CD Lyrics
Albert Collins
Albert Collins
Previously titled, Iceman
Label: EMD/Virgin Records
Date: 1991
Length: 42:53 minutes
Transcriber: Anita Cantor
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1999 KBA Award Winner Achievement for Blues on the Internet Presented by the Blues Foundation
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Performer Credits:
Crispin Cioe : Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
Albert Collins : Guitar, Vocals
Debbie Davies : Guitar (Rhythm)
Bob Funk : Trombone
Johnny B. Gayden : Bass
Eddie Harsch : Keyboards
Arno Hecht : Sax (Tenor)
Charles Hodges : Organ
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges : Guitar (Rhythm)
Jack Holder : Guitar (Rhythm)
Debbie Jamison : Vocals (Background)
Hollywood Paul Litteral : Trumpet
Soko Richardson : Drums, Percussion
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Production Credits:
Greg Archilla : Engineer, Mixing
Albert Collins : Main Performer, Producer
Jim Gaines : Producer
Joel Kerr : Mastering
Tony Noe : Mastering
Ian Taylor : Engineer
Uptown Horns : Horn Arrangements
Hilton Weinberg : Executive Producer
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1. Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins (Collins) 5:08
Da-da, uh!
(Mr. Collins?)
Girls please!
(Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins?)
(Please Mr. Collins!)
(Don't play so loud, Mr. Collins!)
(guitar solo & instrumental)
What?
What'd you say?
(Mr. Collins?)
(Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins?)
(Please, Mr. Collins!)
(Don't play that loud, Mr. Collins!)
(guitar solo & instrumental fade to end)
2. Iceman (Collins/S/W) 4:59
I'm your iceman, baby, ain't here to cool you down.
Yes, I'm your iceman, ladies, you'll always know when I'm around.
I left Leona, Texas, to heat this coolest place in town.
Gonna play this old guitar, mix up some fire with my ice.
Yes, I'm gonna play this old guitar, light your fire with my ice.
Sometimes it sounds so good to me, I just might play it twice.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
I'm your iceman, baby, call me Al, if you please.
I'm your iceman, baby, I'm so hot I'll probably freeze.
I'm gonna whip up a twister, turn tornados to a breeze.
Yes, I'm your iceman, baby.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
Yes, I'm your iceman, people, fixin' fire with my ice.
I'm your iceman, ladies, I make it hot an' chill it right.
If you follow my instructions, my ice will last all night.
(guitar solo & instrumental fade to end)
3. Don't Mistake Kindness For Weakness (Collins/Smith) 6:09
You've been runnin' in the streets again.
But I'd never laid a hand on you.
I've been a better man this year.
Than all the men that you've been through.
Don't mistake kindness for weakness.
'Cause a-little girl, only a fool would stay with you.
I tried so hard to please you babe.
I've even turned your lies to truth.
I said, I tried so hard to please you baby.
I turned your lies to truth.
But when you said were my baby.
I think I got to ask you for more proof.
Don't mistake kindness for weakness
'Cause your chicken has come to roost
I said don't mistake kindness for weakness, baby
Your chicken done come to roost
I think another man would be a fool.
To try to hang around with you
(guitar solo & instrumental)
I'm all done Mister Nice Guy
But I ain't playin' around wit' your rules.
If you think that's liquor talkin'.
You better try an' a-get on back to school
So, don't mistake kindness for weakness
Woman you done used up your, your last fool.
(guitar solo & instrumental fade to end)
4. Travellin' South (Collins) 3:03
Travelin' south, tryin' to work my way back home.
I said I'm headin' south, tryin' to work my way back home.
I'm so broken an' hungry, ain't no money for the telephone.
Feets are so tired, I think I'm gonna lay down.
I say my feets is so tired, ya'all, I think I'm gonna lay down.
I got another hundred miles, before I make the next town.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
I'll be glad to leave this town, I ain't comin' back no more.
I'll be glad to leave this town, ya'all, I ain't comin' back no more.
I'm gonna head back down to Texas, that's the only place I know.
Travelin' south, tryin' to work my way back home.
Travelin' south, tryin' to work my way back home.
I'm so broke an' hungry, ain't got no money for the telephone.
(guitar solo & instrumental to end)
5. Put The Shoe On The Other Foot (Collins/Williams) 5:29
Put your shoe on the other foot, you can walk just like me.
