CD Lyrics
Albert Collins
Deluxe Edition
Label: Alligator Records
Date: 1997
Length: 60:49 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:
Allen Batts : Organ, Piano
Mel Brown : Guitar (Rhythm)
Aron Burton : Bass
Larry Burton : Guitar (Rhythm)
Crispin Cioe : Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
Albert Collins : Guitar, Vocals
Johnny Copeland : Guitar
Robert Cray : Guitar
Henri Ford : Sax (Baritone)
Chris Foreman : Organ, Piano
Bob Funk : Trombone
Johnny B. Gayden : Bass
Arno Hecht : Sax (Tenor)
Paul Howard : Trumpet
Marvin Jackson : Guitar (Rhythm)
Morris Jennings : Drums
Casey Jones : Drums
Abe Locke : Sax (Tenor)
Bill MacFarland : Trombone
Jimmy McGriff : Organ
A.C. Reed : Sax (Tenor)
Chuck Smith : Sax (Baritone)
Dino Spells : Sax (Alto)
Jerry Wilson : Sax (Tenor)
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Production Credits:
Fred Breitberg : Engineer
Albert Collins : Main Performer, Producer
Bob DePugh : Producer
Steven Fjelstad : Assistant Engineer
Eddie B. Flick : Assistant Engineer
David Forte : Design, Producer
Bruce Iglauer : Producer
Casey Jones : Producer
Richard McLeese : Producer
Tom Mudge : Assistant Engineer
Justin Niebank : Engineer
D. Shigley : Photography
Dick Shurman : Producer
Paul Stark : Assistant Engineer
Jin "Chocolate" Tereda : Engineer
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1. I Ain't Drunk (Liggins) 4:06
Everyday baby, when the sun go down.
I get with my friends, an I begin to clown.
I don't care, what the people are thinkin'.
I ain't drunk, I'm just drinkin'.
(But you're so high).
Oh man, you know I ain't high.
(But you're so high).
I just take a little bit, now an then.
(But you're so high).
Now you oughta be 'shamed of yourself.
(Stay drunk all the time).
Oh, c'mon now, you know ya'all get like that.
Come home last night, all loose.
Baby get in a fuss, I said, "Honey, hush".
I don't care, what the people are thinkin'.
I ain't drunk, I'm just drinkin'.
(But you're so high).
I ain't drunk, I done told ya'all I ain't drunk now.
What ya'all doin' drinkin'?
(But you're so high).
Actually, I'm just havin' fun, man.
(But you're so high).
What? I know I'm not.
(Stay drunk all the time).
Damn, I don't know why you're all talkin' about me like that!
(Instrumental & guitar)
You done the right thing, I wanna thankyou, too.
Now, let's have a little drink, just me an you.
I don't care, what the people are thinkin'.
I ain't drunk, but I'm just drinkin'.
(But you're so high).
Who me? I ain't high man.
(But you're so high).
I don't know why you all talk about me like that.
(But you're so high).
You oughta mind your own business, brother.
(Stay drunk all the time).
You, you oughta watch yourself, too.
You don't understand what I'm sayin'.
I wanna tip you, baby, before I go.
I be back tommorow night an drink so mo'.
I don't care, what the people are thinkin'.
I ain't drunk, I'm just drinkin'.
(But you're so high).
Oh no, you the one drunk!
Look at yo' eyes, man!
(But you're so high).
Don't you tell my old lady, now!
(But you're so high).
Well I ain't had but four or five.
(Stay drunk all the time).
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
(Instrumental & guitar to end).
2. If You Love Me Like You Say (Taylor) 4:06
If you love me like you say.
Why you treat me like you do?
If you love me like you say, baby.
Why you treat me like you do?
Well I ain't no fool.
I'm cool, I know the rule.
Said ya'd never run around.
Said ya'd never stay out late.
Said ya'd never run around, baby.
Said ya'd never stay out late.
Let me tell ya pretty baby.
I've got to set ya straight.
If you love me like ya say.
Why you treat me like ya do?
If you love me like ya say, baby.
Why you treat me like ya do?
Well I ain't no fool.
I'm cool, I know the rule.
(Instrumental) hey!
Said ya'd never run around.
Said ya'd never stay out late.
Said ya'd never run around, baby.
Said ya'd never stay out late.
Let me tell ya pretty baby.
I've got ta set ya straight.
Why-yi-yi-yi.
Oh let ya, set ya straight.
Why-yi-yi-yi.
I'm cool, I know the rule.
3. Blue Monday Hangover (Caple) 5:34
Well, the first thing Monday mornin'.
I drink black coffee, to clear my head.
Yes, every Monday mornin'.
I drink black coffee, an a-clear my head.
Because, ev'ry Sunday night without you, baby.
It's Blue Monday, you know baby, you know my soul is dead.
