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I'm Your Man
05:42
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I just got to tell you how I’m feeling
Take a little time out on the weekend
Didn’t I do everything a man can do
I went from part-time to your permanent lover
But every Friday night you’re dancing with another
Didn’t I do everything a man can do
I can’t eat
I can’t sleep
You got me working like a dog
Seven Days a week
Our eyes met on Monday
Kissed you on Tuesday
Got married on a Wednesday
All our friends said it felt like Friday
Spent the weeknight burning
Saturday you’re yearning
For the weekend
Left me burning
Crying for a month of Sundays
I just got to tell you how I’m feeling
Take a little time out on the weekend
Didn’t I do everything a man can do
I can’t eat
I can’t sleep
You got me working like a dog
Seven Days a week
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Well I wake up in the morning
Feel like I could die
But I won’t kill myself or nobody else
Long as I take my sertraline
So I went to see my doctor
Fifty dollars for a minute of his time
He said I’ll cure your ills
With this little white pill
Shut up and take your sertraline
Somebody tell me why this world is so cold
I’m not half the man I used to be
But now I’m twice as old
What happening to my dreams
Drinks and drugs and limousines
Mama said that I was gonna be a star
I’m in love with somebody
She make me want to lose my mind
But I can’t get too close
Unless I double-dose
So I take my sertraline
People you know the story
Sometimes life can be unkind
But I won’t kill myself nor nobody else
Long as I take my sertraline
Somebody tell me why this world is so cold
I’m not half the man I used to be
But now I’m twice as old
What happening to my dreams
Drinks and drugs and limousines
Mama said that I was gonna be a star
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Remedy
04:25
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Life is for living
Why does it have to be so hard
You dance with the devil
And then you stumble in the dark
But when you can't find your way
I'll be there for you babe
Oh I will come to
Your rescue
Now don't be afraid
There is strength in surrender babe
And sometimes we're paralysed
And made blind
By all the choices that we're supposed to make
But when you can't find your way
All you gotta do is call on me babe
Oh I will come to
Your rescue
We all need someone
You're my remedy
Can't you see
Oh darlin' you're my rescue
And I am yours
Sometimes I stumble and fall
But when I do
You come along
Give me the strength to carry on
Now I am strong enough to be
Your rescue
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4. |
Operator Please
03:37
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I know you don't want to see me
I know you're with somebody new
I know that you can't forgive me
For walking out baby, on you
Well I'm a fool for ever leaving
I'm a fool for not coming home
I spend my time every evening
But in the morning I'm still alone
And all I do is call you
You leave me hanging on the line
Forgive me, take pity on me
Pick me up sometime
Well I wish I could give you diamonds
I wish I could give you gold
I wish I could take the time back
And lay it all at your door
But all I do is call you
You leave me hanging on the line
Forgive me, take pity on me
Pick me up sometime
Operator please, won't you pick me up sometime
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5. |
Tell Me Why
10:02
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You said you’d never leave
But I knew it all for sure
This love was finally over
And there was nothing left to say
But now that you are gone
You’re the only thing I want
Just to have and to hold you my arms
Oh why do I care so much
Tell me why
Tell me why
I’m still loving you
You know I hate that I can’t shake it off
This sentimental breakup
My friends just don’t understand
Oh but what do I care
Tell me why
Tell me why
I’m still loving you
And now all I have left of you
Is this sad and broken tune
That haunts me like a bad, bad dream
Enshrouds me in this darkened room
Tell me why
After all this time
Tell me why
I’m still loving you
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6. |
Shuffle Street
04:52
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Momma didn’t raise no fool
But I can’t find my feet
No, momma didn’t raise no fool
But I can’t find my feet
I lost my shoes to the music
On down Shuffle Street
I grew up in the music
But I been gone a long time
I grew up in the music
But I been gone a long time
Just to pay a little visit
I believe I’m gonna stay for a while
Oh do you ever, ever feel
Do you feel like coming home?
