Hideaway

I'm going down

I'm going, down, down, down

Down, down

Yes, I'm going down, yes

I'm going down, down, down

Down, down

Yes, I've got my feet in the window

Got my head on the ground

Let me down

And close that box car door

Yes, let me down

And close that box car door

Well, I'm goin' back to Chattanooga

And sleep on sister Irene's door

Hey!

Yes, I'm going down

I'm going down

I'm going, down, down, down

Down, down

Sweet Home Chicago

Oh, baby don't you want to go?

Oh, baby don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California

To my sweet home Chicago

Oh, baby don't you want to go?

Oh, baby don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California

To my sweet home Chicago

Now one and one is two

Two and two is four

I'm heavy loaded, baby

I'm booked, I gotta go

Cryin' baby

Honey don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California

To my sweet home Chicago

Now two and two is four

Four and two is six

You gonna keep monkeyin' round with your friend-boy, you gonna get your

Business all in a trick

But I'm cryin' baby

Honey don't you wanna go?

Back to the land of California

To my sweet home Chicago

Now six and two is eight

Eight and two is ten

Friend-boy, she trick you one time

She sure gonna do it again

But I'm cryin' hey, hey

Baby don't you want to go?

To the land of California

To my sweet home Chicago

I'm goin' to California

From there to Des Moines Iowa

Somebody will tell me that you

Need my help someday, cryin'

Hey, hey

Baby don't you want to go?

Back to the land of California

To my sweet home Chicago

Backdoor Man

I am a back door man

I am a back door man

Well the men don't know, but the little girls understand

When everybody's tryin' to sleep

I'm somewhere making my midnight creep

Yes, in the morning when the rooster crow

Something tell me I got to go

I am a back door man

I am, a back door man

Well the men don't know, but little girls understand

They take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes

Nurse cried, please save the soul

Killed him for murder, first degree

Judge's wife cried, let the man go free

I am a back door man

I am a back door man

Well the men don't know, but little girls understand

Stand out there, cop's wife cried

Don't take him down, rather be dead

Six feets in the ground

When you come home you can eat pork and beans

I eats mo' chicken, any man seen

I am a back door man

I am a back door man

I'm a King Bee

Well, I'm a king bee
Buzzin' around yo' hive
Well, I'm a king bee
Buzzin' around yo' hive
Well, I can make honey, baby
Let me come inside

I'm young and able
To buzz all night long
I'm young and able
To buzz all night long
Well, when you hear me buzzin', baby
Some stingin' is going on

Well, buzz awhile

(instrumental)

'Sting-a-been'

Well, I'm a king bee
Want you to be my queen
Well, I'm a king bee
Want you to be my queen
Together we can make honey
The world ever, never, seen

(harmonica & instrumental)

Well, I'm a king bee
Can buzz all night long
Well, I'm a king bee
Can buzz all night long
Well, I can buzz better, baby
When yo' man is gone.

The Little Red Rooster

I'm a little red rooster,
Too lazy to crow for day
I'm a little red rooster,
Too lazy to crow for day
Keep everything in the barnyard,
Upset in every way

Dogs begin to bark now,
And the hounds begin to howl
Dogs begin to bark now,
And the hounds begin to howl
Watch out stray cat,
The little red rooster's on the prowl

If you see the little red rooster
Won't you please drive him home
If you see the little red rooster
Won't you please drive him home
Been no peace in the barnyard
Since that little red rooster's been gone

I'm a little red rooster,
Too lazy to crow for day
I'm a little red rooster,
Too lazy to crow for day
Keep everything in the barnyard,
Upset in every way

Spoonful

It could be a spoonful of diamond

Could be a spoonful of gold

Just a little spoon of your precious love

Satisfy my soul

Men lies about little

Some of them cries about little

Some of them dies about littles

Everything fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that sp-

It could be a spoonful of coffee

Could be a spoonful of tea

But a little spoon of your precious love

Good enough for me

Men lies about that

Some of them dies about that

Some of them cries about that

But everything fight about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that-

Ooh-ooh, fight about spoonfuls

Ooh-ooh, fight about a spoonful

It could be a spoonful of water

Save you from the desert sand

But one spoon of lead from my forty-five

Save you from another man

Men lies about that

Some of them cries about that

Some of them dies about that

Everybody fightin' about a spoonful

That spoon, that spoon, that-

Stormy Monday

They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's also sad

Yes, the eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Sunday I go to church, then I kneel down and pray

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy, my heart's in misery
Crazy about my baby, yes, send her back to me

Dust My Broom

I'm a get up in the mornin' 

I believe I'll dust my broom 

I'm a get up in the mornin' 

I believe I'll dust my broom 

I quit the best girl I'm lovin' 

Now my friends can get in my room

I'm gonna write a letter, telephone every town I know

I'm gonna write a letter, telephone every town I know

If I don't find her in ? (Matilda or West Hills, Lord) ?

She be in East Monroe I know

And I don't want no woman

Want every downtown man she meets

No I don't want no woman

Want every downtown man she meets

Man, she's a no good doney

They shouldn't allow her on the street, yeah

I believe, I believe my time ain't long

I believe, I believe my time ain't long

I ain't gonna leave my baby

And break up my happy home

Crazy Blues

I can't sleep at night

I can't eat a bite

'Cause the man I love

He don't treat me right

He makes me feel so blue

I don't know what to do

Sometime I sit and sigh

And then begin to cry

'Cause my best friend

Said his last goodbye

There's a change in the ocean

Change in the deep blue sea, my baby

I'll tell you folks, there ain't no change in me

My love for that man will always be

Now I can read his letters

I sure can't read his mind
I thought he's lovin' me

He's leavin' all the time

Now I see my poor love was blind

Now I got the crazy blues

Since my baby went away

I ain't got no time to lose

I must find him today

Now the doctor's gonna do all that he can

But what you're gonna need is an undertaker man

I ain't had nothin' but bad news

Now I got the crazy blues

Memphis Blue

Folks I've just been down, down to Memphis town,
That's where the people smile, smile on you all the while.
Hospitality, they were good to me.
I couldn't spend a dime, and had the grandest time.

