How Blue Can You Get.      Jane Feather / Leonard Feather

I’ve been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met.
I’ve been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
My life ain’t nothing but the blues,
How blue can one man get.

My love is like a fire baby
Your love is like a cigarette.
My love is like a fire baby
Your love is like a cigarette.
I watch you step on it and crush it baby
How blue can one man get

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I bought you a brand new Ford
You said, “I wanted a Cadillac”.
I bought you a five course dinner
You said, “Thanks for the snack”.
I let you live in my penthouse
You said it was just a shack.
I gave you seven children
Now you want to give them all back,

I said I’ve been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met.
My life ain’t nothing but the blues,
How blue, How blue, How blue, can one man get.

The True Story of The Snake.  J »Snake » Hillary / G.Violet / F.Duclos / B.Guirao

We went to Nantes, for the Rendez-vous de l’Erdre
Playing a competition on the big stage, doing our sound check.
When I see my old friend Mike.  He looked at me, I looked back at him.
He waved, I waved back.  He smiled, he turn and he was gone.  I’m thinking, Hang on hang on,

Mike is dead, Mike is dead, Mike is dead, Mike is dead, Mike is dead what’s he doing here, Mike is dead, he can’t be here not at all… no,no,no
I told his son John and he said, “He was just looking out for you, like he always did” you know
We won second prize;  in the hospitality we’re drinking champagne, drinking beer and drinking wine when we hear this strange sound, didn’t know what it was just a very strange sound.

Fred said, “What’s that sound”, Gilles said, ”What’s that sound”, Bernard said, “What’s that sound”, Jean-Marc said, “What’s that sound.”
I said, “I’ll go and find out, I’ll go and find out” I was searching all about it was a serpent, you know a serpent.
They all said, “Kill that snake” so I did and now I’m John the  Snake, that’s me I’m John the Snake.

Next day, going round the town looking for something to eat
At the top of the town we get to the Tour de Bretagne and at the bottom is a door
marked, “Nid du Serpent”, It marked “ nid du serpent”. In english that’s nest of the snake, nest of the snake
I say to the guys, “No need to worry guys their’s nothing there to fear at all. I’ll tell you why that isI killed that Snake, I killed that Snake now I’m John the Snake,I’m john the snake, John the snake, John the snake, I killed that snake

I’m John the Snake – rept. to fin

What’s the matter with the mill ?      Menphis Minnie

I had a little corn, put it in a sack
Got to the mill had to bring it on back,
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
I can’t get no grinding, tell me what’s the matter with the mill.

Now some say a preacher, he won’t steal,
But I caught one down in my cornfield,
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
I can’t get no grinding, hey what’s the matter with the mill.

One had a bushel one had a peck,
One had my cornfield round his neck.
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
I can’t get no grinding, hey what’s the matter with the mill.

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You don’t know how I feel
Some other fellow’s down in my cornfield,
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
I can’t get no grinding, hey what’s the matter with the mill.

What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
I can’t get no grinding, hey what’s the matter with the mill.

What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
What’s the matter with the mill (It done broke down)
I can’t get no grinding, hey what’s the matter with the mill

When the Business is Done    J »S ».Hillary / G.violet / F.duclos / B.Guirao

Come on over little baby, rest your head a while,
On my shoulder, I want to see you smile,
You know what we’re doing, we do it so well,
Together, yes, yes, yes.

Start kissing honey baby, is this real time,
Move it, move it; move it against mine
If you will, breast to breast, we’ll make it honey baby, so right, yes so right,
And when oh when, then oh then we’ll know that the business is done.

I know it baby, you know it too, our bodies are perspiring but they know just what to do,
Open up a just little, move closer to me, we’ll feel it, see that,
We’ll, keep on moving, keep on grooving till the business is done.

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Ah my sweetest, I know we’ve had ball,
I think I’m yours and most of all,
Weell keep on loving, lovey doving in a trance, what a dance.
We’ll move on closer, tenderly much closer and know that the business is done,

Cry a little baby, sigh little baby,  the business is done,
It’s so right, could go on all night but the business is done.
I said the business is done, the business is done, business is done.

Evil.    Howling Wolf

Long way from home, can’t sleep at night
Grab your telephone somethin’ just ain’t right
That’s evil, evil is goin’ on wrong
I am warnin’ you brother
You better watch your happy home.

Well, long way from home, you can’t sleep at all
You know another mule is kickin’ in your stall
That’s evil, evil is goin’ on wrong
I am warnin’ you brother you better
catch him Before he wreks this happy home.

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You call her on the telephone, she answers too slow
Grab the first train smokin’ if you have to hobo
That’s evil, evil is goin’ on wrong
I am warnin’ you brother
You better watch your happy home.

You make it to your house, knock on the front door
Run ’round to the back you’ll catch him before he go
That’s evil, evil is goin’ on
I am warnin’ you brother
You better watch your happy home.

You better watch that home

When the Levee Breaks.   J »S ».Hillary / G.Violet / F.Duclos / B.Guirao

Wind is screaming, rain is lashing down.
River’s rising, can’t even leave this town
If I wanted to, if I could
Shelters hard to find or take when the levee breaks.

