Lyrics

 

Little Red Rooster

I have a little red rooster,

too lazy to crow for day

I have little red rooster,

too lazy to crow for day

Keep everything in the farmyard

Upset in ev'ry way

The dogs begin to bark,

and the hounds begin to howl

Dogs begin to bark

and the hounds begin to howl

Yeah then everybody knows

my little red rooster's on the prowl

[solo]

Dogs begin to bark

and the hounds begin to howl

Dogs begin to bark

and the hounds begin to howl

yeah then everybody knows

my little red rooster's on the prowl

If you see my little red rooster,

won't you please send him on home

If you see my little red rooster,

won't you please send him on home

Ain't no peace in the farmyard

Since my little red rooster's been gone

[solo]
 

Have You Heard

Have you heard about my baby

yes how I love her you don't know

Have you heard about my baby

yes how I love her you don't know

I declare it hurt me so bad

Yes when I hears she got to go

Have you heard about my baby

Yes I tried, yes I tried, but I let her down

Heard about my baby?

Oo wee yes I tried and I let her down

Oo she burned me with her love

Yes, no other, no other will wear her crown

Yes indeed

[Solo]

Have you heard about my baby

Where she gone, where she gone I just don't know

Yes, have you heard about my baby

ooo, where she gone, where she gone, I just don't know.

Well, if you should see my baby

yes, please tell her and I love her so yes don't go

 

If You Be My Baby

If you be my baby, tell you what i'll do
I'll give you so much lovin', you gotta love me too
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
I'm gonna keep you satisfied

Now listen to me baby, just what i'm talkin' 'bout
You got something woman, makes a dumb man scream and shout
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
I'm gonna keep you satisfied

 

DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD

Baby, do you understand me now

Sometimes I feel a little mad

don't you know that no-one alive

can always be an angel

When things go wrong your bound to see me bad

But I'm just a soul who's intentions are good

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree

With a joy that's hard to hide

Then sometimes it seems

that all I have to do is worry

then you're bound to see my other side

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

If I seem mean to you, I want you to know

That I never mean to take it out on you

Life has its problems and I get my share

And that's one thing that I never mean to do

'cause I love you, oh, baby, don't you know I'm human

Have thoughts like any other one

Sometimes I find myself alone and regretting

Some foolish little sinful thing I've done

And I'm just a soul who's intentions are good

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

[solo]

If I seem mean to you, I want you to know

That I never mean to take it out on you

Life has its problems and I get my share

And that's one thing that I never mean to do

'cause I love you, oh, baby, don't you know I'm human

Have thoughts like any other one

And sometimes I find myself alone and regretting

Some foolish little sinful thing I've done

And I'm just a soul who's intentions are good

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

[solo]

 

 

Guilty

I.

Yes baby I've been drinkin'

shouldn't come by no no

but I found myself in trouble, darlin'

and I had no place else to go

II

I got some whiskey yeah

from a bottle

got some cocaine

from a friend

and I had to keep on movin' baby

till I was back in your arms again

Chorus:

Well I'm guilty, honey I'm guilty

and I'll be guilty all the rest of my life

how come I never do

what I'm supposed to do

nothing I try to do ever turns out right ooh

III.

You know how it is with me baby

You know I just can't stand myself

It takes a whole lot of medicine

for me to pretend like I'm someone else

 

Homework

Oh baby, you know I may be a fool
I'm wastin' my time by goin' to school
The way you got me lovin' you so
I can't do my homework anymore
I can't do my homework anymore

Oh baby, I said you got me so blind
I'm walkin' 'round in circles, I could loose my mind
The way you got me lovin' you so
I can't do my homework anymore

Now baby your as sweet as you can be
Everything you do keep on sending me
Just the kiss of your lips or the touch of your hand
Everything you do is really grand

Oh baby, oh, now what can I do
I'm walkin' round in circles in love with you
The way you got me lovin' you so
I can't do my homework anymore

Now baby your as sweet as you can be
Everything you do keep on sending me
Just the kiss of your lips or the touch of your hand
Everything you do is really grand

Oh baby, oh, now what can I do
I'm walkin' round in circles in love with you
The way you got me lovin' you so
I can't do my homework anymore
I can't do my homework anymore
I can't do my homework anymore
I can't do my homework anymore
I can't do my homework anymore

