1. MESSIN'WITH THE KID


What's this I hearthat's going all around town?
The people are sayin' you gonna put the kid down,
Lordy, what're you doing?
You can call it what you want,
I call it messin' with the kid.
You told me you loved me,
You told me a lie.
I love you woman till the day I die.
Lordy, what're you doing?
You can call it what you want,
I call it messin' with the kid.

You took the kid's car and drove all around town,
Tellin' everybody you're gonna put the kid down.
Lordy, what're you doing?
Call it what you want,
I call it messin' with the kid.

Messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.
You can call it what you want,
I call it messin' with the kid.

You told me you loved me,
You told me a lie.
I love you woman till the day I die.

Take my car and drive all around town,
Tellin' everybody you gonna put me down.
Lordy, what're you doing?
Call it what you want,
I call it messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.
Messin' with the kid.


2. LAUNDROMAT

What do you think of that?
I'm sleeping down at the laundromat,
If you should pass by,
Be sure to drop right in.
Well I don't have no clothes to clean,
To put inside the machine,
It was the craziest place,
I have ever been.

Come 'round and meet my friends,
They'll be there with me,
With me to the end,
With me to the end,
With me to the end.

They say I told you so,
Maybe bad times come and go,
If you don't know that right now,
But then you'll never know.

Well I don't have no clothes to clean,
To put inside the machine,
It's the craziest place,
I have ever been.

Come 'round and meet my friends
They'll be there with me,
With me to the end,
With me to the end,
With me to the end.

They say I told you so,
But baby bad times come and go,
If you don't know that right now,
But then you'll never know.

What do you think of that,
I'm on the street like an old stray cat,
If you should look for me,
You'd know exactly where to go.

Come 'round and meet my friends
They'll be there with me,
With me to the end,
With me to the end,
With me to the end.

3.I COULD'VE HAD RELIGION

I could've had religion, I could religion
But my little girl wouldn't let me pray
I swear to the world she drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away, she drove my spirit away

I could've had religion, I could've had religion
But my little girl wouldn''t let me pray
I tell the truth, she drove my spirit away
She drove my spirit away

I could've been, I could've been a preacher,
But I changed my mind the other nigh
The woman I have now, she would not treat me right
She would not treat me right

I've been a bad man, as bad can be
Gonna pray to the Lord above to send his blessing on me
I want some mercy, you got set my soul free
Set my soul free, Please..

I could've had, I could've had religion
But my little girl wouldn't let me pray.
Well, demon woman, you sent the devil my way,
You sent the devil my way.

Oh Lord above please send my fire,
Send your mercy right down to me.
That woman set the devil on me,
She set the devil on me,
She set the devil one me,
She set the devil on me.

Could've had religion


4.PISTOL SLAPPER BLUES

Well I'd know my dog
Anywhere hear him bark
Well I know my rider, if I see her in the dark

Ain't it cold for your mother
When you don't say that you love me?
We'll, that's alright , woman
You gonna need my help someday

You didn't say you loved me
When you where stretched out across my bed.
You drinkin' moonshine whiskey
And talkin' all outta your head

Ain't but to kind of people
In this world that I can't stand.
That a lying woman, and a cheatin', knockin' man

We'll I feel like slapping
My pistol in your face
I'm gonna let the grave yard be your resting place

Well I know my dog
Any Where I hear him bark
I'd know my rider, if I seen her in the dark

5. GOING TO MY HOME TOWN


Mama's in the kitchen baking up a pie
Daddy's in the back yard "Get a job son,
You know you ought to try"
I packed up my bag headed down the road,
I got me a job from Henry Ford
But I made a mistake, I moved much to far
And know I know what the lonesome blues are...
I'm getting homesick, I'm getting blue
I need someone to talk to
I'm getting lonesome, I'm getting blue,
Let me tell you where I'm going to...

Yes I'm going to my hometown
I don't care even if I have to walk
Yes I'm going to my hometown
I don't care even if I have to walk
I got move on now baby, I got no more time left to talk

Yes I'm going to my hometown,
Sorry but I can't take you..
Yes I'm going to my hometown
Sorry but I can't take you
Only got one ticket,, you know I can't afford two.
Take me home.

The day I left,
You know the rain was pooring down,
The day I left
You know the rain was pooring down
I'm going home again baby,
I believe the sun's gonna come on out
Let's go home, boy, let's go home

Yes I'm going to my hometown
You know baby I gotta go
Going to my hometown
You know I just have to go.
I really love you woman
I'll see you in a year,, maybe no, maybe yes.

Going to my hometown
I'm going to my hometown
Going to my hometown,
Going to my hometown
Going to my hometown

6. IN YOUR TOWN

Look out baby, your man is back in town
Look out baby, I won't stand no messin' round.
The first man I wanna see is the Chief of Police
Bring that man right over here,
Stand him right in front of me

I wanna cause no trouble, no fuss, no fight
But look out man, you know it's Saturday night.
The second man I wanna see is the old Fire Chief
Bring that man right over here
Stand him right in front of me

I wanna cause no trouble, no fuss, no fight
But see this match, I might set this whole place a light
The third man I wana see is the old D.A.
Bring that man right over here, don't let him get away
He was the man who locked me inside
All my young years rot until I died
Four bare walls, one cold floor
That's all they gave me, they would give me no more.

