Today I Sing the Blues

Without a word of warning
The blues walked in this morning
And circled around my lonely room

I didn't know why
I had that sad and lonely feeling
Until my baby said we were through
Mmm

Yesterday this time
I sang a love song
But today I'm singing the blues

Now I know the explanation
But to me that’s no consellation
No no, it just goes to show you
No matter how you love
Everybody’s got to lose
And since I’ve lost
I’d rather walk around and worry
I guess I’ll just walk
The darkest avenue
For yesterday this time I sang a love song
But today my story’s a little different people
I’m singing the blues
Yeah yeah yeah

Now it strikes me kind of funny
How love can be this way
Cause we were lovers last night honey
Oh but I'm sitting alone again today

And it strikes me kind of funny yeah
How fate can be so unfair
Cause I seem to come out on the losing end
Of every every love affair

Yeah it’s got to be written somewhere for me
That I should be the one
To always lose
For yesterday
At this time I sang a love song
Oh but right now I’m singing the blues
Yeah yeah mmm
I’m singing the blues

River's Invitation

I’ve been all across the country
And I’ve stayed in every town
You see I’m trying to find my baby
And he ain’t nowhere around
Can you understand
You know which way I’m heading
If my baby can’t be found
Oh yeah

Well I spoke to the river
And the river, the river spoke back to me
It said oh you look so lonely
And so much full of misery
Yeah you do now
If you can’t find your baby
Come on girl and make your home with me

I don’t want to leave him
No I know
I know he’s still alive
And someday I’m gonna find him
And he’s gonna take me for a ride
Yes he will now
And then we’ll live forever
And ever and ever
Forever and ever among the tides
Oh yes we will

Just in case I don’t find him
I’m gonna take that river’s invitation
River’s invitation
Oh the river oh the river
Oh the river yeah
Oh the river’s invitation
Yeah the river

Ramblin'

I’ve got the blues for the highway
Rambling blues I got to go
I better start running
Because walking for me is much too slow
Oh yes it is

I’m undecided
Whether to go or stay
It’s true I love you baby
But I cannot make it this way
Oh baby I just can’t make it this way
Oh no I can’t

You’ve got me worried
Every night and day
Oh yes I do now
Well I’m just plain and tired
Sick of your fucking ways
I understand you
Yeah

So long baby
Baby goodbye
I’m gonna start rambling
Gonna be rambling till the day I die
Yeah baby gonna ramble ramble ramble ramble
Get into something until the day I die
Yes I am

So long
Oh so long
Tell everybody
Tell them about it right now
So long baby oh yeah
Tell the story
Rambling
I’m gonna be rambling
Till the day I die yeah
Oh yeah
You got it baby
You got it
So long baby oh

Good To Me as I am to You

If you had a dollar
And I had a dime
I wonder could I borrow yours
As easy as you could mine
Because when you need my love
And I give time after time
And turn around to find me no returns
Then my friend you’ve used my dime

If there’s water in the pitcher
And we both need a drink
To stay alive my darling
I’d need less water than you think
My love my love these things I swear I say are true
And all I’m really saying
Is be as good to me as I am to you
Oh yeah

Listen to this
Some people want
But they don’t want to give
They can do all the crying in the world
And got the nerve to not understand the meaning of love
Well starting today
Tomorrow and forever more
If you can’t find it in your heart to do for me
Then baby just don’t knock on my front door
Baby
I want you to be as good to me as I am to you
Whoo baby
I don’t think that’s asking you too much to do
Listen
Don’t you walk around here
Feeling like a treating me the wrong way
Using my love, my time, my heart
Day after day
Oh baby baby
Be as good to me as I am to you
Woo, woo baby

Pitiful

Oh pitiful, pitiful
I feel so sorry for me
Pitiful, it’s pitiful
Feel so sorry for me
Though you don’t love me
You say
But still you won’t set me free
Oh set me free

I wonder why
I wonder why
I wonder why you do me like you do
Oh yes I do
I wonder, I wonder, I wonder
I wonder, I wonder why
Why you do me like you do
Oh yeah
When you know that I love you baby
And you know I wouldn’t do it to you
No no

