Rory Gallagher & The Taste
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BLISTER ON THE MOON
Everyone is saying what to do and what to think,
And when
to ask permission when you feel you want to blink.
First look left and then
look right and now look straight ahead,
Make sure and take a warning of
every word we've said.
Now you lay you down to sleep make sure and get some rest,
Tomorrow is another day and you must pass the test.
Don't try and think too
different now what we say is best,
Listen little man you're no better than
the rest.
Don't lay beside the wayside all around the road we've set,
Smile and look happy fool or we'll throw you in the wet.
Now if you learn your lesson well and step upon the line,
Save your breath until forever we should get along just fine.
We'll bend
your heart until it breaks make sure you feel no pain,
We'll be the one to
crush you and give you to the rain.
But now you want to run away oh can I see you run,
Run
across the frozen air try resting on the sun.
And if you feel it burn you
don't yell out in pain,
Or wish you had a velvet sponge full of soothing
rain.
So let's have that stiff upper lip now take a long deep
breath,
Close your ears you cannot hear the rules are all pre-set.
You
thought we were illusions but we meant the word we said,
We're in command,
you tiny fly, we'll crush you till you're dead
SUGAR MAMA
Oh well tell me sugar mama,
Where in the world,
Where
in the world,
Where in the world,
Where in the world,
Where in the
world,
You get your sugar from.
Tell me sugar woman,
Where in the world did you get your
sugar from.
Down in Louisiana,
I was workin' on your daddy's,
Working on your daddy's,
Working on your daddy's,
Sugar farm.
Owww...
You know they're braggin' about your good sugar,
You know
they're braggin' all over town.
You know they're braggin' about your sugar
babe,
I swear they're braggin' all over town.
Come on sweet woman,
I like my coffee sweet in the
mornin',
Woman I'm crazy about my tea at night.
I like my coffee sweet
in the mornin',
You know I love my tea at night.
Come on sweet woman,
If I don't get my sugar three times a
day,
Oh darlin' I don't feel right.
Sugar mama, sugar mama, sugar,sugar.
Woooo....
Ahh ..
sugar mama, I just want you tonight.
HAIL
I sing at the corner my cap at my toes,
I sing all those
songs of joy, sadness and woe.
They stand on the pavement the tenors join
in,
The rest whilst my back's turned have big toothy grins.
Then for an encore I'll wilt to the stand,
And snap on the
keyboard of my baby grand.
They move away as the hail hits the ground,
I'm left there laughing I've just made a pound.
Then you came along and asked me to sing,
The song? I
enquired, she said - anything.
I cover my eyes and I burst into song,
And when I had finished I left, she was gone.
Then back to the Palace I find my steps lead,
I take off
my shoes and I watch my toes bleed.
I sit there and wonder when you'll come
again,
I must get back to the corner again.
I look at the corner from behind the door,
Some people are
standing there must be a score.
There's nobody singing or moves at their
fears,
Everybody joins hands and they hold back the tears.
BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TIME
Born on the wrong side of time,
Even your best friend,
Is ready, to watch you die.
You don't want to live on the street,
So you've got to
sweat till your'e dead,
To make ends meet.
Born on the wrong side of time,
Your days are so cold,
That you curse, just something to cry.
That you should be living in fear,
When you cry out,
Your friends just don't want to hear.
And you dream, of the day,
When the great mastertime,
Will call us .... to his side.
And you watch, your brothers,
Shake with fear, as they
watch,
His serpintine .... eye.
And you can smell, their fear,
As they stand, and curse,
The fact that they're .... alive.
Born on the wrong side of time,
Pretend to yourself,
That some day, you'll do just fine.
DUAL CARRIAGEWAY PAIN
You'll just have to own another man,
You'll just have to
own another man,
How could you do those things to me?
When you know I'm
doing the best I can.
Baby why you do these things to me,
I'll never know,
Baby why you do these things to me,
I'll never know,
When you know I
love you,
And you know I'll never let you go.
Well, had that woman just won't do what's right,
Had that
woman just won't do what's right,
You just wanna play around,
You just
wanna stay out every night.
Try to do what's best for you,
Try to treat you kind,
Try to do what's best for you,
Try to treat you kind,
You just wanna
play around,
You just wanna worry up my mind.
Well, had that woman just won't do what's right,
Had that
woman just won't do what's right,
You just wanna play around,
You just
wanna stay out every night.
You know that you live through a lie,
You'll only find out
what went wrong,
When the sun makes us cry.
SAME OLD STORY
Same old story, night and day,
Same old story since you
went away.
I'm walking out my shoes,
You can't count the tears I
spill.
Come back baby,
Your place no one can fill,
It'll be the same
old story,
Yes it will.
Same old story, I can't believe,
Same old story, that you
wanna leave.
Without you it's a nightmare,
And the air is chill,
Get the next train home,
Your place no one can fill,
It'll be the same
old story,
Yes it will.
Same old story, am I really down?
Same old story, in this
one horse town.
Walking out my shoes,
You can't count the tears I spill.
Come back women,
Your place no one can fill,
It'll be the same old
story,
Yes it will.
Same old story, am I really down?
Same old story, the
earth goes round?
Walkin' out my shoes,
You can't count the tears I spill.
Come back baby,
I'm standing by the window sill,
It'll be the same
old story,
Yes it will.
CATFISH
Well I wish I was a catfish,
Swimming in the
deep blue sea.
All you pretty womens,
Fishing after me,
Fishing
after me.
Well, I went down to my baby's house,
And I sat down on
the steps.
She said, "Come on in and have me,
My old man just left,
Just now left".
Well, there's two trains a runnin',
And there's not one,
goin' my way.
One runs at midnight,
Other just for day.
Other just
for day.
Other just for day.
Other just for day.
Other just for day.
Hey..........
Well, she's long,
And she's so tall,
Well, she shakes,
Like a willow tree.
They say she's no good,
She's alright with me.
Right
with me.
Right with me.
Right with me.
Right with me.
Well I wish I was a catfish,
Swimming in the deep blue
sea.
All you pretty women,
Swimmin' after me,
Swimmin' after me.
I wish I was your catfish.
I'M MOVIN' ON
Written by Hank SnowSee that big eight-wheeler coming down the
track,
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back.
Movin' on, I'll
soon be gone.
You're flyin' too high, for my little old sky,
I'm movin'
on.
I've warned you baby, from time to time,
You just didn't
listen, didn't pay no mind.
So I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone,
I'm
through with you, too bad you're blue.
I'm movin' on.
Now Engineer, take the throttle in hand,
Take me back to
the southern land.
I'm movin' on, keep rollin' on,
You're flyin' too
high, for my little old sky,
Keep movin' on.
Fireman please, won't you listen to me,
Gotta pretty woman
in Tennessee.
Keep rollin' on, keep rollin' on.
Goodbye, goodbye, it's
all over now.
I'm movin' on.
Someday baby when you've had your play,
You'll want your
daddy but your daddy will say.
Keep rollin' on, keep movin' on,
You're
flyin' too high, for my little old sky,
I'm movin' on.
Movin' on, movin' on.
GAMBLING BLUES
I once was a gambler,
I bet my money wrong.
I once was
a gamble,
I bet my money wrong.
Look for my baby,
Mess up my happy
home.
Look for my money,
Look for my watch and chain.
Look
for my money,
You know she pawned my watch and chain.
Told the DA,
Even your name.
I’m through with gambling,
Some other fool can have my
room,
I’m through with gambling,
Some other fool can have my room.
Might die of whisky,
But gambling sure won’t be my doom.
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László Zoltán 2011
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