I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one. I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one. Well, my father told me. "Son, you had better get a gun".
Blues with a feeling that's what I have today. Blues with a feeling that's what I have today. I've got to find my baby if it takes all night and day. .
Big Blue RaindropsBig blue raindrops are falling down,. rolling sideways soaking the ground.. Beating on my roof and on my windowpane,. beating on my heart this big blue rain..
Why do you think she wears those black boots.... Why do you think she dyes her hair black.... . She's awfully insecure. She's trying to be cool. She's hoping to be more in those,.
Pulling on the apron strings, looking up. Standing on the chair to be grown up. I feel so little, I need my pillow. I hate the time, I hate the clock.
I want to be somebody. I want to make a difference. . Little boy caught in a drive-by. Witnessed the killer who made his daddy die. And 'cause he identified and signed the dotted line.
So tell baby tell your true heart. Say what you say when you're all alone. I'm trying, trying to try and feel you. And see if I see I'm feeling alone.
He led me astray when my mind was weak. That's all I can say, baby. He filled me with words and knew I would believe. He's nothing but dirt, sorry. . If you bend time back 'round, will you bend it to me?.
Well, the bills are all due and the babies needs shoes, we're busted. We've had a hard time since they closed down the mines, we're busted. Got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay.
We have been so close together. Each a candle, each a flame. All the dangers were outside us. And we knew them all by name. . Now see how the bramble and the rose.
He sits on a park bench and stares into space.. Thinking of his bright future that has now been erased.. He once loved a woman whose love wasn't true..
Rain on my window. Tears in my eyes. Why must I always. Be the one that's left with pride?. You say it's over. You don't want me around. Well, I'm leaving you baby.
take me now baby here as I am. pull me close, try and understand. desire is hunger is the fire I breathe. love is a banquet on which we feed. . come on now try and understand.
When I close my eyes. I almost see, the way you look. When you were. Standing next to me. . And I still feel you holdin' me tight. Oh, I can hear the laughter.
Never once in my life. I met someone like you. I don't know what the words. Could mean, so long as I'm with you. You fill me so completely. In everything you do.
You've got a thing or two to learn about me baby. 'Cause I ain't taking it no more and I don't mean maybe. You don't know right from wrong. Well the love we had is gone.
Well, there's a boy down Shelby Gap. And I like sittin' on his lap. I'm his gal and he's my man. We been makin' weddin' plans. . Brought him home to meet my ma.
O beautiful star of Bethlehem. Shining far through shadows dim. Giving the light for those who long have gone. Guiding the wise men on their way. Unto the place where Jesus lay.
I feel the blues comin' on. 'Cause I feel you being gone. Something I wish I could lose. Baby's gone blues. . There ain't no sunshine in sight. 'Cause you're gonna leave me tonight.
Oh the story's told been told retold. From the sacred scriptures to the tabloids. All the fuss and fight none above a whisperThe soul of gold the belly of a boy.