ΣΤΙΧΟΙ ΑΠΟ ΕΝΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙ ΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΠΗΣΑΜΕ - ΑΓΑΠΑΜΕ ΚΑΙ ΣΙΓΟΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΑΜΕ!

[exile]

Junior Wells
Hoodoo Man Blues

Lord, I wonder what's has got the matter
Wit' time, you know, wit' time
It seems like the hours, oh, everything done changed

But I hold up my hand,
I'm just tryin' t'make her understand
Lord, you know, everybody tells Little Junior
That somebody done hoodooed the hoodoo man.

Now, I'm goin' down to Louisiano
an' get me a mojo hand
My little woman she done quit me for some other man

But I hold up my hand,
I'm tryin' to make her understand
Lord, you know, everybody they tells me,
That somebody done hoodooed the hoodoo man .

Now I buzzed your bell this morning
You had your elevator running slow
I buzzed your bell, little woman, to take me on the third floor

But I hold up my hand,
I'm just trying make you understand
Lahw, you know, ever'vody tells Li'l Junior,
Somebody hoodooed the hoodoo man.

 

[exile]

Kenny Neal
I Been Missing You

Woke up this morning, in my hotel room
I saw a face on the wall, a picture of you
I remember what you told me baby, the night I left home
You told me that you'd miss me, when you're all alone
I been missin' you
I've been missin' you too
Just last night, after my last show
Sittin' in the corner, all alone
Me and my guitar, pickin' the blues
Thinkin' of home, thinkin' of you
I been missin' you
I've been missin' you too
I been missin' you
I've been missin' you too
Now I'm headed back South, and it won't be long
I been countin' the days, since I've been gone
As we pass a house, and a little farm
I can't wait to have you baby, in my arms
Cause I been missin' you
I've been missin' you too
I been missin' you
I've been missin' you too
I been missin' you baby

 

[exile]

From the Musical"Till the Clouds Roll By"
Ol' Man River

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day

Don't look up and don't look down
Ya don't dast make the white boss frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
And pull that rope until you're dead

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the River Jordan
That's the old stream that I long to cross


Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River
He must know somepin', but he don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along

He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton
And them what plants 'em is soon forgotten
But Ol' Man River, jest keeps rollin' along

You and me, we sweat and strain
Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain
Tote that barge and lift that bale
Ya get a little drunk and ya lands in ja-ail

I gets weary and so sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin', but I'm feared of dyin'
And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along

 

[Sambalis]

Σήμερα είδα ξανά (μετά από χρόνια) και πραγματικά το απόλαυσα, την ταινία του Wim Wenders, ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ!!
Από εκείνη την ώρα τραγουδάω συνέχεια το εκπληκτικό:

Summer kisses, Winter tears
That was what he gave to me
Never thought that I'd travel all alone
The trail of memories

Happy hours, lonely years
But I guess I can't complain
For I still recall the Summer sun
Through all the Winter rain

The fire of love, the fire of love
Can burn from afar
And nothing can light the dark of the night
Like a falling star
Summer kisses, Winter tears
Like the stars they fade away
Leaving me to spend my lonely nights
With dreams of yesterday

Leaving me to spend my lonely nights
With dreams of yesterday
Summer kisses, Winter tears

 

[exile]

Helen Humes
Million Dollar Secret blues

I'm gonna tell all you girls a secret, please keep it to yourself
I'm gonna tell all you girls a secret, please, please keep it to yourself
Why it's a million dollar secret, so please don't tell nobody else
Now if you're a real young girl
And you want to get rich quick
Get an old, old man, girls
And that'll be the lick
You know those old men are fine, yes they know just what to do
They'll give you lots of loving, but they'll give you a whole lot of money too

Now he'll tickle you under your chin
And he'll scratch you on your side
He'll say Wake up you fine young thing
Give me my morning's exercise
Those old men are fine, yes yes yes they know what to do
They'll give you lots of loving, but they'll give you a whole lot of money too
Now I've got a man who's seventy-eight
And I'm just thirty-three
Everybody thinks I'm crazy
But his will's made out to me!
Yes that man is fine, girls he really knows just what to do
Why he'll give you lots of loving, but he'll give you a whole lot of money too

Now I've told all you young girls
Exactly what to do
Now let me tell you women
If you're over forty-two
Get you a young dude, and raise him to your hand
Cause he'll make you think life is wonderful, yes you'll think the world is grand
Now take a look in the barnyard
See that old fat hen
She's got a fresh young rooster
Feels just like a chick again
So get a young man, and raise him to your hand
Cause he'll make you think life is wonderful, yes you'll think the world is grand
You know he'll spend your hard-earned money
Make your life a hell on earth
But when he takes you in his arms
Girls you'll get your money's worth
So get a young man, and raise him to your hand
Cause he'll make you think life is wonderful, yes you'll think the world is grand