Now you come along baby, ask me how I've been
I've been up the river to a place they call Sing Sing
Sing Sing,
Sing Sing.

Mama and papa wrote me to say "Hey son,
Please write and tell us how you're getting on"
"Dear son they said the rumors all around town
There gonna lock you up some more years
For something you ain't done

Picked up my pen and I wrote right home,
'Dear mama and papa, now listen to your son,
They've taken my Twenty-two years, twenty-three days.
Twent-four minutes
They made it 99 years
I might die in here'

On cellblock three, make no mistake,
We've had it up to the teeth,
We've had all that we can take
We got some rope, a grapling hook
And late at night we're gonna make that jump
It's only forty feet down that wall
And if we hit the highway
Wegot an hour before were missed at all

Going to pick up a ride from a pickup truck
When we hit town'
When we hit town
Everybody better duck

Now I'm back in your town
In your town
In your town

Now I'm back in your town
In your town
In your town
I'm back in your town


7. WHAT IN THE WORLD

What in the world,
What in the world am I gonna do?
What in the world,
What in the world am I gonna do?
My best girl packed up to leave me,
She knew I did not want her to.
Yeah....

See me early in the morning,
Crying last thing at night.

See me crying early in the morning,
Moaning last thing at night.

My woman packed up and leave me,
I can't do a thing right.

Where in the world,
Where in the world am I suppose to go?
Where in the world,
Where in the world am I suppose to go?

I'll find someplace,
I'll be sure to let you know.
Yeah....

What in the world,
What in the world am I gonna do?
Where in the world,

8. HOODOO MAN

Well, if your baby start acting funny,
She start messin' around.
You better let her go,
I know she's gonna, put you down.
Just let her go.
Just as quick as you can.
Cause that little hoodoo woman,
Is fixin' to hoodoo the hoodoo man.

My baby got me doctor one note,
That's something I can't understand.
How could she take all my money,
And give it to a, her other man?

I'm gonna let her go,
Just as quick as I can,
That little hoodoo woman,
I know she's fixin' to hoodoo the hoodoo man.

Call up my little baby,
Long distance on the telephone.
But the voice on the other end,
Is a low down mellow tone.

I'm gonna let her go.
As quick as I can.
Cause that little hoodoo woman,
I know she's gonna hoodoo the hoodoo man.

Come on and see some hoodoo,
Hoodoo man.

Called up my doctor,
To ask for his advice.
But, you know he's out all night with my baby,
They painted up the town once or twice.

Gonna let her go.
Just as quick as I can.
I know that little hoodoo woman,
Is planning to hoodoo the hoodoo man.

She's got the hoodoo,
She's got the hoodoo,
Hoodoo,
Hoodoo.

Come on,
Oh little hoodoo woman,
I bet she's gonna hoodoo the hoo......,
I know she's gonna hoo.........doo the hoodoo man.
I know she's gonna hoodoo the hoodoo man.

Yeah...that's right, right
What in the world am I gonna do?

My best girl packed up and leave me,
She knew I did not want her to.
Knew I did not want her to.


9. BULLFROG BLUES


Well, did you ever,
Well, did you ever,
Well, did you ever,
Well, did you ever wake up,
With them bullfrogs on your mind?
Well, did you ever wake up,
With them bullfrogs on your mind?
You had to sit there laughin',
Laughin' just to keep from crying.

Well, did you ever wake up,
With that one woman on your mind,
Well, did you ever wake up,
With that one woman on your mind,
Sit there laughin',
Laughin' just to keep from crying.

My mother got em,
My father got em,
My sister got em,
My brother got em.

I woke up this morning,
My grandmother had them too,
Well, don't you know about that,
I got the bullfrog blues.
Bullfrog

My mother got em,
My father got em,
My sister got em,
My brother got em.

I woke up this morning,
My grandmother had them too,
Well, don't you know about that,
I got the bullfrog blues.

Called up my doctor,
Was not feeling so well,
Well, I called up the doctor,
Was not feeling so well.

He looked inside his bag and said,
"Well, well"....

You don't need no doctor,
You don't need no pill,
You don't need no doctor,
You don't need no pill.

Just take my advice,
It'll surely cure your ills.

Head on down to New Orleans,
Prettiest place you ever seen,
Get on down to the river bend,
That's where the music never ends.

Open your ears,
Don't you feel good?
Get yourself one helluva shot of rhythm 'n' blues.

Go on down to new Orleans,
The greatest place you ever been,
Head on down to the river bend,
Dig the music of the Cajun bands,
Honky-tonk piano,
Make you feel good,
Open your ears,
To rhythm 'n' blues.

Well, did you ever wake up,
With them bullfrogs on your mind?
Well, did you ever wake up,
With them bullfrogs on your mind?

You had to sit there laughin',
Laughin' just to keep from crying.

Well, did you ever wake up,
With that one woman on your mind,
Well, did you ever wake up,
With that one woman on your mind,

You had to sit there laughing,
Laughing just to keep from crying.