The Blues Band
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Alimony Blues

I had a woman she was good to me
She my sugar, Is her honey bee
I had a woman and she was good to me
She was my sugar I was her honey bee

Got around to making wedding vows
Dont know why things went wrong somehow
Well we got around to making those wedding vows
(I do so do I)
Dont know why but things seemed to go wrong somehow

She spent my money she chased my friends
Pretty soon I know wed reached the end
Yes she spent my money ooh Lord and she chased my friends
Pretty soon I know wed reached the end

She put the money into matrimony
She put the lock onto wedlock too
When love goes wrong it sure aint funny
Got the alimony blues, alimony blues

My lawyer told me things are looking lean
You get 20 you give her 19
My lawyer told me things are loking lean
You get 20 you give her 19

Well the judge he says you got to pay
Keep on paying till that Judgement Day
Well that judge he says son you got to pay and pay
Keep on paying until that Judgement Day

She put the money into matrimony
She put the lock onto wedlock too
When love goes wrong it sure aint funny
Got the alimony blues, alimony blues

I hope youll always have a happy life
No divorce court no greedy wife
I hope youll always have a happy life
No divorce court never no greedy wife

Shell put the money into matrimony
Shell put the lock into wedlock too
When love goes wrong it sure aint funny-acap

Bus To Nowhere

Youre gonna ride on a bus going nowhere
But always some place youve been
Gonna sleep in a bed by your lonesome
Phone your kids, cheap calls, weekends

Gonna eat just what you are given
And always be right on time to leave
cause this heres a bus going nowhere
Leastways no place you aint been

So why ride it in the first place?
Aint no penitentiary
I guess the music is the reason and the key
for me
It take the blues to see

Gonna work wherever they send you
And be glad whenever they call
Gonna ride this bus going nowhere
cause to me its the place with it all

So why ride it in the first place?
Aint no penitentiary
I guess the music is the reason and the key
for me
It takes the blues to see

So why ride ..

Can't Hold On

A man just came to call for my rent
I had to hide under the table till he knocked six times and went
But I cant hold on much longer
It seems like everything is down on me

I used to be a man of means
Now you might still find a few pennies in the pocket of my jeans
But I cant hold on much longer
It seems like everything is down on me

Now I dont have too many friends
In fact I cant think of any at all
Oh but just let me get back on my feet again
And my long lost friends will come to call

Knocking on my own brothers door
People, I was knocking for an hour till I found out he dont live there no more
I cant hold on much longer
It seems like everything is down on me

Now I dont have too many friends
In fact I cant think of any at all
Oh but just let me get back on my feet again
And my long lost friends will come to call

Knocking on my own brothers door
People, I was knocking for an hour till I found out he dont live there no more
I cant hold on much longer
I feel like everything is down on me
I cant hold on much longer
Seems like everything is down on me
I just cant hold on much longer
Seems like everything is down on me

Down To The River

Im going down to the river
to see how deep it is today
Yes Im going down to the river
to see how deep it is today
How much waters in that river?
Will it wash my blues away?

I had to ask my babys pardon
for the things Id done to her
Now detectives are tryin to figure
was it suicide or murder?

But Im going down to the river
to see how deep it is today
How much waters in that river?
Will it wash my blues away?

Police interrogation
Where were you that date and time?
Man, to me thats no kind of question
I put her life so high above mine

Please sir come down to the station
just to tell us what you know
What is your suggestion?
Whats she done? And where did she go?

Im going down to the river
to see how deep it is today
Yeah Im going down to the river myself
to see how deep it is today
How much waters in that river?
Will it wash my blues away?

Swing Out Dave

There's a fellow in our band
He's the best in all the land
Bottleneck and a strong right hand
Swing out Dave

Once he drove a laundry truck
Then he had a change of luck
When The Blues Band called him up
Swing out Dave

Some men search for fortune
Others seek for fame
With Dave it's the music
He plays those blues licks
That's how he made his name

Lets his fingers do the walking
Lets his guitar do the talking
In Cork, New York and Rolling Fork
Swing out Dave

When it's time to raise the heat
Get the folks up on their feet
The engine room lays down the beat
Swing out Rob
Oh no - it's the bass solo

Some men search for fortune
Others seek for fame
Dave's played with Muddy
John Lee and Buddy
Helping to carry the flame

Lets his fingers do the walking
Lets his guitar do the talking
In Cork, New York and deepest Dorking
Swing out
Let it ring out
Swing out Dave

The Other Side

Sure I need your money
But Id like to talk to you
Yeh I could use your money
But I wanna talk to you
You throw me a coin
as you rush past
Your life is a blur
that moves so fast
I live in my place
in the world at your feet
Like to tell you how it is
the other side of the street

Ill give you some money
But I cant talk to you
You can have my money
though I cant talk to you
Ill do what I can
but Im real short of time
Telephone is ringing
Two calls on the line
Places to go
and people to meet
Too busy to breathe
The other side of the street

We dont understand how the other half live
Yet the other half have so much to give
We all travel to the place where well going to meet
Yet we never seem to make the other side of the street

Guitar Song

Sitting here staring at these four walls
Six silver strings and four fat chords
I opened up the door and golly G
There was this goddess staring back at me

I went for an F but she looked like A minor
It was then that I thought well nothing could be finer
She told me her name it was Caroline
Now my favourite position? C six with a nine

I plucked a few strings, she began to whine
I knew by now I had her on the line
She said Now honey well there aint no danger
Dont you realise Im A Major?

Well DDD, Im as happy as a king
Well she didnt fret as I was slidin my thing
Now all you people if you think it through
Well EEE, the jokes on you

Now these four walls, yeah theyre my best friend
cause it all came good, came good in the end
Yeah me


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