 

[exile]

Scrapper Blackwell
Bad Liquor Blues

Listen here people, listen to what I have to say
Listen here people, listen to what I have to say
If you drink bad whiskey, it will do you this a-way
Make you lose your money, make you lose your best friend
Make you lose your money, make you lose your best friend
And when you get sober, swear you'll never get drunk again

Lay down in the evening, wake up in the morning feeling bad
Lay down in the evening, wake up in the morning feeling bad
It's just some bad liquor, partner, that you've had
Get up in the morning, your head going round and round
Get up in the morning, your head going round and round
Buy more bad liquor, stand there and drink it down


Better stop that drinking, before it goes to your head
Better stop that drinking, before it goes to your head
Wake up some morning, find your own self dead.

 

[exile]

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
That Good Old Jelly blues

Well, look at jelly roll baker, now,
Let me be your slave,
Gambler blows his trumpet,
I would rise from my grave,
F'r some good old jelly,
Yes, that good old jelly roll,
Well, it's good for the young,
Yes, an' it's good for the old.
Well, she says: Can I put in an order
Three weeks ahead?
I'd rather have yo' jelly roll
Than my home cooked bread,
'Cause I love good old jelly,
Yes, that good old jelly roll.
She says: It does me so much good,
Well, deep down in my soul.
Well, you know a lady walked up and asked me:
Talk me how to bake jelly roll.
Said: Nobody missed just a gift from my soul.
Bake good old jelly,
Yes, that good old jelly roll,
Well, it's just like Maxwell house coffee,
It does me good deep down in my soul.
Well, you know I was sentenced for murder,
Murder in the first degree,
Judge's wife called up,
Said: Let that man, Brownie go free,
'Cause he's a jelly roll baker,
Yes, bakes the best jelly roll in town,
He's the only man that can bake jelly roll,
Hmmm, with his damper down.
Well, now's a soldier in hospital in a war,
He was shot all full of holes,
The nurse walked up and let the man to die,
To get some good old jelly roll,
'Cause she loves good old jelly,
Oh, that good old jelly roll,
She said: I'd rather let that man lose his life,
Yes, not to miss my good old jelly roll.

 

[exile]

Cream
Mother's Lament

Are we rolling? A one, a two, a three, a four...

A mother was washing her baby one night;
The youngest of ten and a delicate mite.
The mother was poor and the baby was thin;
'Twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin.

The mother turned 'round for a soap off the rack.
She was only a moment but when she turned back
Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried,
"Oh, where has my baby gone?" The angels replied:

Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole.
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug.
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,
He should have been washed in a jug, in a jug.

Your baby is perfectly happy;
He won't need a bath anymore.
He's a-muckin' about with the angels above,
Not lost but gone before.

Do you want to do it again?

 

[exile]

Dead Kennedys
California Über Alles

I am governor jerry brown
My aura smiles
And never frowns
Soon I will be president¡

Carter power will soon go away
I will be f¨¹hrer one day
I will command all of you
Your kids will meditate in school

California über alles
über alles california

Zen fascists will control you
100% natural
You will jog for the master race
And always wear the happy face
Close your eyes, can't happen here
Big bro' on white horse is near
The hippies won't come back you say
Mellow out or you will pay

California über alles
über alles california

Now it is 1984
Knock knock at your front door
It's the suede/denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece

Come quietly to the camp
You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp
Don't you worry, it's only a shower
For your clothes here's a pretty flower¡

Die on organic poison gas
Serpent's egg's already hatched
You will croak, you little clown
When you mess with president brown

California über alles
über alles california

 

[exile]

Dire Straits
Tunnel Of Love

Getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that I choose
Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo
And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam
And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am

In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light
She had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victim of the night
I put my hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll
I had the one arm bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul

And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above
And I'm just high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love

It's just the danger when you're riding at your own risk
She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this
It's just a cakewalk twisting baby step right up and say
Hey mister give me two give me two cos two can play

And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above
And I'm just high on the world
Come on and take the low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love

Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig
Money for muscle another girl I dig
Another hustle just to make it big
And rockaway rockaway

And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids
Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids

She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this
She put her hand in my pocket I got a keepsake and a kiss
And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away
I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must made me stay

And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above
And I'm just high on the world
Come on and take the low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love