Got To See Her Tonight

I got a heartache tonight

and the feel of the music just ain't right

I got a heartache tonight

and now my baby is gone there's a hole in my life

come on give me a light - I gotta see her tonight

come on set me alight - gotta see my baby tonight

I gotta loosen my soul

and this voice in my head has got to go

so come on sweeten my tea

'cause this whole situation is gettin' to me

come on give me a light - gotta see her tonight

come on set me alight - gotta see my baby tonight

break:

I gotta live with this pain

it's the only way I can get to the rain

so I'm depending on you

now my baby is gone what else can I do

come on give me a light - I gotta see her tonight

come on set me alight - gotta see my baby tonight

gotta see her tonight

see her tonight

gotta see her tonight

see her tonight

got a heart ache tonight

and the feel of the music just ain't right

 

Merry Go Round

I

When I first met you baby,

I didn't even know your name

Yes, when I first met you babe,

I didn't even know your name

I was feeling so low on the ground Bad luck and evil women was to blame

II.

I never realized just how sweet and kind one woman can be

Yes, I never realized, people, just how sweet and kind one woman can be

Yes, but when I looked in your eyes Yeah, I knew true love had come to me Yeah

Solo:

 

Take my hand, baby,

now, you hold it tight and don't let go

Take my hand, now, hold it tight and don't let go

Yes, 'cause our love is like a merry go round

'round forever it's gonna go

 

Miller's Blues

I've got these blues
And I'm left all alone
I've got these blues again
And I can't find my way back home
I'm afraid of this darkness
I'm afraid of bein' alone

I'm trying to tell you
What you try to hide
Can't you see, I'm trying to tell you
What I'm feeling way down deep inside
You've got to get free
And only you can decide

You got to look at yourself
When you're feeling lowdown
You got to learn to say "Thank you, baby"
Don't just think it no more
You got to do it
It's all up to you

 

Monkey Time

Back in '64 I was feelin' '63
the strangest sort of feelin'
started creepin' over me
it's not the kind of feeling
you would easily forget
my hair started burnin'
my knees began to sweat

I figured I was crazy
so went back to my chair
but I looked into my mirror
and I just wasn't there

just then the window shattered
the monkey hit the floor
looked like it time for me
to make through the door
but the monkey grabbed my coat
took away my hat
and I don't remember
what happened after that
'cept my friends hear the story 'bout
how I left it all behind
seems ever since that day
i've got the monkey on my mind

try to do my best
to make something of my life
so i cut off all my relatives
and then i left my wife
i tried a hundred cures
anything that i could find
but you know that life ain't easy
with a monkey on your mind
everytime i make my mind up
i'm really gonna try
well that monkey starts a jumpin'
and he looks me in the eye

Oh dig the monkey [solo]

well something exploded
when the monkey got loaded
we went out on the town
the monkey got so drunk he
started gettin' funky
it was hard the hold
the poor boy down

he did the bugaloo, the sugarloo
the eskimo, the hindu
he even made the teenage queen
oh the joint started leapin'
everybody was a freakin'
the greatest show they'd ever seen

then someone started screamin'
and i woke up from my dreamin'
tried to get myself relaxed
but it's alright
and it all comes easy
when got the monkey on your mind

get the monkey . . . ew hoo, one more time
get the monkey. . ., one more time
 

The Nazz Are Blue

I'm searching for my baby,
Well I think I'm gonna cry.
I'm searching for my baby,
I think I'm gonna cry, yeah.
I can't find that woman,
No matter how hard I try.

Well I've got myself a car,
And the thing is painted blue.
Well I've got myself a car,
And that thing is painted blue.
But no matter what's done to me baby,
I guess I'll always be blue.

[solo]

I got a hundred and fifty things,
Now all I gotta find is you.
I got a hundred and fifty things,
Now all I gotta find is you.
And if the Nazz don't help me baby,
You better forget about me too.

[solo]

 

North Carolina

I

In a small town, North Carolina

there's a smile as I leave my aching heart

just like you, like sunshine on a rainy day

taking mercy on a poor boy

throwing all my blues away

II.

Take me driving through the city

take me down an old country road

I got time and money to burn babe

and I feel like hangin' round

and if I feel this way tomorrow

I might never leave this town

Just like music

[solos]

III.