Big Boss Man, I can hear you call my name.
Yes, Big Boss Man, Big Boss Man.
Oh, I can hear you call my name.
You know, I just don't feel like it this mornin', baby.
It's a sin, you know ain't it a sin?
Hey! (Instrumental & guitar)
I can hear Blue Monday callin'.
But this old hangover, just won't let me go.
Yes, I can hear Blue Monday callin'.
But this old hangover, just won't let me go.
Yes, but ev'ry time I try to get up, baby.
I feel like I'm just goin' down slow.
(Instrumental to end)
4. Melt Down (Collins) 4:04
Guitar & Instrumental
5. Master Charge (Collins, Gwendolyn) 5:08
My wife has a charge card.
Til I got it the other day.
I owe five hundred dollars.
That's just for yesterday.
I said, "Honey, here's a present.
Go out an shop around.
Get a couple a-dresses.
An browse around downtown".
She did just what I told her.
Bought one, two or three.
Then came home lookin' silly.
Makin' goo-goo eyes at me.
Mastercharge, (mastercharge).
I'm bringin' back her card.
Mastercharge, (mastercharge).
I'm bringin' back her card.
Mastercharge (mastercharge).
I'm bringin' back her card.
I said, "Did you get your dresses"?
She said, "Yes, one or two.
But I had to get me some shoes.
An I needed some jewelry, too".
She had two hundred dollar dresses.
That I could-a made, an I can't sew.
Fifty dollar pair a-shoes.
An I thought (you so an so).
Said, "What about the jewelry"?
As calmly as I could.
She said, "Honey, you'll love them.
They're pure, African wood".
Mastercharge, (mastercharge).
Im bringin' back her card.
Mastercharge, (mastercharge, heh-heh).
I'm bringin' back her card.
Mastercharge, (go mastercharge on the thing).
I'm bringin' back her card.
Let's charge it, let's charge it!
(guitar solo & Instrumental)
"They were two hundred dollars, an I paid one an a half!"
I just didn't believe it, so mad, I just had to laugh.
I could see in my mind, on a horse like Paul Revere.
I hate to check my mailbox, 'cause these bills keep comin' here.
Mastercharge (mastercharge).
I'm bringin' back her card.
Mastercharge (mastercharge).
I'm bringin' back her card.
Mastercharge (mastercharge).
I'm bringin' back her card.
Yeah, run up all my bills.
"Charge it!".
Ev'ry time I look around, it's "charge, charge!".
"Let's charge it!".
All she can say.
"A let's charge it!".
" Mastercharge!".
"Oh, I have a Mastercharge!".
"Oh, I have a BankAmericard, too!".
"Mastercharge!".
"Oh, would you mind chargin' it, please?".
"Now look, you gettin' too much on it, now".
You're gettin' too much chargin', now.
"Let's charge it!".
(Instrumental fades to end)
6. Too Tired (Bihari/Davis/Watson) 2:59
I layed down last night, too tired to wait.
I had a chill this mornin', too tired to shake.
I got a good poker hand, too tired to win.
I could hear my baby knockin', too tired to let her in.
I'm tired, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm tired.
Too tired, too tired for anything.
Too tired to walk, too tired to run.
I can hear my baby callin', too tired, too tired.
Too tired, yes I'm tired.
I'm tired, too tired for anything.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
I'm tired of prosperity, tired of luck.
Sittin' on a pin, I'm too tired to get up.
I'm tired, I declare, I declare, I'm tired.
Too tired, tired, too tired for anything.
I'm tired, baby!
(guitar solo & Instrumental).
Hey!
7. If Trouble Was Money (Collins) 8:00
If trouble was money.
I'd swear I'd be a millionaire.
If trouble was money, babe.
I'd swear I'd be a millionaire.
For you I'd buy the whole world, woman .
I'd buy the whole world and have money to spare, yeah.
Worry, worry, worry, worry, babe.
I had worries on my mind, yeah.
I said, worry, worry, worry, worry, woman.
I had worries all my life, yeah yeah.
You know times is hard, baby.
I swear, I won't tell you know lie.
(guitar & instrumental)
My mother used to tell me.
She said, "Son, there gonna be days, gonna be days like this".
My mother used to tell me.
She said, "Son, there gonna be days, it's gonna be days.
Be days like this".
She said, "I always want you to be a winner".
She said, "Son, I don't want you to quit".
(Instrumental & guitar to end).
8. T-Bone Shuffle (Walker) 4:55
Let your hair down, baby, let's have a nat'ural ball.
Let your hair down, baby, let's have a nat'ural ball.
If you don't let your hair down, woman.
We can't have no fun at all.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
Oh, and you can't take it wit' you, that's one thing for sure.
Oh, and you can't take it wit' you, that's one thing for sure.