It looks like it makes you happy
Just to see me cry
Please have mercy on
This aching heart of mine
Looks like you’re trying to see
Just how mean you can be
Well listen I wouldn’t do my dog
The way you do me

Oh pitiful, pitiful
Feel sorry for myself
Pitiful oh pitiful
Feel sorry for myself
When you know that you don’t want me baby
But you ain’t gonna let me have nobody else
Come on and tell me the truth now
Yeah I go on
I’m so pitiful
Yeah pitiful, pitiful
Feeling sorry, feeling sorry for myself
Well tell me the truth now

It Ain't Fair

People all around me
But I don’t even have a friend
Lord knows I’ve been trying
And he knows I just can’t win
Everything I do yeah
Seems to turn out wrong
And sometimes I wish now
That I’d never been born

Oh teardrops
Nobody nobody cares
Lord knows I is fading
You know that I’ve had my share
It just ain’t fair
Just ain’t fair
Just ain’t fair
Just ain’t fair yeah

Some folks got it easy
They live the life of love and play
But Lord knows you have to struggle now
Struggle to make my way yeah
But one of these old days
I’m gonna reach the top
I believe I hope I can make it yeah
Because my tears ain’t gonna let me stop

Talking about teardrops
Nobody nobody cares
Lord Lord and I
Baby I’ve had my share
It just ain’t fair
It sure ain’t fair
It just ain’t fair
I tell you it ain’t fair
Don’t know
I’ve had my share
You know

I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

You're a no good heart breaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
And I don't know why
I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me
They tell me that you ain't no good
But oh, they don't know
That I'd leave you if I could

Well I guess I'm uptight
And I'm stuck like glue
Because I ain't never
I tell you ain't never,
I ain't never loved, no, no
Loved a man the way that I
I love you

Some time ago I thought
You had run out of fools
But I was so wrong so wrong so wrong
You got one fool you ain’t gonna lose
The way you treat me is a shame
How could you do me so bad
When baby baby I’m the sweetest thing
That you ever had yeah

Kiss me once again
Don’t you never, never say that we we're through
I tell you I ain't never
I ain’t never no, no
Loved a man the way that I
I love you

I can't sleep at night
And I can't eat
I guess that I'll never be free
Since you got your hooks in me
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
I ain't never loved a man people
Ain't never loved one the way I do this one no no
And I wanna leave it right here with you in Paris tonight
I ain’t never had one man do me this bad
Not as quite as bad as this one no no
But that’s alright because
What I’m gonna do is hold him
Yeah I’m gonna hold on to him now
Oh hold him
I’m gonna hold on to him now
Thank you very much

Going Down Slow

I have had my fun
If I don’t get well
No more
I want to tell you I’ve had big fun
If I don’t get well
No more
You see I’m helpless babe
And I’m going down slow
Yes I am
Now what I want you to do for me is
Somebody write my father
Tell him the shape that I’m in
Oh yeah
Oh help me tonight
Somebody call my father
Tell him tell him the shape that I’m in
Oh yeah
And while you’re talking to him
Tell him to pray for me
And tell him to forgive me
Forgive me for all my sins yeah
Forgive me for my sins
Tell him that
Early one morning
Look for look for my clothes home
Oh yeah
Tell him
Early one morning
Look for look for my clothes home
Yeah
And tell him just in case he don’t see my body
All he can do
All he can do is stand there and moan
And I believe he can do it
Yes he can yeah
Yes he can yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh early one morning
I’m coming on home
And I believe I’ll make it there
Yes I do
Yes I do
I’ll tell you I’ll tell you that
Early one morning
I’m going on home
And I believe to my soul
Yeah I’m gonna make it there
Yes I do
Oh but just in case he don’t see my body
Let him know his child has gone out of this world
Some way
Right now I’m going down
Oh oh I’m going down real slow

Night Life

In the evening
When the sun goes down
You’re gonna find me
Sitting around
The night life
Ain’t no good life
But it’s my life

Oh good people
Just like you and me
Sitting around dreaming
About the way it used to be
I tell you that the night life
Sure ain’t no good life
But it’s my life
Yes it is

