Bye and bye, I’m breathin’ a lover’s sighI’m sittin’ on my watch so I can be on timeI’m singin’ love’s praises with sugar-coated rhymeBye and bye, on you I’m casting my eye I’m paintin’ the town – swinging my partner aroundI know who I can depend on, I know who to trustI’m watchin’ the roads, […]

Well, today has been a sad ol’ lonesome dayYeah, today has been a sad ol’ lonesome dayI’m just sittin’ here thinkingWith my mind a million miles away Well, they’re doing the double shuffle, throwin’ sand on the floorThey’re doing the double shuffle, they’re throwin’ sand on the floorWhen I left my long-time darlin’She was standing […]

The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious toneWon’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone? The dusky light, the day is losingOrchids, poppies, black-eyed SusanThe earth and sky that melts with flesh and boneWon’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone? The air […]

Well, I had to go down and see a guy named Mr. GoldsmithA nasty, dirty, double-crossin’, back-stabbin’ phony I didn’t wanna have to be dealin’ withBut I did it for you and all you gave me was a smileWell, I cried for you – now it’s your turn to cry awhile I don’t carry dead […]

Summer days, summer nights are goneSummer days and the summer nights are goneI know a place where there’s still somethin’ going on I got a house on a hill, I got hogs all out on in the mudI got a house on a hill, I got hogs out lying in the mudGot a long haired […]

High water risin’ – risin’ night and dayAll the gold and silver are being stolen awayBig Joe Turner lookin’ East and WestFrom the dark room of his mindHe made it to Kansas CityTwelfth Street and VineNothing standing thereHigh water everywhere High water risin’, the shacks are slidin’ downFolks lose their possessions – folks are leaving […]

I got my back to the sun ’cause the light is too intenseI can see what everybody in the world is up againstYou can’t turn back – you can’t come back, sometimes we push too farOne day you’ll open up your eyes and you’ll see where we are Sugar Baby get on down the roadYou […]

Every step of the way we walk the lineYour days are numbered, so are mineTime is pilin’ up, we struggle and we scrapeWe’re all boxed in, nowhere to escape City’s just a jungle, more games to playTrapped in the heart of it, trying to get awayI was raised in the country, I been workin’ in […]