1. If You Love Me Like You Say (Little John Taylor)
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.
2. Blue Monday Hangover (Malone, Caple)
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)
3. I Got A Problem (Albert Collins)
I've got a problem, I say I got a problem
I got a problem people, I've got a problem
I got a problem 'bout my woman
I got a problem 'bout my wife
An' all you, when you see me stand here, two's in my life
I know you might be wonderin', did I wreck my life?
Well, I got a problem 'bout my woman, ha!
I got a problem 'bout my wife
Now my wife is number one, my woman is number two
My woman would do things fer me, that my wife wouldn't do
'Cause I dig my wife but you understand
Sometime it takes two, ya'all, to satisfy one man
My problem started out
When I started messin' 'round with number three
She called my wife an' told on my woman an' me
Now my wife packed up her clothes
Went home to her mother
My woman went off an' found another lover
I've got a problem, uh, huh!
I got a problem with my wife
Got a problem with my woman, yeah
Got a problem with my wife (talk, talk, talk).
4. The Highway Is Like A Woman (Albert Collins)
The time has come, I got to hit the road again
I said the time has come, I've got to hit the road again
'Cause I travel with a passion
And the highway is my lady friend
You see the highway's like a woman
Soft shoulders an' dangerous curves
You see the highway is like a woman, like a woman
Soft shoulders an' dangerous curve
If you don't know her when you start travelin'
Boy she can really upset your nerves
(Keyboards - Allen Batts)
But if you respect her when she warns you
I swear the highway treat you fine
But if you respect her when she warn you
I swear the highway'll treat you fine
When she's wet an' she's slippery
Then watch out for the detour sign
5. Brick (Albert Collins)
Brick baby!
That's what I'm gonna throw upside your head
I said now, brick baby
That's what I'm gonna throw upside your head
Yeah, you got me so worried
Got me talkin' outta my head
Yeah, you know I love you
And you know my love is true
Yeah, I can't understand it baby
The way you treat me like you do
I'm gonna chuck a brick, baby
I'm gonna chuck a brick at you
(Johnny "B. Goode" Gayden- bass)
I got a brick, baby
I'm gonna throw it upside your head
I said a brick, baby
I'm gonna throw it upside your head
Yeah, ya got me so worried
Ya got me talkin' outta my head
Ah, you know I love ya
Yeah, you know my live is true
I can't understand it, baby
The way you treat me like you do
I'm gonna chuck a brick, baby
I'm gonna chuck a brick at you
(Oh, Im gonna chuck this brick right here)
Hey!
6. Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate (Albert Collins)
If one thing in this world
I just can't stand
Is bein' at the table with an ill-mannored man
Now, if he's sittin' on your left
Before you could eat a bite
He'll reach across your plate
An' you know that ain't right
Now I like to eat, as well as any man
But there's some rules, a fool should understand
When ya have one little helpin'
An' one extra piece of cake
I tell ev'rybody, don't go reachin' across my plate
I was at a party last night, at over Big Murray
Cat reached 'cross my plate
Got a coatsleeve in my gravy
I didn't say a word, just looked him dead in the eye
He reached across my plate, an' cut him a piece a pie
Now I don't care if he did it for a prank
I don't care, if you had a drink
Especially when I'm out, a-with my date
Now don't you go reachin' across MY plate
At a party last week, there was some high-class folks
Ev'rything on the table, an' that ain't no joke
They had barbeque possum, rattlesnake gravy
Chicken fried skunk, an' it smelt real crazy
Ev'rything went fine, but one thing made me blue
A cat reached across my plate, for some armadillo stew
Now when you at the table, you act real nice
You say, "pass me that" or "pass me the platter"
But just because you hungry, an' happen to come in late
Don't you go reachin', across MY plate
(Spoken)
"Pass some a-that turkey over there, baby!"