Oh listen to the blues
To the blues and what they’re saying
Listen to the blues
To the blues and what they’re playing
They seem to be singing to me
Many people have loved
And many people have lost
They might not to have loved at all
Had they had know that they couldn’t
Couldn’t pay the cost

Oh they tell me
They tell me
That life is just an empty scene
Older than the oldest broken hearts
Newer than the newest broken dreams
I tell you the night life
The night life sure ain’t no good life
But do you know that it’s my life
Yeah yeah
I tell you that the night life yeah
Sure ain’t no good life
But do you know that it’s my life
Yeah

Drown in My Own Tears

It brings big tears
Into my eyes
When I begin
When I began to realize
That I’ve cried so much
Oh since you’ve been gone
I guess I’ll drown in
Drown in my own tears
I’ve been crying
Just like a child
These tears of mine
These tears are running wild
And if you don’t think
If you don’t think that you’ll be home soon
Baby I’m gonna drown
Oh yeah
In my own tears
Here without you
I get so lonely
And I sure get blue
Yes I do
It seems to keep raining
Raining and raining more and more
Oh without you baby
I sure get lonely
And I get so blue
Yet every time I look around it’s raining
More and more and more and more oh
Why can’t you
Why can’t you
Why can’t you come on home
Because I don’t wanna be
I don’t want to be all alone
Listen if you don’t think
If you don’t think that you’re coming home soon
I believe I’m gonna drown this morning
I tell you that I’m gonna drown
I’m gonna drown this evening
In that hour
Don’t let him let me
Don’t let him let me
Don’t let him let me
Drown in my own tears
I don’t wanna drown in my own tears
Oh I’m gonna drown
In my
Boy in my own tears
Tears
My tears, tears
Oh don’t let him do it
Don’t let him do it
I don’t want to drown in my own tears

I Wonder

I wonder my darling
Where are you again tonight
Are you holding someone else real tight
Baby I wonder
My heart
My heart is aching
I believe that I’m a fool
To let it go on breaking
Maybe I’ll wake up and find out
That I’m mistaken
Oh but right now I wonder

I’ve been through
Lover’s lane
And I’m living life
Just the same
I’ve been traveling
Nowhere fast
And what I want to know
What I want to know is will it last
Oh I wonder, I wonder
My darling
Will you think of me
Will you think of me again tonight
Or are you holding someone else real tight
Yeah baby I wonder

I’ve been through
I’ve been through
Lover’s lane
And I’m living life
Living it just the same
I’ve been traveling
Been traveling but nowhere fast
And what I want to know right now
What I want to know is will it last
I wonder, I wonder, I wonder, I wonder
My my my my my my darling
Will you think of me
Will you think of me everyday
Although I may be a million miles away
Right now I wonder
Oh although I,
Although I may be a million miles away
Baby baby I wonder

You Are My Sunshine

Oh they tell me
That into each life
Some rain
Has sure got to fall
Oh they tell me
That everybody
Has sure has sure got to cry sometimes
In all if some rain
If some rain has got to fall
On everybody
And I’ve had enough rain in my life
Then I’m sure glad right now
I’ve got a little love around me
To keep the rain off my head yeah
Yeah
And I believe it’s
I believe it’s
I believe it because
I believe it cause
Oh the other night
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you
I held you in my arms yeah
But when I woke up
And found out I was mistaken yeah
You know that I hung my
Hung my head and cried
Baby baby
Baby baby baby
You are my sunshine
You sure make me happy baby
Oh when the skies are gray
And you never never never know
How much I need you
I don’t want you to take my
My sunshine away
You tell me once you did
That you really loved me
And no one else
Could ever could ever come between
But now you’re thinking about leaving me
For another yeah
If you do you know you’re gonna shatter
Shatter every one of my dreams
Because baby baby baby baby baby
You are my sunshine
You sure make me good and happy
When the skies are gray
And you never never never know
How much I need you
I don’t want you to take that
Baby don’t you take that
You promise me
That you’ll never never never never leave me
You promise me
That you’ll never never go
Don’t ever take it away
Hey baby

Takin' Another Man's Place

You don’t want me
And you don’t want nobody else to want me
What kind of man
What kind of man are you
You don’t need me
And you don’t want nobody else to need me
What kind of thing
Are you trying to send me through
Now if you’re not gonna take care of business
Then you ought to stop taking up space
Because you’re just taking up
That’s all you’re doing
You’re just taking up another man’s place

