Want to tell you a story. About the house-man blues. I come home one Friday. Had to tell the landlady I'da lost my job. She said that don't confront me.
Got a one way ticket for ya baby. I don't want you comin' round no more. Got a one way ticket for ya baby. I don't want you comin' round no more. I done got tired, I done got tired baby,.
Well I get up in the morning. Kick the covers from my bed. The sunlight in my eyes. Playin' tricks on my head. I work like a dog. On the job every day.
No no no no no no no no no no. No no no no no no no no no no no. No no no no no no no no no no. . Nobody can do the (shimmy) like I do. Nobody can do the (shake) like I do.
I come in last night about half past ten,. That baby of mine wouldn't let me in. So move it on over, rock it on over,. Move over little dog, the mean old dog is movin' in.
When I first into town people. I was comin' down Hasting Street. Heard everybody talkin' about. Henry's Swing Club. I decided I'd drop in there that night.
Sun shinin' bright blue skies up above. Strollin' through the city of brotherly love. Yeah, Third and South where she hangs out. When she strolls by all the fellas call and shout for her.
Ah you babes talk about your Madison shoes. We got a thing we call the Madison blues. We do the Madison blues. We do the Madison blues. We do the Madison blues baby.
One of these days. You know it won't be long. You'll look for me. And baby I'll be long gone. I'll be down the road. You'll look for me. But me you won't see.
Well, I'm as free as a bird now,. As flight-free as a bumble bee. I'm here and then gone tomorrow,. Footloose child and fancy free. I'm absolutely independent,.
I'm tired of putting up. With your sober wit. Tired of looking at you. Through an alcoholic haze. You better change. I'm begging you please. 'Cause if you don't start drinkin'.
I'm a steady rollin' man. I roll both day and night. I'm a steady rollin' man. Hmm hmm, I roll both day and night. . But I haven't got no sweet woman.
I'm wanted. Wanted. I'm wanted all over the world. Wanted. Wanted. Wanted all over the world. Yeah, I'm wanted by the women,. By the men, by the boys and girls.
I don't trust nobody. When it come to my girl. I don't trust nobody. When it come to my girl. You know things are gettin' funny. All over the world. .
I drink alone, yeah. With nobody else. I drink alone, yeah. With nobody else. Yeah, you know when I drink alone. I prefer to be by myself. . Now every morning just before breakfast.
I'll change my style. Even change my smile. If the beatin' in my heart. Is too slow for you. Tell me, darlin', tell me. I'll change that too. . I'll change my ways.
I was a rebel from the day I left school. Grew my hair long and broke all the rules. I'd sit and listen to my records all day. With big ambitions of where I could play.
Yeah. Running my rig around ninety-five. Rockin' and rollin' in overdrive. Yeah, my heart's beating like a jackhammer. It's the midnight ride for the gear jammer.
I can't stop lovin', my baby tonight. I can't stop lovin', my baby tonight. No matter what I do, she won't treat me right. . Hey baby, you know I'm all alone.
Early one morning while makin' the rounds. I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down. I shot her down then I went to bed. . I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head.