"No, don't give me none of that skunk, I don't want none a that"
"I, I beg your pardon"
"If this cat stop reachin' 'cross my plate, I can maybe ask for somethin' "
"A pass me a little a that turkey there, baby"
FADES-
Na na na na-na-na-na
Yeah-heya
"Party' nice, party's nice"
"Yeah, ah give gimme some a that chicken over there, baby"
"Chicken fried skunk? "ah no"
7. Give Me My Blues (Albert Collins)
I play my music, the only way that I can
Play my music only, only way I can
Some people really dig it
Some just don't understand
I play my music only, only way I can
I play my music, play it the only way I can
Some people really dig it
Some just don't understand
I don't play the drums
I can't disco dance
But I can play the blues
Put you in a trance
I can play my music, only way I can
Some people really dig it
Some just don't understand
Give my blues song
I'll play it all night long
Give me a blues song
I'll play it all night long
It may not sound right to you
But I know that, that ain't wrong
I don't do no country
I don't do no jazz
I don't do no punk rock
That kinda razz-ma-tazz
I play my blues song
The only way I can
Some people really dig it
Some just don't understand
ooh-ho, yeah
8. Snowed In (Albert Collins)
Last winter I was in Chicago
And the weather was awfully bad
Last winter I was in Chicago
And the weather was awfully bad
They say I was stuck in China Town
For the worst winter they ever had
"I'm gonna go on right here
And see if I can get this truck started right quick"
"These old shoes ain't ready for the winter"
"Oh, I'm 'bout to fall an' break my neck here in a minute, buddy
"See if I can get this key in this door here "
"I know it don't lock it, lock, it done froze up on me an' "
"Lock it won't act right, it already half-tore up anyhow"
"Yeah, I got it now, I'm gon get here an' try ta crank this old thing"
"An pat the accellorator a little bit"
(makes engine starting noises with guitar)
"Yeah, I almost got it"
"Pat the accellorator a little bit more"
"It's cold, that wind just whistlin' out there"
(makes wind sounds on guitar)
"Oh it sure cold weather out here"
"You get frostbite out here"
"Try it one more time"
(makes engine starting noises with guitar)
"Ya'all, it ain't gonna start"
Yeah, I don't mind a little snow
An' I can handle rain
I say, I don't mind a little snow
An' I can handle a little rain
Now I don't mind bein' cold
But this winter, man it's sure insane
"If I go now hit this old gas station,
I think I can get me somebody to"
"Walk on down the street here, 'bout a block"
"See if I can, get somebody to give me a boost off here an'
get my battery charged"
"Oh man, this stuff is in a mess here!"
"I'm gonna fall, break my neck"
(guitar sounds like car horn honks)
"Oh get on by man, I'm gonna get out your way, I'm in the street"
"I'm tryin' to walk here, ya'all runnin' these damn trucks
an' cars an' goin' on"
(guitar sounds like car horn honks)
"Come on by man"
"Oh man, the station is done closed!"
Now the gas station was closed
And the snow was eight feet tall
Now the gas station had closed, hm
And the snow was eight feet tall
The telephone cable was down
An' you couldn't even make a call
You couldn't go out for groceries, hm
Nobody would deliver to you
I said, you couldn't go out for groceries
Nobody would deliver to you
In a bad situation like that
What in the hell, ya'all, what-a I'm suppose to do?
"Yeah, it's a tough winter, I tell ya"
"I go back out here one more time an' see if I get
this, thing started right here"
"Old battery might be done be at the level, I might get it started now"
"Besides, I'm about to fall"
"Man, I'm gonna tell ya, I'm a, whew!"
"Rough, rough here in Chicago!"
"Wanna get on back across that desert in Los Angeles, somewhere"
"Florida somewhere"
"If I can get outta here, I know I'm snowed in"
"Try ta crank this damn thing one more time"
"I think I can get it to crank, I hope so"
"Let me see if I can get it cranked"
(makes guitar cranking noises)
"Pat the accellorator a little bit"
"Might get it started, now"
(makes guitar cranking noises)
"Oh yes, I got that thing together now, boy"
"She's kickin' now!"
"Yeah"
"Yeah, will let her get warmed up"
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
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