I went out a dancing with a Tennessee dear,
They had a fellow there named Handy with a band you should hear
And while the folks gently swayed, all the band folks played Real harmony.
I never will forget the tune that Handy called the Memphis Blues.
Oh yes, them Blues.

They've got a fiddler there that always slickens his hair
And folks he sure do pull some bow.
And when the big Bassoon seconds to the Trombones croon.
It moans just like a sinner on Revival Day, on Revival Day.

Oh that melody sure appealed to me.
Just like a mountain stream rippling on it seemed.
Then it slowly died, with a gentle sigh
Soft as the breeze that whines high in the summer pines.

Hear me people, hear me people, hear I pray,
I'm going to take a million lesson's 'til I learn how to play
Because I seem to hear it yet, simply can't forget
That blue refrain.

There's nothing like the Handy Band that played the Memphis Blues so grand.
Oh play them Blues.
That melancholy strain, that ever haunting refrain
Is like a sweet old sorrow song.
Here comes the very part that wraps a spell around my heart.
It sets me wild to hear that loving tune a gain,
The Memphis Blues.

Love is Vain

Well I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Yeah, I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Whoa, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell
When all your love's in vain
When the train come in the station
I looked her in the eye
Well the train come in the station
And I looked her in the eye
Whoa, I felt so sad so lonesome
That I could not help but cry
When the train left the station
It had two lights on behind
Yeah, when the train left the station
It had two lights on behind
Whoa, the blue light was my baby
And the red light was my mind
All my love was in vain
All my love's in vain

All Your Love

Gave me your heart, gave me everything you had
When I was down and needed you the most
Showed me love when I knew not what love was
You shared your laughs and kissed away the tears
You're my life, you're the hand that leads me through
Forever, baby, I'll keep on loving you
I would crawl for a million miles, just to kiss the lips that made me smile
Oh, that made me smile
I was blind, I was on the run
The night has a thousand eyes, a heart but one, oh, the heart but one
I just melt when your eyes meet mine
Oh the thought of holding you, oh just the thought of

[Chorus:]
It's all your love (it's all your love) that keeps me hanging on (hangin' on)
I count the days without you by my side
It's all your love (it's all your love)
That keeps my dreams alive (dreams alive)
And girl I can't thank you enough
For all your love
Tell me, child, will you love me when I grow old
Will your tender touch be the same?
'Cause your heart means to me a world of gold
And without you, baby, I'd be lost and cold
You make me feel like a superman
I could take on the whole world with just one hand, oh, just one hand
Girl, you make me feel so alive
I could climb the highest mountain and touch the sky, oh, yes I can
I can't wait to make love tonight
Just the thought of holding you, oh just the thought of

[Chorus]

[Solo]

[Chorus]

It keeps me hangin', keeps me hangin' on
It's all your love that keeps me hangin' on
It's all your love (it's all your love) that keeps my dreams alive
And girl I can't thank you enough for all your love

Red House

There's a Red House over yonder
That's where my baby stays
There's a Red House over yonder, baby
That's where my baby stays

Well, I ain't been home to see my baby,
in ninety nine and one half days.
'Bout time I see her,
Wait a minute something's wrong here
The key won't unlock the door.

Wait a minute something's wrong baby,
Lord, have mercy, this key won't unlock this door,
something's goin' on here.
I have a bad bad feeling
that my baby don't live here no more.

That's all right, I still got my guitar
Look out now . . . 

I might as well go on back down 
go back 'cross yonder over the hill
I might as well go back over yonder
way back over yonder 'cross the hill,
(That's where I came from.)

'Cause if my baby don't love me no more,
I know her sister will!

I'm Tore Down

I'm tore down, I'm almost level with the ground.
I'm tore down, I'm almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby can't be found.

I went to the river to jump in.
My baby showed up and said, "I will tell you when."

[Chorus:]
Well, I'm tore down, I'm almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby can't be found.

I love you babe with all my heart and soul;
Love like mine will never grow old.
Love you in the morning and in the evening too.
Every time you leave me I get mad with you.

[Chorus]

I love you baby with all my might;
Love like mine is out of sight.
I'll lie for you if you want me to.
I really don't believe that your love is true.

[Chorus]

I'm tore down, I'm almost level with the ground.
Well, I'm tore down, I'm almost level with the ground.
Well, I feel like this when my baby can't be found.

The Thrill is Gone

The thrill is gone

The thrill is gone away

The thrill is gone baby

The thrill is gone away

You know you done me wrong baby

And you'll be sorry someday

The thrill is gone

It's gone away from me

The thrill is gone baby

The thrill is gone away from me

Although, I'll still live on

But so lonely I'll be

The thrill is gone

It's gone away for good

The thrill is gone baby

It's gone away for good

Someday I know I'll be open armed baby

Just like I know a good man should

You know I'm free, free now baby

I'm free from your spell

Oh I'm free, free, free now

I'm free from your spell

And now that it's all over

All I can do is wish you well