Keep out, broken dreams inside, dead dog under house,
Cats in the attic, urgent, someone get us out.
Cow on a roof, river rising fast.
Boats piled up like pickup sticks, watch the levee breaks.

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Bad storms rising, spreading all around,
Houses coming down, we all like to drown,
Tears in the afternoon this is all it takes
A dead man on a table, a widow wakes
when the levee breaks.

Where’s the President, he looking after us?
Fuck you whore Katrina, fuck you Mr Bush
He was late for 9/11, he was surely late for us.
He’s cocky, strutting; PR takes, 3 days after the levee breaks.

Whoah-oh yes the levee breaks.
Whoah where’s the dollar man?
Yeah the levee breaks.
You know it’s true, the levee breaks.
Ooh no, oh no, Aargh the levee breaks.

Levee breaks..

Mona.   Bo Diddley

I’ll tell you Mona what I’m gonna do
Gonna build a house next door to you
Can I see you some time
We can go kissing through the blind
Come out, come out on the front
And listen to my heart go bumpety bump
Tell you Mona and that’s no lie
Without your love I’ll surely die

I said hey; hey, hey, hey Mona
Whoa Mona.

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I’ll tell you Mona what I’m gonna do
Gonna build a house next door to you
Can I see you some time
We can go kissing through the blind
Come out, come out on the front
And listen to my heart go bumpety bump
Tell you Mona and that’s no lie
Without your love I’ll surely die

Hey Mona, Hey Mona, Hey Mona, Hey Mona,

The boy on the Wall    J »S”.Hillary / G.Violet / F.Duclos / B.Guirao

The boy on the wall standing tall
The boy on the wall standing tall
Looking so scared to be there at all.

The boy on the wall where his mam?
The boy on the wall where his dad?
Looks like he’s thinking of something bad.

The boy on the wall whatever happened?
The boy on the wall whatever happened?
Did he know or was it just bad things that came along.

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The boy on the wall was he really there at all
I don’t remember, I don’t remember, I was small, a little boy.
Maybe I’m not here, now, not at all.

The boy on the wall I don’t remember
The boy on the wall I don’t remember
Bad things and the good things, all gone
Whatever happened to the boy on the wall?

Whatever happened? Whatever happened?
Whatever happened? Whatever happened?
Sad, sad, sad; Sad, sad, sad

The boy on the wall.

Who’s that.     J »S ».Hillary / G.Violet / F.Duclos / B.Guirao

Who’s that knocking on my door?
Who’s that knocking on my door?
If it’s the Revenue man tell him I ain’t got no more.

Who’s that scratching on my pane?
Who’s that scratching on my pane?
If it’s the  tallyman tell him to come back again.

Who’s that kicking at my door?
Who’s that smashing down my door?
If it’s the Bailiff’s man tell him I ain’t got no more
I’ve moved away

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Who’s that driving away my car?
Who’s that driving away my car?  Ha Ha Ha,
It’s out of gas, he won’t get very far, no no no !

Who’s that knocking on my door?  Alright
Who’s that knocking on my door?
If it’s the Revenue man tell him I ain’t got no;
If it’s the Revenue man tell him I ain’t got no;
If it’s the Revenue man tell him I ain’t got no more.

I’d rather Go Blind.   Etta James / Elllington Jordan / Billy Foster

Something told me it was over
When I saw you and that guy walking.
Something deep down in my soul cried out baby
When I saw you … sweet talking.

I would rather go blind than to see you walk away from me.
Don’t you know I love you so much,
Don’t wanna see you leave baby.
Most of all I don’t wanna be free

I was just sitting here thinking
‘Bout your kisses and your warm embrace.
I saw the reflections in the glass I held to my lips, baby,
Reflect the tears that roll down my face.

I’d rather go blind, I’d rather be a blind boy
Don’t walk away, Don’t walk away from me now.
Don’t you know I love you, I love just you so much,
I love you so much, So much, so much I’d rather go blind.

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I was just sitting here thinking
About you kisses and your warm embrace.
I saw the reflections in the glass I held to my lips, baby,
Reflect the tears that roll down my face.
I’d rather go blind, I’d rather be a blind boy
Don’t walk away, walk away, walk away, don’t walk away  from me now.
Don’t you know I love you baby, I love just love you so much,
I love you so much, So much, so much I’d rather go blind.

Yes, yes I’d rather, I’ rather be a blind boy,
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away from me now.
I love you so much, I just said I love you so much,
I love you so much, so much… I’d rather go blind.

I’d rather go blind.

Good Morning Blues.    Leadbetter

Good morning blues, blues how do you do.
Good morning blues, blues how do you do.
I’m doing alright good morning how are you

Lay down last night turning from side to side,
Lay down last night tossing from side to side,
I was not sick I was just dissatisfied.

Got up this morning blues walking round my bed,
Ah hah blues walking round my bed,
I went down to breakfast blues was all in my bread.

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I sent for you yesterday you come walking in today,
I sent for you yesterday but here you come walking in today,
You got your mouth wide open but you don’t know what to say.