that thing,
Oh, I mean, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' tired of telling you how to shake that thing!
Oooh, oooh, with this kind of music, who wouldn't shake that thing?

one hundred and ten miles from Miami
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

bonefish are biting and grouper are schooling there
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

Adam Clayton Powell would fish up near ol' Bimini I'd like to go to
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

great big billfish are bouncing in the deep blue sea
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

if you are a fisherman and you want to have fun come down to
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

ah de weather's fine you should come and wet a line down at
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

I ain't been to school but I am one fishing fool I'm going down to
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

you could rent a boat something that will float you to
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

big tuna be divin' down there in the deep blue sea
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

Dee dee duh da da deeya deeya deeya deeya dee doo doo duh da dee doh
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay
Dee dee duh da da deeya deeya deeya deeya dee doo doo duh da dee doh
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

big fish and little fish swimmer and swimee
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

one hundred and ten miles from Miami
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay
aaaahh billfish be fillin' in the deep blue sea
Walker's Cay aaaahh Adam Clayton Powell used to fish down there I know it must be good for me man!
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

aaahh I'm gonna' get my boat and anything that will float and go down to
Walker's Cay I like to fish all the time everyday Richie Havens do too ya' know ooohhhh and Percy Heath
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay

(fade with Dee dee duh da da deeya deeya deeya deeya dee doo doo duh da dee doh
as only Taj Mahal can improvise)
Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay, Walker's Cay


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Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, baby been sweet on me
Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, my queen bee
Oh she rock to my soul, mama love me to my soul
Love me to my soul, oh she rock me to my soul

She's a strutter, she can shake it some yeah, oh watch her now look at her run
A strutter, she can shake it some, oh dancing having fun
She love me to my soul, oh she love me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul oh rock me to my soul

Honey in the honey pot and, your pot is hot
Honey in the honey pot and the pot is what you got
To lova rocka rocka me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul, rock me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul, rock me to my soul

Baby won't you come by me yeah, spare me this misery
Sugar won't you come by me, oh I know you'll agree, 'gree, 'gree, 'gree
To love me to my soul, oh to rock me to my soul
Ooh rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul

Sweeter than a honey bee oh, baby been sweet on me
Sweeter than a honey bee oh, my queen bee
Oh she rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul
Oh she rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul
These songs were made for lovers
Lovers and lovers and lovers and lovers and lovers
And lovers and lovers and lovers, And lovers and lovers
My soul, my soul
Queen bee
Queen

Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, baby been sweet on me
Sweeter than a honey bee, yeah, my queen bee
Oh she rock to my soul, mama love me to my soul
Love me to my soul, oh she rock me to my soul

She's a strutter, she can shake it some yeah, oh watch her now look at her run
A strutter, she can shake it some, oh dancing having fun
She love me to my soul, oh she love me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul oh rock me to my soul

Honey in the honey pot and, your pot is hot
Honey in the honey pot and the pot is what you got
To lova rocka rocka me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul, rock me to my soul
Oh love me to my soul, rock me to my soul

Baby won't you come by me yeah, spare me this misery
Sugar won't you come by me, oh I know you'll agree, 'gree, 'gree, 'gree
To love me to my soul, oh to rock me to my soul
Ooh rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul

Sweeter than a honey bee oh, baby been sweet on me
Sweeter than a honey bee oh, my queen bee
Oh she rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul
Oh she rock me to my soul, oh rock me to my soul
These songs were made for lovers
Lovers and lovers and lovers and lovers and lovers
And lovers and lovers and lovers, And lovers and lovers
My soul, my soul
Queen bee
Queen

[Etta James]

I wanna tell you about ooh poo pah doo
They call me the most
Ooh poo pah doo
They call me the most, yeah
I won't stop tryin' till I create a disturbance in your mind
Now ooh poo pah doo?They call me the most?
Oh, yeah now?
They call me the most
?I won't stop tryin' till I create a disturbance in your mind
Create disturbance in your mind
?Create disturbance in your mind?
Create disturbance in your mind?
Create disturbance in your mind?
I won't stop tryin' till I create a disturbance in your mind
Lord have mercy?
Soul is happy children
Ooh pah doo
?They call me the most?
Oh, mama, mama, mama, mama?
Don't you know they call me the most, hey
?I won't stop tryin' till I create a disturbance in your mind
?Look in here baby, here's what I'm gonna do
Ring a few bells in your ear?
Ring a few bells in your ear?
Ring a few bells in your ear?
Ring a few bells in your ear?
I won't stop tryin' till I create a disturbance in your mind

It rained so hard the day I left
The weather it was dry, sun so hot
I'd like to froze myself to death
Susanna don't you cry

Singin' oh, Susanna don't you, don't you
Don't you cry 'bout me
'Cause I, 'cause I'm on my way to Alabama, baby
With your banjo upon my knee

Well now it rained so hard the day I left
The weather it was dry, don't you know that
I would like to froze myself to death
Susanna don't you cry

Singin' oh, Susanna
Baby, don't you cry 'bout me
'Cause I ,'cause I'm on my way to Alabama
Baby, with that banjo upon my knee

Come along, baby true love, baby
Honey, make me strong
Oh, woman when I'm standing near you, baby
You make me feel ten feet tall

Singin' singin' oh, Susanna
Baby, don't you cry 'bout me
'Cause I'm on my way to Alabama
Baby with your banjo upon my knee

Well I come from Alabama
My true love for to see
I'm goin' down Louisiana
Baby, don't you cry about me

Singin' oh, Susanna
Baby, don't you cry 'bout me
'Cause I'm on my way to Alabama
With the banjo upon my knee

