REELIN'

Mess O' Blues Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

I just got your letter baby

It’s too bad you can’t come home

And I swear I’m goin’ crazy

Sittin’ here all alone

Since you’ve gone I’ve got

A mess o’ the blues

I ain’t slept a wink since Sunday

I can’t eat a thing all day

Everyday, it’s just Blue Monday

Since you went away

Since you’ve gone I’ve got

A mess o’ the blues

Oops there goes a teardrop

Runnin’ down my face

If you cry when you’re in love

Man it ain’t no disgrace

I got to get myself together

Before I lose my mind

I’m gonna catch that next train rollin’

And leave my blues behind

Since you’ve gone I’ve got

A mess o’ the blues . . .

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Luxury L. Ray

My woman’s my Luxury

She does everything for me

My woman’s my Luxury

Now when I get to feel downhearted

And you know I’m always up and down

She’s all it takes to get me restarted

Cause she can turn my frown upside down

And when I get to feel like zero

Cause the world has gone and put me down

I look up and there she is my hero

She’s all it takes to turn my heart around

So when I get to feel like dyin’

Cause my day has got me tied and low

There’s no way they’re gonna get my heart and soul

Cause she’s standin’ right beside me I know

My woman’s my Luxury . . . .

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Reelin’ L. Ray

Cryin’ out lonely in the middle o’ the night

I’m Reelin’ for my baby she can make it alright

Walkin’ ‘round in circles in the middle o’ the day

I’m Reelin’ for my baby ‘cause she’s so far away

Ah ha-ha

Everybody tryin’ to tell me what I ought to be

It only gets me Reelin’ doesn’t matter much to me

You want to know your future you can look into your heart

And when you feel it Reelin’ then you know you got a start

Ah ha-ha

People they call me low-down

People they call me lazy

People they call me low-down

Call my name or play the game or tell o’ tragedy

Now you got me Reelin’ now you know I gotta see

Feelings come and feelings go but Reelin’ stays the same

Reelin’ high and Reelin’ low Reelin’ is my name

Ah ha-ha

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Hiway 49 Big Joe Williams

I’m gonna get up in the mornin’ hit Hiway 49

I gotta find that woman

I got sweet Melbiney on my mind

You know that woman

She treat me bad she make me mean

Fickle-hearted woman

To tell the truth she make me scream

One thing ‘bout that woman

I want her right back here with me

I’m gonna get up in the mornin’ hit Hiway 49 . . .

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Baby Get Back To Me L. Ray

I call you on the telephone

I just couldn’t keep away

And I’m so glad I caught you home

Cause I got something I gotta say

Baby get back to me . . .

I been so long on this road

Yeah and this hiway it never ends

But you can bet I’m countin’ down the days

‘Til your back in my arms once again

Baby get back to me . . .

I’m like a sail without my wind

I’m deep blue without you see

But I know that all this will end

Just as soon as you’re here with me

I gotta say . . .

Baby get back to me . . .

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Wish Ya Woulda’ Tol’ Me L. Ray

Wish ya woulda’ tol’ me tol’ me tol’ me

Wish ya woulda’ tol’ me ya couldn’t come

You want me to come and see

Be the best that I can be

You want me to give my all

You won’t even give me a call

You want me to be on time

Stand up straight and walk your line

You want me to do for you

Tell me what else can I do

I been waitin’ here for you

Contemplatin’ . . . What’d you do

I thought we were lifelong friends

Guess I’ll never see you again

Wish ya woulda’ tol’ me tol’ me tol’ me . . .

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If You Don’t Want Me L. Ray

If you don’t want me

Tell me why you hang around

Breakin’ my heart into

If you don’t need me

Tell me why you look my way

Every time that I leave a room

If you don’t love me

Tell me now I’ll understand

After all that we’ve been through

Say you don’t love me

We can part as more than friends

Or we can start all over . . . all over again

I know the reason you call me

When you’re so alone that you just can’t stand it

I made you cry

Now you’re gonna hand it to me

If you don’t want me . . .

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One more heartache Moore, Robinson, Rogers, Tarplin & White

One more heartache

I can’t take it baby

My heart is carryin’ such a heavy load

Just Like that house o’ cards

Stacked up on the table

One last card just broke it down

Foundation wasn’t able

Oh I can’t take it baby

I can’t stand it now

One more heartache

I can’t take it baby

My heart is carryin’ such a heavy load

Just like old Sisyphus

When he rolled that stone

Roll it up the hill

. It just comes tumbling down

. . Oh I can’t take it baby

I can’t stand it now

One more heartache

I can’t take it baby

My heart is carryin’ such a heavy load

Just like a camel with a heavy pack

One last straw broke the camel’s back

Oh I can’t take it baby

I can’t stand it now

One more heartache . . .

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Baby Please Don’t Go McKinley Morganfield

Baby please don’t go

Baby please don’t go down to New Orleans

You know I love you so

Baby please don’t go

When your man done gone

When your man done gone down the county farm

You got shackles on

Baby please don’t go

Before I be your dog

Before I be your dog I get you way down here

I make you walk the log

Baby please don’t go . . .

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Can’t Catch Up With Myself L. Ray

Just can’t catch up with myself

Feel like I’m somebody else

There’s a reason

All of the things that I do

nly remind me of you

It’s your season

There’s a reason

You came into my life

Now I sit and wonder why I’m crying . . .

As time just rolls on by

There will surely come a place

Where I can finally find peace

Just can’t catch up with myself . . .

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Not To Worry L. Ray

Once I worried

With thought and pain

Once I hurried

I move in vain

Sea of problems

Helping hand

Reach out to me

Pull me towards land

And together we see

All the things life can bring

And I’m thinkin’

If it’s wrong or it’s right

I don’t know it’s my life

And I’m thinkin’ . . .

Just one more mention

Before I go

Take life easy

Let it flow

Enjoy your coffee

Enjoy the sky

Try not to worry

Try not to try . . .

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Could Be Love L. Ray

Well I can’t find my shoes

And I can’t fry my meat

It’s not a case o’ blues

I been down that street

I listen to what you say

But I don’t recall a word

Somethin’s come over me

It’s the craziest thing I heard

Could be love . . .

I went down to the store

To buy a loaf o’ bread

It took me an hour or more

I got dizzy in my head

I couldn’t find my car

The sun was so bright and hot

I almost got myself rundown

In the parking lot

Could be love . . .

Does the story fit

Does it sound like you

Did it ring a bell

And did that bell ring true

And do you find someone

Is always on your mind

And is your cue for fun

Just bein’ by their side

Could be love . . .

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See You Soon L. Ray

Love you

Miss you too

See you soon

Every time

We say good bye

That’s the time

I come apart inside

And I watch

As you walk away

Count my heartaches

Here comes one again

Oh I never want to break your heart

That’s not my way

I know it’s so hard

Hear what I say

Love you . . .

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