In a flat Forty-One with my strat by the doorwe was goin’ to the country for what we came for.I’m sure you’ve smelled the trees in the air.The best of motor cruisin’s just the joy to get there. I was approachin’ Simonton down by the cotton gin.There was old man Berkman trying to flag me […]
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Cherry Red
Strange things goin’ through my head. Oh!Crazy things that I think she said.Slides so slinky that it’s gotta be real.she just wanna know how to feel.Cherry red, cherry redShe just wanna feel cherry red.Cherry red, cherry redShe just wanna feel cherry red.This town of killer tits is doing me in.Tried to leave once wanna do […]
El Diablo
Did you ever hear the storyThat happened not long ago’bout the man with a tan:El diablo de Mexico?And this man played his handAnd he lived by the luck of the draw;Now and then and again,Found him steppin’ outside of the lawHey, hey! And his fortune he had madelet him live high on the hogTil the […]
Heard it on the X
Do you remember back in nineteen sixty-six?Country Jesus, hillbilly blues, that’s where I learned my licks.Oh, from coast to coast and line to linein every county there,I’m talkin’ ‘botu that outlaw Xis cuttin’ through the air. Anywhere, y’all,everywhere, y’all,I heard it, I heard it,I heard it on the X. We can all thank Doctor Bwho […]
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Jesus just left Chicago and he’s bound for New Orleans.Well now, Jesus just left Chicago and he’s bound for New Orleans.Yeah, yeah.Workin’ from one end to the other and all points in between. Took a jump through Mississippi, well, muddy water turned to wine.Took a jump through Mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.Yeah, yeah.Then out […]
Hairdresser
What a shame, what a shame, what a shameThe shape my hair is inIt’s way too humid, today, my head, it ain’t no friendIf I was seen out, I’d have me arrestedGimme, gimme, gimme my sweet hairdresser Hairdresser, hairdresser She’s hip to the latest bob,She give a good lather-jobShe don’t stand no messin’ aroundGimme, gimme, […]
Move Me on Down the Line
When I hear that Santa Fe start blowin’I wonder where it’s been and where it’s goin’. I tell you, boy, every timethe feelin’ sure is fine.Just move me on down the line,just move me on down the line. Then I heard Red Rooster start his crowin’around the curve that cloud of smoke was blowin’. I […]
I Thank You
You didn’t have to love me like you didBut you did, but you did.And I thank you.You didn’t have to love me like you didBut you did, but you did.And I thank you.But you took your love to someone elseI wouldn’t know what it meant to be loved to death You made me feel like […]