Put your shoe on another foot, you can walk, just like me.
Walkin' an' a-talkin', see an' feel, a-just like me.
Put your hand in another glove, you can feel just like me.
Put your hand in another glove, you can feel a-just like me.
Walkin' an' a-talkin', see an' feel a just like me.
Put your shoes on baby!
(guitar solo & instrumental)
Put your eye on another view, you can see just like me.
Hey, put your eye on another view, you can see just like me.
Walkin' an' a-talkin', see an' feel a-just like me.
Put your tongue on another word, you can talk just like me.
Put your tongue on another word, you can talk just like me.
Walkin' an' a-talkin', see an' feel a-just like me.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, ho)
Always talkin' all the time
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, ho)
Walk on baby!
Walkin' an' a-talkin', see an' feel a-just like me
(guitar solo & instrumental)
(Whoa, whoa, whoa ho)
(Ooo-ooo-ooo)
(guitar solo & instrumental fade to end)
6. I'm Beginning To Wonder (Collins/Smith) 4:07
I'm beginnin' to wonder, baby.
What's goin' on when I'm not at home?
I'm beginnin' to wonder, baby.
I know you ain't there all alone.
Ev'ry time I have to leave you, woman.
I wonder who's takin' my place, an' turnin' you on.
I'm beginnin' to wonder, woman
Why I worry ev'ryday.
I said, I'm beginnin' to wonder, woman
Wonder why I feel this way.
I be home early Tuesday evenin'.
Better hide your part-time man, away.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
I'm beginnin' to wonder, woman.
Why we wasted all this time.
I'm beginnin' to wonder, baby.
Wonder why we didn't see the signs?
What we did, we've now forgotten.
What we had, we left behind.
(guitar solo & instrumental fade to end)
7. Head Rag (Collins/G/R) 3:50
Here she come, yeah, with that head rag on.
There she go, yeah, with that head rag on.
Here she come, with that head rag on.
If you're walkin' down the street.
Wavin', ev'rybody see me.
Sayin' "Hello there".
Walkin' in her stockin' feet.
Here she comes, with that head rag on.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
Stayin' out all night long.
Talkin' 'bout ev'rything.
Doin' ev'rything wrong, girl, oh-oh.
Here she come, yeah
That head rag on.
There she goes, yeah yeah.
With her head rag on.
Here she come, with that head rag on.
Eeow!
(guitar solo & instrumental fade to end)
8. The Hawk (Collins/Gayden) 2:34
(Spoken)
I remember when I was snowed in and up at old Chi town.
I'm sure the next tour take me right back through that town.
Snow was up to your shoulders man and that ain't no lie.
Chicago wasn't so cold, it would make a polar bear cry.
Now, when you hear the people talk, about the bird called the hawk.
Now I'm gonna tell ya somethin' that'll make you, let out a squawk.
Now where I live the weather's mostly warm.
We don't have to worry about no snow.
Or if we have a storm.
But Chi town sits on the shores of a lake,
And when that hawk flaps his wings it make you shiver an' shake.
Now when you hear the people talk about that bird called the hawk
Man, I'm tellin' ya one thing they just, let out a squawk
(guitar solo & instrumental)
But man, you should-a been there in the winter of '78.
You couldn't catch a cab down on State and Lake.
Now, you know that's bad 'cause, that's right in the heart of town.
And it was so bad the mayor had to close the whole town down.
Now when you hear the people talk about that bird called the hawk.
Oh man, I tell you, I tell ya, let out a squawk.
(guitar solo & instrumental to end)
9. Blues For Gabe (Collins/G/R) 3:40
(Guitar & Instrumental Track)
10. Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins -- Faded Version (Collins) 3:54
Da-da, uh!
(Mr. Collins?)
Girls please!
(Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins?)
(Please Mr. Collins!)
(Don't play so loud, Mr. Collins!)
(guitar solo & instrumental)
What?
What'd you say?
(Mr. Collins?)
Ha-ha-ha
(Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins?)
(Please, Mr. Collins!)
(Don't play that loud, Mr. Collins!)
(guitar & instrumental)
(Mr. Collins?)
(Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins?)
(Please, Mr. Collins!)
(Hey, Mr. Collins!)
(guitar & instrumental fade to end)
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