There ain't nothin' in the world, that a T-Bone shuffle won't cure.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
Come here baby, sit down on your daddy's knee.
Come here baby, sit down on your daddy's knee.
I've got somethin' pretty baby, somethin' that's ailin' me.
(guitar solo & instrumental to end)
9. Get To Gettin' (Price) 3:03
Get to gettin'.
Get to gettin'.
Get to gettin', get to gettin'.
Take your baby home, pet her an' put her in bed.
Get to gettin'.
Get to gettin'.
Take your baby home , pet her an' put her in the bed.
Don't give me no trouble woman.
Ya heard just what I said.
Don't talk about that baby.
'Cause you know just what I'll do.
Don't talk about that baby
'Cause you know just what I'll do.
I'll grab you woman, 'an do the mess-around with you.
Get to gettin'.
Get to gettin'.
Take your baby home, pet her an' put her in bed.
Get to gettin'.
Get to gettin'.
Take you baby home, pet her an' put her in bed.
Don't give me no trouble woman.
You heard just what I said.
(guitar solo & instrumental)
(Get to gettin').
(Just gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(guitar solo & instrumental)
Don't tell me baby, was your cousin on the telephone.
Don't tell me baby, was your cousin on the telephone.
Well I know you lyin', 'cause your's been dead 'long time.
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(Get to gettin').
(guitar solo & instrumental to end)
It's you! Hey!
10. ...But I Was Cool! (Jr.Brown/ E.Marks) 3:11
I always live by the golden rule.
Whatever happens, ha, don't blow your cool!
You gotta have nerves of steel.
And never show folks how you, honestly feel.
I lived all my life this way, ha.
For example, take yesterday;.
I breeze home happy bringin' her my pay.
Her note read (so long saavy, I haven't gone away).
An I threw myself down across our empty bed.
An this is what I said;.
Ooo shhhhiiiii ooow ooow ooow.
What? Oh what are you gonna do with me?.
Ooo wow uh.
But I was cool!.
So I "one for the roaded" at a all night bar.
I wound up so loaded, I tore up my car.
The judge threw the book at me.
An when I read, the sentence there, I said:.
"Oow! Please oooow ooow, please I got to know, I got to know.
What? what went wrong?
I don't underst... I oh a.
But I was cool!
(guitar solo & instrumental)
So I said she's the only one, that I have to pay.
And I found her an pulled my gun, an fired point blank.
The shot whistled right past that woman's head.
An I killed my hound dog, dead!.
Oooooow, ruff ruff, rrr, rrr, rrr, rur, rur, rur.
As they carried me away.
I was overheard to say.
"Be cool, be cool, stay cool, be cool!.
11. Cold Cuts (Collins/Reed/James/Gayden 6:00
Guitar solo & Instrumental Track
12. When The Turns Its Back On You (Thompson/Weaver) 5:25
Now what you gonna do.
When the welfare, turn it's back on you?
Now what you gonna do-hoo-hoo.
When the welfare, turn it's back on you.
Now, you be standin' there stranded.
There's ain't a thing that you can do.
Now, you look all through your house.
Yes, you can't find a piece of bread.
Now, you look all through your hou-hou-house.
Yeah, you can't find a piece of bread.
Sometime you begin to wonder.
If you be better off, better off, dead.
(sax solo & guitar solo & instrumental)
You go down to the welfare.
Give 'em one, two report.
Something they sellin' you.
Will surely get your goat.
If you tell 'em you sick.
You better have a bad cough.
'Cause if you don't.
They be ready to throw you off.
What you gonna do-ooo.
When the welfare turns it's back on you?.
You be standin' there stranded.
There ain't a thing, there ain't a thing ya'all.
Ain't a thing-hing-hing-hing-hing,.
That you can do.
13. A Good Fool Is Hard To Find (Houston/Shackelford) 4:18
My baby came home last night.
And she looked at me real cool.
She said, "Albert, you ain't nothin' but a overgrown fool.
I'm gonna leave you, gonna leave you behind".
I said, " Baby, I'm gonna tell you, that a good fool is hard to find".
Now, baby if you leave me it would hurt me to my soul.
I just can't understand why baby, any woman could be so cold.
But a good fool, a good fool, is hard to find.
Take a lesson from me baby, a good fool is hard to find.
(organ solo, guitar solo & instrumental)
The last time you left me, I didn't have much to lose.
You left me with nothin' woman, but a pair of thin-soled shoes.
But a good fool, a good fool is hard to find.
Take a lesson from me baby, a good fool is hard to find.
Now listen to me baby, I think you should be told.
When they made yo' daddy, somebody went an broke the mold.
A good fool, a good fool is hard to find.
You take the lesson from me woman, a good fool is hard to find.
(solo guitar & instrumental to end)
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