And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Searching everywhere from steeplechase to paisades
In any shooting gallery where promises are made
To rockaway rockaway from Cullercoats and Whitley Bay out to rockaway

And girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did
Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids
Girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did
Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids

 

[exile]

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Take Your Time

My poor broke mama told me
When I was twelve years old
You eat and talk much too fast
There's one thing you should know
Take your time my sweet baby
Take your time my blue eyed son
Well you may never have his money
But you won't miss no rich man's fun
I can never give you money honey
I can never buy you clothes
But the way them women been lookin' at you
Someday you should have both
If you take your time my sweet baby
Take your time and love them slow
And if you play your cards right
You won't never wait no more

Well the ladies like their diamonds
They like their brand new clothes
But I was blessed with plenty of other things they love the most
I take my time with the ladies
I take my time and I love 'em slow
And since I turned thirteen
Lord, I ain't never wait no more

I can never give you money honey
I can never buy you clothes
But the way them schoolgirls look at you
Someday you should have both
If you take your time my sweet baby
Take your time and be my son
Well you might never have his money
But you won't miss his fun

 

[exile]

MC5
Kick Out the Jams

(Kick out the jams, mother**cker!!!!)

I'm, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, i'm gonna kick em out

well i feel pretty good
and i guess that i could get crazy now, baby
cause we all got in tune
when the dressing room got hazy now, baby
i know how you want it..... get tight
the girls cant stand it when youre doing it right
when they're up on the sand
and then they kick out the jams, yes
kick out the jams, i like to kick em out

yes i'm startin to sweat
you know my shirts all wet
what a feelin
and the songs they are bouncin
.....bounce off the ceilin
you gotta have it, babay
you can't do without

when you get the feelin
you've got
put that mic in my hand
and let me kick out the jams
yes, kick out the jams, got to kick em out

so you got to get it up
and then cant get enough
thats what
cause it gets in your brain
it drives you insane, make you crazy
the.....the faster the funk
if you wanna feedmy rocket
till mornin comes
let me be who i am
and let me kick out the jams
yes kick out the jams
I done kick em out

 

[exile]

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Life by the Drop

Hello there, my old friend
Not so long ago it was 'til the end
We played outside in the pouring rain
On our way up the road we started over again

You're livin' a dream....wo you on top
My mind is achin'....lord it won't stop
Thats how it happens....livin' life by the drop

Up and down that road in our worn out shoes
Talkin' 'bout good things and signin' the blues
You went your way....i stayed behind
We both knew it was just a matter of time

You're livin a dream....wo you on top
My mind is achin'....lord it won't stop
That's how it happens....livin' life by the drop

No wasted time....we're alive today
Churnin' up the past....there's no easier way
Time's been between us....a means to an end
God it's good to be here walkin' together my friend

You're livin a dream....wo you on top
My mind is achin'....lord it won't stop
That's how it happens....livin' life by the drop
That's how it happens....livin' life by the drop
That's how it happens....livin' life by the drop

 

[Κώστας Φ.]

Artist: Bill Withers
Song: Ain't No Sunshine

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
It's not warm when she's away.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away.

Wonder this time where she's gone,
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away.

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone,
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness everyday.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away.

Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.

 

[exile]

Billy Valentine
Beer Drinking Baby

I've got a beer drinkin' baby, well she drinks both night and day
I've got a beer drinkin' baby, well she drinks both night and day
Well she's never satisfied till she uses all my pay
She drinks beer in the morning, beer in the night,
Come home raises hell, all she wants to do is fight
She's my beer drinking baby, well she drinks beer all the time
She drinks beer so often I'm afraid I'll go stone blind

When she walks the streets all night, up and down 7th Avenue
Drinkin' that wine and beer till she don't know what to do
She's my beer drinking baby, well she drinks beer all the time
Well she drinks beer so often I'm afraid I'll lose my mind.

 

[exile]

Blind Willie Johnson
God Don't Never Change

Yes God, God don't never change
He's God, always will be God
God in the middle of the ocean
God in the middle of the sea
By the help of the great creator
Truly been a God to me
Hey God, God don't never change
God, always will be God
God in creation
God when Adam fell
God way up in heaven
God way down in hell
He's God, God don't never change
God, always will be God
Spoke to the mountain
Said how great I am
Want you to get up this mornin'
Skip around like a lamb
Well he's God, God don't never change
God, always will be God
God in the time of sickness
God in the doctor too
In the time of the influenzy
He truly was a God to you
Well he's God, God don't never change
He's God, always will be God
God in the pulpit
God way down at the door
He's God in the Amen Corner
God all over the floor
Well he's God, God don't never change
God, always will be God