Oh baby you don’t even
You don’t even
Want me to go to the store alone
What kind of man
What manner of man are you
You run over me
You run right over me trying to answer the telephone
Tell me what kind of thing
What kind of thing do you think you’re going to put me through
You keep me wanting
You keep me wanting the one thing you never gave
Now right here now
You can stop taking up another man’s space

Baby I’ve been faithful
And you know I’ve been true
But if you’re not gonna love me
Tell me what do you expect me to do
Oh if you’re not gonna love me baby
And you know I need I need I need somebody to love me
Then you just ought to
Stop taking up another man’s space
Yeah yeah yeah baby
If you’re gonna leave me
If you know you’re really gonna leave me baby
Don’t you know that you ought to
You just ought to stop taking up another man’s place
You know I need somebody right now

Dr. Feelgood (Love is a Serious Business)

I don’t want nobody
Always sitting around
Me and my man
I don’t want nobody
Always
Sitting right there
Looking at me and that man
Be it my mother my brother or my sister
Would you believe
I’ll get up
Put on some clothes
Go out and help me find somebody
For themselves if I can
Yes I will

Now I don’t mind company
Because company’s alright with me
Every once in a while
Yes it is
I tell you I don’t mind company
Because company’s alright with me
Every once in a while yeah
But oh when me and that man get to loving
I tell you girls
I dig you but I just don’t have time
To sit and chit and sit and chit chat and smile

Don’t send me no doctor
Filling me up with all of those pills
I got me a man named Doctor Feelgood
And oh yeah one man takes care of all of my pains and my ills
His name is Doctor Feelgood in the morning
He takes care of business
Cause really this man’s game
And after one visit to Doctor Feelgood
You understand why I feel good
Is his name
Oh yeah
Oh good god almighty
The man sure makes me feel real good

Night Time is the Right Time

You know the night time
Is the right time
Oh to be
To be with the one you love
Come on baby
I wanna be with the one I love
And you know
Just who I’m thinking of
I tell you the night time
Yeah is the right time
Oh to be with the one you love
It is

You know my mother had no doubt
And left and left her poor child crying
Oh come on baby I need you
Hold my hand
And I want you to squeeze me
Yeah just as tight as you can
I tell you that the night time
Yeah the night time is the right time
I believe it is to be with the one you love
Oh yes it is

I gotta call you baby
Baby oh baby baby
Oh baby now
You know that I love you
And I ain’t put no one above you
Hold on to my hand
Hold me hold me
I tell you that the night time
I believe I believe I believe
Is the right time
To be to be with the one you love
Yeah yeah oh

Baby won’t you
Baby won’t you please me
Oh tease me
But don’t leave me
Oh no
Take my hand
But don’t leave
I wanna show you
That I don’t want no other man
Because they tell me that the night time
Yeah is the right time
To be with the one you love
Yeah yeah oh yeah
Baby baby baby baby
Oh baby baby baby baby baby baby
I want you to keep
Keep me right by your side
And every
Every day I’ll keep you satisfied
Because the night time
Ooh is the right time
You know is the right time to be with somebody you love
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah baby
Ooh please me
Tease me
Yeah baby
Hold my hand
And keep me right by your side
And every, every, every night

The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)

The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
You’ve done me wrong
Baby you’ll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away from me
The thrill is gone yeah
The thrill is gone all the way away from me
Although I’m gonna still live on
I’m gonna be lonely lonely lonely as can be

The thrill is gone
Yeah yeah the thrill is gone away for good
Oh the thrill is gone away
Yeah yeah it’s gone it’s gone it’s gone
Away for good
Somebody told me
Although I didn’t know it then
They knew that it would
They knew it would
And I’m free
Free free free free from your spell
Oh yes I’m free
Yeah I’m free
I’m free I’m free I’m free I’m free
I’m free yeah I’m free from your spell
And as I leave you baby
All I wanna do is just wish you well
Gone and gone and gone and gone
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone yeah baby
Yes I’m free
Yeah I’m free I’m free of your spell
Free from your spell
Free from your spell