Oh, give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up, oh
Talkin' 'bout, oh Alabama
With the banjo upon my knee

Honey, oh, on my knee, baby
Oh, woman on my knee
Said but don't you understand?
It's on my knees

They call me Mr. Pitiful
Baby, that's my name
They call me Mr. Pitiful
That's how I got my fame
But nobody seems to understand now
What makes a man feel so blue?
Oh, they call me Mr. Pitiful
'Cause I lost someone just like you

They call me Mr. Pitiful
Yes, everybody knows now
They call me Mr. Pitiful
Most everyplace I go now

But nobody seems to understand now
What makes a man sing such a sad song
Oh, when you lost everything
When you lost everything, yeah, yeah

How can I explain to you
Somebody actin' so very blue
How can I tell you about my thing
All the things we'll do

Yeah, Mr Pitiful
Baby, that's my name
They call me Mr. Pitiful
That's how I got my fame

But nobody seems to understand now
What makes a man feel so blue
They call me Mr. Pitiful
'Cause I lost someone just like you, yeah

Everything is going wrong
Everything I had till now, baby
Oh, I got to sing you a sad song
Oh, a sad song, oh, yeah

I gotta get back to you one more time
One more time, one more time, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
One more time, one more time
One more, one more, one more time, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Mock
(Yeah)
Ing
(Yeah)
Bird
(Yeah)
Yeah, oh yeah
Mockingbird
Now everybody, have you heard
(Everybody, have you heard)
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
(I'm gonna buy her a mockingbird)
And if that mockingbird don't sing
(If that mockingbird don't sing)
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring
(I'm gonna buy her a diamond ring)

And if that diamond ring won't shine
(If that diamond ring don't shine)
Oh, he's surely gonna break this heart of mine
(Surely, it's gonna break this heart of mine)
And that's why I keep on tellin' everybody sayin'
(That's why, yes indeed, oh oh, yes indeed, oh)
(Yeah yeah)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Hear me now and understand
(Hear me now, understand)
He's gonna find me some peace of mind
(I'm gonna find her some peace of mind)
And if that peace of mind don't stay
(If that peace of mind won't stay)

I'm gonna buy myself a better way
(I'm gonna buy myself a better way)
And if that better way ain't so
(And if that better way ain't so)
I'll ride with the tide and go with the flow
And that's why I keep on shoutin' in your ear sayin'
(That's why, yes indeed, oh, oh, yes indeed, oh)
(Yeah, yeah)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Mocking bird
Now move over
Let me show you how this is done, baby
Yeah right, quit big leaguin' me

I said now, everybody have you heard
(Everybody, have you heard)
She's gonna buy me a mockingbird
(He's gonna buy me a mockingbird)
Yeah, if that mockingbird don't sing
(And if that mockingbird don't sing)
She's gonna buy me a diamond ring
(He's gonna buy me a diamond ring)

Hey, if that diamond ring won't shine
(And if that diamond ring won't shine)
Hey, it'll surely break this heart of mine
(It's surely goin' to break this heart of mine, heart of mine)
And that's the reason why I keep on tellin' everybody, sayin'
(That's why)
(Yeah, yeah)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Hear me now and understand
(Hear me now, understand)
She's gonna buy me some peace of mind
(He's gonna buy me some peace of mind)
Yeah, and if that peace of mind won't stay
(And if that peace of mind don't stay)
I'm just gonna get myself a better way
(I'm gonna get myself a better way)

I might rise above, I might go below
Ride with the tide and go with the flow
And that's the reason why
(That's why)
I keep on shoutin' in your ear, sayin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh no no no no no, wow wow wow, no no
(Oh oh oh oh)

Mockingbird
Yeah, I might rise above, go below
(Yeah, I might go below)
Ride with the tide and go with the flow
(Yes, and go with the flow)
And that's the reason why
(And that's why)
Oh I'm shouting in your ear sayin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh no no no no no

If the wife and I are fussin', brother, that's alright
'Cause me and that pretty woman got a license to fight
Why don't you mind your own business?
Why don't you mind your own business?
'Cause if you mind your own business
Then you won't be mindin' mine

Oh, the woman on the party line is such a noisy thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business?
Why don't you mind your own business?
'Cause if you mind your own business
Then you won't be mindin' mine

I got a pretty little girl who wears her skirts up high
The boys all whistle when she walks by
Why don't you mind your own business?
(Mind your own business)
Why don't you mind your own business?
(Mind your own business)
Well, if you mind your own business
Then you won't be worried about mine

If I wanna honky-tonk around to two or three
My brother, that's my own headache, don't you worry about me
Why don't you mind your own business?
(Mind your own business)
Why don't you mind your own business?
(Mind your own business)
Well, if you mind your own business
Then you won't be worried about mine

Mindin' other people's business might seems to be high-toned
I got all that I can do just to mind my own
Why don't you mind your own business?
(Mind your own business)
Why don't you mind your own business?
(Mind your own business)
Well, if you mind your own business
Then you won't be mindin' mine

Yes, if you mind your own business
Then you'll stay busy all the time

Oh lord, wont you buy me a mercedes benz ?
My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So lord, wont you buy me a mercedes benz ?

Oh lord, wont you buy me a color tv ?
Dialing for dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh lord, wont you buy me a color tv ?

Oh lord, wont you buy me a night on the town ?
Im counting on you, lord, please dont let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh lord, wont you buy me a night on the town ?

Everybody!
Oh lord, wont you buy me a mercedes benz ?
My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So oh lord, wont you buy me a mercedes benz ?