Rode on an airplane

to New Orleans

better meet up

with some good friends of mine

so many roads baby

so many more planes to ride

but I found myself a new love

and I am feeling satisfied

yes I am

feelin' satisfied

Yeah yeah

ooo

yes I'm feelin' satisfied

ow

 

Powerful Stuff

Ooo there's a fire burnin' too hot to touch

It's makin' my wheels turnin' make a young girl blush

Just a love addiction, causin' too much friction

Just a little kiss ooo got me in a mess like this

Too much of a good thing is never enough

Once you get a little taste of that ooo la la I love that powerful stuff


The politics of passion makin' the front page news

Saxophone and ho' Monica (get it?) blowin' more than the Blues

Aw she was so young and willing

Got the spin doctors wheelin and dealin'

Just a little late night auto dictation couldn't fillabuster the Bill

Only a sweet young thing can make a man give up his right to be king

For some of that la la I love that powerful stuff


Too much of a good thing is never enough

When she know how to use it

Oh that powerful stuff

Ooo ooo ooo

[solos]

How come the bad girls make me feel so good?

Tantalizing, mezmerizing and so misunderstood

Well it's fame, fortune and money

That makes you do the shuck and jive

But the queen bee got the honey

To keep you buzzin' 'round the hive

And it always rocks my world

every time that girl turns on that a

oo la la I love that powerful stuff

Outro: Well I found out I ain't so tough

When I'm in the hands of that powerful stuff

She got me where she want me

Called my bluff

Know how to use

that powerful stuff

that powerful stuff

 

I'm a Real Man

I'm a real man, got some real guitar

I'm a real man,

I don't even know where the boys are
I don't mean to frighten you little girl

'cause you're so sweet and nice
I don't need to tell you twice

I'm a real man

Had to rock like a real man
Don't need no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man

Real man baby,
I ain't lyin'

just thirty-one years old now

and I still don't mind dying

you can put the voodoo on me, Girl

ain't nothin' I can't dodge

check out this Lincoln in my garage

kids these days, I'm talkin' about these young folks
they're just about as wild as Pollyanna

after she growed up,
man after a hard day in the coal mine,

I sure don't want to live

just about as dangerous as a junior executive

I'm a real man
Had to rock like a real man
Still get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man

Every dollar I earn,

I turn around and I burn

if I land in jail,
I know a whole lot of women willing to pay my bail

you might think I'm just some fool on a boast
But people are already talkin' now

coast to coast

this ain't Dan Rathers talking, I ain't no president's son

but I know how to have my fun

I'm a real man
Had to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man

[solo]

[bridge]

You might think . .

chorus

chorus

rock me

outro

Rollin' Man

Oh Baby, Don't you want a man like me?

Oh baby, dont you want a man like me?

I could give you so much lovin'

MOre than one woman ever seen

Oh Baby, Make some love tonight

oh baby, we're gonna make some love tonight

We'll be rollin' in the blankets

I'm gonna make you feel alright

I'm your rollin' man

I've got all the love you need

Rollin' man

Got all the love you need

I've go so much lovin'

More than you've ever seen

 

 

Stop Messin' Around

Baby, please stop messin' around

Your messin' round all the time

Baby, please stop messin' round

You messin' round all the time

Now, if you don't stop messin' round

You be somebody's baby instead of mine, yeah

Break:

I want you to squeeze a me, baby,til my face turns cherry red

You roll me so hard, baby, fallin' out of bed, now

Please stop messin' round,

Messin' round all the time

And if you don't stop messin' around

Be somebody's baby instead of mine

 

 

TREAT HER RIGHT


I wanna tell you a story
Every man oughta know
If you want a little lovin
You gotta start real slow
She's gonna love you tonight now
If you just treat her right now

Squeeze her real gentle
Gotta make her feel good
Tell her that you love her
Like you know you should
So if you don't treat her right
She won't love you tonight

If you practice my method
Just as hard as you can
You're gonna get a reputation
As a lovin man
And you'll be glad every night
That you treated her right

 

So Good

I got a brand new lover she don't mind

if I blow my p's and q's

She don't go diggin' tryin' to uncover

the dirt like the tabloid news

She knew my reputation

as a sweet talkin' lady's man

but the power of love done changed me

and she took me as I am

Chorus:

Because baby, I never had it so good, no no no

cause when the love feels right

like you know it should

sometimes you got to knock on wood

I never had it so good

mmmm

Verse:

Somebody better pinch me, ha ha

Cause girl, I believe I'm dreamin'

baby when you love me right

I lost all my joneses and my demons

I won't cheat on you, beat on you

Girl I only want to be sweet on you

You go down better than an ice cream sundae

that still tasted sweet on a cold blue Monday.

