Well all you ladies gather 'roundThat good sweet candy man's in townIt's the candy manIt's the candy manHe likes a stick of candy just nine inch longHe sells as fast a hog can chew his cornIt's the candy manAll heard what sister Johnson saidShe always takes a candy stick to bedDon't stand close to the candy manHe'll leave a big candy stick in your handHe sold some candy to sister BadThe very next day she took all he hadIf you try his candy, good friend of mineYou sure will want it for a long long timeHis stick candy don't melt awayIt just gets better, so the ladies say
This is the 'Coffee Blues', I likes a certain brand Maxwell's House, it's good till the last drop Just like it says on the can, I used to have a girl Cookin' a good Maxwell House, she moved away Some said to Memphis and some said to Leland
But I found her, I wanted her to cook me Some good Maxwell's House, you understand? If I can get me just a spoonful of Maxwell's House Do me much good as two or three cups this other coffee
I've got to go to Memphis, bring her back to Leland I wanna see my baby 'bout a lovin' spoonful, my lovin' spoonful Well, I'm just got to have my lovin', I found her
Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'? Well, please, ma'am, just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful I declare, I got to have my lovin' spoonful My baby packed her suitcase and she went away I couldn't let her stay for my lovin', my lovin' spoonful Well, I'm just got to have my lovin'
Good mornin', baby, how you do this mornin'? Well, please, ma'am, just a lovin' spoon, just a lovin' spoonful I declare, I got to have my lovin' spoonful
Well, the preacher in the pulpit, jumpin' up and down He laid his Bible down for his lovin' Ain't Maxwell House all right? Well, I'm just got to have my lovin'
Lonesome is I, wished I could die Nobody cares for me Lonesome is I, wished I could die Nobody cares for me It was a bright moon lighted night, the moon shining bright, when you and I made love Your love wasn't true, I'll say onto you, I moaned like a turtle dove Lonesome is I, wished I could die Nobody cares for me Lonesome is I, wished I could die Nobody cares for me I'm coming home, no more to roam, darling I'm coming home I'm coming home, no more to roam, darling I'm coming home Lonesome is I, wished I could die Nobody cares for me Lonesome is I, wished I could die Nobody cares for me It was a bright moon lighted night, the moon shining bright, when you and I made love Your love wasn't true, I'll say onto you, I moaned like a turtle dove
There's hot time in the old town, down town tonight Hot times in old town tonight There's hot time in the old town, down town tonight Hot times in old town tonight
Oh, come and go with me down in old town tonight It's hot times in old town tonight Yes, come and go with me down in old town tonight Hot time in old town tonight
[Incomprehensible] I'm going down to bring my baby back It's hot times in old town, down town tonight Hot times in old town tonight
I'm going down with razor, yes, in my hand I'm going down looking for that man It's hot times in the old town, down town tonight Hot times in old town tonight
I said, [Incomprehensible] I'm going down to bring my baby back It's hot times in the old town, down town tonight Hot time in old town tonight
She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen Said, she'd ride and ride "till the blues wear offa me" It's two bullyin' freight trains runnin' side by side It's two bullyin' freight trains runnin' side by side They done stole my rider and I guess they's satisfied They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by Know I feel just like she said her last goodbye Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone Makes me believe to my soul rider calls that "gone" But if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove Friend, if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove I would raise and fly, God knows, where my lover was I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all Awful lyin' there wondering if someone rollin' in her arms Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high Taken down with, I'm gettin' sick and 'bout to die