Take the train on down Shuffle Street
And give me a call
‘Cus way down here
Down on Shuffle Street
They all still play the blues
‘Cus way down here
Down on this dirty street
They all still play the blues
There’s guitars, twelve whiskey bars
And I ain’t sure your shoes
Are the only thing you’ll lose
So if you’re calling call me a fool
Yes if you’re calling call me a fool
But I just can’t find my feet
I lost my heart to the music
In the place I love called Shuffle Street
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Here Comes The Rain
04:22
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I can't put my finger on
Everything that I've done wrong
But there seems to me to be a reason I keep hanging on
Love watch over me
And I don't know the reason why
But for all these bitter tears I cry
When I feel it near me almost every day and night
Love wash over me
Here comes the rain
I can feel it falling down my face
Hear it calling out my name
Here comes the rain
You don't have to worry now
No need to worry now
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8. |
Sort It Out
04:21
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I’m tired of being clever
I’m tired of being smart
I’m tired of always being the one to know
Where you’ve gone and lost your heart
You’re my friend
This is the end
Go and sort your own shit out
Never said I was a saint
Never said I’d be your fool
Never said you could always cry on my shoulder
When them other boys were so cruel
You’re my friend
This is the end
Go and sort your own shit out
We grew up together
Yeah, we grew up next door
Somehow I grew to be your confidante
But I’d rather go blind than hear no more
You’re my friend
This is the end
Go and sort your own shit out
I want to be your lover
I wanna be your man
I want you to stop and see what’s in front of you
I want you to understand
You’re my friend
This is the end
Go and sort your own shit out
I guess this is the story
I guess it’s how it goes
Everywhere there’s folks in love with each other
But nobody ever knows
You’re my friend
This is the end
I guess I’ll go and sort my own shit out
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9. |
Corner Girls
06:02
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Well it's over now
Can't say I'll miss this sorry little town
With it's narrow walls
And the corner girls
I guess I'm moving on
What I can't carry I'll bury or burn
Keep no photographs
And when I hear your name
I'll be sure to laugh
You came like a hurricane
Burning without flame
You wrapped yourself around me
I was lost within the pain
Tried to keep on moving
You followed everywhere
And the ground was dead beneath my feet
But you didn't seem to care
Always such a scene
The dreamer with his dream
Slip the needle in
Fall for it again
And it's always such a scene
The dreamer with his dream
Slip the needle in
Fall for it again
And the cloud is in your blood
Can't ever get enough
No more dying for this love
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Dollar Bill
04:33
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Well we gonna get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low, so low
Keep on pushing in the present tense
Keep on pushing when you’re on the fence
Dollar Bill he don’t make no sense
So why you keep on asking
About love and what we gonna do now
Yeah love, what we gonna do now
Yeah love, love, love, what we gonna do now
We wanna get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low, so low
Pay the money but don’t pay the rent
Pay the devil when he’s heaven sent
Take the time but the time is spent
So why you keep on asking
About love and what you gonna do now
About what we gonna do now
Yeah now love, love, love what we gonna do now
I’m asking... gonna keep on asking
Well we gonna get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low, so low
Well we gonna get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low, so low
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11. |
Big City Lights
05:24
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Come on baby come on yeah
It’s Saturday night
Come on baby come on yeah
It’s Saturday night
Let’s go down to the city
And get them big city lights
Let's go baby let's go yeah
Let’s jump and jive
Let's go baby let's go yeah
Let’s jump and jive
If you don’t know how to do it
Give it a little try
That’s right baby that’s right
Yeah let’s boogaloo
That’s right baby that’s right
Let’s boogaloo
And it’s a one-two-three
Don’t step on my blue suede shoes
Let’s drink a little whiskey
Let’s drink a little wine
Let’s drink a little whiskey
And drink a little wine
Don’t forget you told your mama
You’d be early tonight
Oh look out baby look out
Here comes the police
Oh look out baby look out
Here comes the police
Everybody move right along
Ain’t nothing to see
Oh let’s go baby let’s go yeah
It’s Saturday night
Oh let’s go baby let’s go yeah
It’s Saturday night
Let’s go down to the city
And get them big city lights
Alright!
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12. |
Seven Days A Week
04:24
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I just got to tell you how I’m feeling
Take a little time out on the weekend
Didn’t I do everything a man can do
I went from part-time to your permanent lover
But every Friday night you’re dancing with another
Didn’t I do everything a man can do
I can’t eat
I can’t sleep
You got me working like a dog
Seven Days a week
Our eyes met on Monday
Kissed you on Tuesday
Got married on a Wednesday
All our friends said it felt like Friday
Spent the weeknight burning
Saturday you’re yearning
For the weekend
Left me burning
Crying for a month of Sundays
I just got to tell you how I’m feeling
Take a little time out on the weekend
Didn’t I do everything a man can do
I can’t eat
I can’t sleep
You got me working like a dog
Seven Days a week
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Blues Arcadia Brisbane, Australia
Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees. Combining the legendary soul of Stax and Motown with the heat and power of the Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver an uninhibited old-fashioned soul stomp revival. ... more
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