Chorus

[solos]

Verse:

In a sea of a million faces

Girl, you my blue oasis

and I wouldn't go trading places

With Hugh Heffner, Prince Charles or no Bill Gates-es

You're never gonna holler when ya check my collar

You ain't never gonna find no lipstick traces

And brother let tell you all if you lookin' for the queen of hearts

Sometimes you gotta throw down a whole mess of aces.

[mini solo]

So good

Never had it so good

Baby

Never had it so good

So good

I never had it so good no no

Baby

Aw Baby

Baby

I never had it so good.

 

Women in Love with Each Other

Women in love with each other

and they don't think about no man

Women in love with each other

and they don't think about no man

they ain't playin' no secrets

you know they're out there

with a wide open hand

One day you know I was out drinkin' people

I was drunk at the bar

I said "lay some tremor on me"

she said "Bloomfield I'm puttin' out

the same damn thing you are"

"I'm lovin' another woman

well you know I must leave all men alone"

all I need is some fisthead from my girlfriend

woo every night when I come home

I went out one day you know people

my baby went out too

smelling pretty all just like a rose

she finally come back home to see me in the evening

you know she had a fish scent all in her clothes ah

Lovin' another woman lord

and she didn't think about no man

she wasn't playing no favorites or no secrets

I tell the little girl was out there

with a wide open hand

[solo]

yeah one thing

you know I must lose

yeah one thing

you know I must lose

It's a low down situation

women is lovin' each other Blues

 

Guilty

Yes, baby, I been drinkin'

shouldn't come by no noa

but I found myself in trouble

and I had no place else to go

I got some whisky, yeah, from a bottle

got some cocaine from a friend

and I had to keep on movin' baby

till I was back in your arms again

well I'm guilty, honey Im' guilty

and I'll be guilty all the rest of my life

how come never I never do

what I'm supposed to do

nothing I try to do ever turns out right? oh

You know how it is with me baby

I just can't stand myself

it takes a whole lot of medicine darlin'

for me to pretend that I'm somebody else.

 

Don't Call Me

My baby's leaving

gonna break up our happy home

My baby's leaving

said she's gonna break up our happy home

so I called my mother up in California

asked her if I was born to be alone

little girl went and bought a ticket

said she'd be rollin' out on that morning train

little girl went and bought a ticket

said she'd be rollin' out on that morning train

tell her I'll be waiting at the station

if she ever comes back home again

[solo]

Don't ask me how she's doin'

you know I'd be the last one to know

Don't ask me how she's doin'

you know I'd be the last one to know

[just like I was the last one to know she was leavin']

she's shacked up some place with a new man

me and the little girl don't talk no more

[solo]

she said if you want to show me how much you love me, Paul

don't you never call my house again

[what's you talkin' about baby What's you mean by that?]

if you want to show me how much you love me, Paul

don't you never call my house again

[don't let me see your face around my door either]

since i don't ever call her house

seems like we've been the best of friends

[solo]

 

Gotta Get It Worked On

When Loretta left me

back here in St. Paul

My head started spinning

and my heart hit the way

I gotta get it worked on

Gotta get it worked on

Well I don't think it broken

but it sure hurts a lot

 

Like a macho man

I tried to fix it myself

I can see already

I'm gonna need some help

I gotta get it worked on

Gotta get it worked on

I can tell I'm gonna need professional help

 

So I went to see a doctor

he took one look

he just shook his head

and closed his medical books

said I gotta get it worked on

gotta get it worked on

It ain't gonna kill you

you're not gonna die

 

bridge:Maybe I should go ahead

and open up and just let it bleed

but if I let it turn to stone

I'll never find the love I need

[solo]

[bridge]

I went down to New Orleans

to see miss Larue

she said you're too far gone

there's not a thing I can do

but you better get it worked on

better get it worked on

I can give you a number

of someone to call, yeah.

 

Gotta get it worked on

Gotta get it worked on

 

Outlaw Blues

It ain't hard to stumble

it's an easy thing to fall

It ain't hard to stumbe

easy thing to fall

that girl she acts like a locamotive

never hears me when I call

 

Well, I wish I was

 aRocky Mountain range

yes I wish I was

Colorado Rocky Mountain range

I've got no reason to be here

just goin' through some kind of change

 

I've got a woman in Texas

I ain't gonna say her name

Now I've got a women in Texas

I ain't gonna say her name

yeah she's got a boyfriend

but I love her just the same

she's got a boyfriend