 

[exile]

Charles Brown
Merry Christmas Baby

Merry Christmas baby, you sure did treat me nice
Merry Christmas baby, you sure did treat me nice
Gave me a diamond ring for Christmas
Now I'm living in paradise
Well I'm feelin' mighty fine, got good music on my radio
Well I'm feelin' mighty fine, got good music on my radio
Well I wanna kiss you baby,
While you're standing 'neath the mistletoe
Saintee came down the chimney
'Bout half past three
Left all these pretty presents
That you see before me
Merry Christmas pretty baby, you sure been good to me
I haven't had a drink this morning
But I'm all lit up like a Christmas tree

 

[exile]

Cousin Joe
Beggin' Woman

I've got a beggin' woman
She keep on beggin' me
She'll even try to beg
A possum out of a tree
You know she's a beggin' woman
And I can see it in her eyes
She's got a handful of gimme
And a mouthful of much obliged
She begs in the mornings
She sleeps in the afternoons
She stays up all night
To beg the man in the moon
You know she's a beggin' woman
And I can see it in her eyes
She's got a handful of gimme
And a mouthful of much obliged
She'll beg Aunt Penny
And she'll beg Uncle Jake
She'll even beg the sweetness
Out of a ginger cake
You know she's a beggin' woman
And I can see it in her eyes
She's got a handful of gimme
And a mouthful of much obliged
She'll beg the plant out of your plantation
Beg New York to a Flag Station
She'll even hang around
To beg the United Nations
You know she's a beggin' woman
And I can see it in her eyes
She's got a handful of gimme
And a mouthful of much obliged

 

[exile]

Etta Jones
The Richest Guy In The Graveyard

Woke up this morning, 't was a fine sunny day
I said daddy please stay, but he had to run away
Cause he was busy, busy makin' lots of gold
So I told him, better have some fun before you're old
You'll be the richest guy in the graveyard
With money in the bank
You'll be the fattest cat
Who's stretched out flat
You'll have yourself to thank
Now what's the good of earnin'
With no time for spendin'
You know you're simply headed
For a horizontal endin'
The richest guy in the graveyard
So daddy won't you please slow down
You'll climb the Golden Gate to the graveyard
That gate is not so great
You'll be the sleepiest creep
Who's six feet deep
You'll find it out too late
I can't imagine how you can be a good lover
All wrapped around in brown
With a five-ply cover
So take my tip and don't work hard
Then you'll delay that graveyard drive
You'll be the richest guy in the graveyard
Now just you wait and see
You'll be the gonest goon
Who ever went too soon
That ain't no use to me
I'd rather be found
On a flophouse bed
Then down in the ground
With dirt on my head
You'll be the richest guy in the graveyard
So daddy won't you hear my plea
Do me a favor and please
Make out the will to me

 

[exile]

Cripple Clarence Lofton
Strut That Thing

Woke up this morning feeling bad,
Thinking 'bout the times I once have had;
You went out, stayed all night,
Do you think that's treating me right?
'Cause you should not do it, you dog,
Shouldn't do it, you dog, shouldn't do it, you dog,
I'm telling these lovers, how to be strutting that thing night and day

Had your mama doodling around for 'em a while,
Shook a dozen ribs down this aisle;
Deacon Jones gave 'em to pray,
Too much religion is what have had.
Go to heaven, gotta stop this stuff,
'Cause you been strutting that thing, night and day, night and day,
I mean, there's Jenny Lou, out there strutting that thing night and day

Getting sick and tired the way you do,
Kind mama, going to poison you;
Sprinkle goofer dust round your bed,
Wake some morning, find your own self dead,
'Cause you should not do it, you dog,
Shouldn't do it, you dog, shouldn't do it, you dog,
I'm telling these lovers, how to be strutting that thing night and day

There's a lady by the name Miss Lou,
Shook her thing till she caught the 'flu
Satisfied, she jumped in bed,
She spoke, and spoke like this:
Shake your shoulder, can't shake your feet,
Shake nothing, mama, but your wicked knees
'Cause you should not do it, you dog,
Shouldn't do it, you dog, shouldn't do it, you dog,
I'm telling these lovers, how to be strutting that thing night and day

Take and shake it, lord, you hang it on the wall,
Out the window, catch it 'fore it fall;
Stop awhile, shimmy if it's all night long,
'Times I think you got your habits on,
'Cause you should not do it, you dog,
Shouldn't do it, you dog, shouldn't do it, you ..oh,
I'm telling these lovers, how to be strutting that thing night and day