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by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1997
from Me,
My Gitar & The Blues (Ichiban
24909), copyright
notice
Walkin' the Back Streets, I am hanging down real low
Walkin' the Back Streets, my head is hanging down real
low
I just lost what I've loved and I don't know where else to
go
Tried to quit you, baby, but it just don't work for me
Tried to quit you, woman, but it don't work for me
I'm so deep in love with you, woman, everybody knows, but
you can't see
Come on, baby, try it just a little while
Come back, woman, let's try it just a little while
Do everything you can, for me you're a little child
Tried to quit you, baby, it just don't work for me
Tried to put you down, but it don't work for me
I'm your only one, like ev'rybody in the world can see
You know I love you, baby, would you please try to love
me
You know I love you, woman, would you please try to love
me
If you don't work it out, baby, I'll be down on Back
Street
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by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1994
from Blues
And Pain (Wild Dog 9108),
copyright
notice
I love to rock, I love to roll,
play a little boogie,
blues and soul,
do it all night baby,
you ain't to old,
everybody's doin' it, right now,
blues and soul
Dancin' in the streets, all over town,
when the feelin' hits you, ya just got to get down,
shake your body, let the good times roll,
doin' this dance, called blues and soul
Boogie!
Do ya wanna dance, we're here to play,
dance all night, do it all day,
shake your body, let the good times roll,
doin' the dance, oh yeah, called blues and soul
You ain't too old, to rock 'n' roll,
playin' the blues baby, tryin' to please your soul,
everybody's doin' it, night and day,
we ain't tired, oh Lord, baby, we come to play
I love to rock, I love to roll,
play a little boogie,
blues and soul,
do it right now baby, you ain't too old
everybody's doin' it
Oh yeah!
Blues and soul
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by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1995
from B
Phur Real (Wild Dog 9110),
copyright
notice
B phur real with it baby, yeah don't let nothing turn you
round
B phur real with it baby, yeah don't let nothing turn you
round
You know I'm your man and I love you, baby you just gotta
stand your ground
B phur real with it baby, aw you don't need nothing at
all
You got to be b phur real baby or you don't b nothin' at
all
Well you know I love you baby, don't want another mule
kickin' in my stall,
I don't want nobody hangin' around there, alright
I'm watchin' you Guitar Junior, Luther Johnson Jr., I'm
watchin' you,
got my eyes right on you, you got to b real baby,
phur real baby, don't let temptation get next to you
Luther Johnson Jr. down there in Atlanta, Georgia, around
that Blind Willies there,
get names together, and you think I don't know who to watch,
I got my eyes on you
Lookin' right at you
Oh yeah!
I'm watchin', you ain't goin' do nothin' and I get by
You got to b true, that's why I say you got to b phur
real
I just caught a plane today, you think I'm gone, I flew out
but I flew right back in
Ah, you think I'm leavin', yeah baby I ain't never been
gone
Phur real baby, yeah you got to b phur real, you got to b
phur real baby,
yeah, you got to b phur real, Carey Bell
Yeah, I'm watchin', hey I'm watchin' for real
What I'm talkin' about is all my good friends here is Eddie
Shaw, Vaan Shaw,
Lil Uh, if they say Lil sometimes he might be the size of a
van but Lil Jr., watch for me
That's what you got to do, watch me, but baby you got to b
phur real
Ah you don't know where I'm goin' b
Robert Plunkett, TJ, Mojo, watch what I say,
Bobby Rush, Tyrone Davis, all my ol' Chicago friends
I'm out on the road tryin' to make a livin', thinkin' about
a comin' back home again
Taildragger, Taildragger, Ray Scott, I got my eyes on
you,
hey, you better b careful, baby, love the things you do
B phur real baby, b careful about the things you do
B phur real baby, b careful about the things you do
Aw you better b careful, a'right, I got my eyes on you
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by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1976
from Come
Back Baby (Storyville 8035),
copyright
notice
Saw my baby this morning, we were standing at the cross road
of love
Saw my baby this morning, standing at the cross road of
love
She didn't wanna talk to me, I know it was someone else she
was thinking of
I said baby, baby, baby, baby, would you please look around
at me
I said baby, baby, baby, baby, would you please look around
at me
You know you're the reason why my heart sums so deep at
misery
I'm drifting and drifting like a ship way out in the sea
I'm drifting and drifting like a ship way out in the sea
I'm so hurt and feel bad, down and low, for all the wrong
you did to me
Come on back now, baby, mama, please give me one more
try
Come on back, baby, please, get sit and give me one more
try
You know, you're the only one I love, you can move these
tears from my eyes
Top
by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1971
from All
For Business (Delmark DD-634),
copyright
notice
I've been down so long, been down like worries me
I've been down so long, been down like worries me
I'm gonna take all my troubles, catching them in the deep
blue sea
Oh baby, what is this you've been doing to me?
Tell me, baby, what is this you've been doing to me?
Oh, you know I love you, you keep my heart in misery
Been down like worries me
I've been down so long, been down like worries me
I'm gonna take all my troubles, catching them in the deep
blue sea
Top
by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1994
from Blues
And Pain (Wild Dog 9108),
copyright
notice
I've been all night, people, with the blues, 'cause I've
been all day thinking about you
I've been all night with the blues, 'cause I've been up all
day thinking about you
'Cause I love you, baby but you're no good and you know you
can't be true
All the time with the blues, all the time I have the blues
about you
Feeling so down with the blues, have the blues all the time
about you
You know I love you baby, people know have never seen me so
blue
Feeling down, baby, feeling down the way about you
Feeling down, baby, feeling down always about you
And every time I think about you woman, that's the time I
have the blues
That's the time I have the blues
I'm gonna leave here, baby, can't stand your lowdown dirty
way
I'm gonna leave here, woman, can't stand no more your dirty
way
The way you treat me, baby, I got to make my
thanks-giveaway
Bye, bye, baby, well, it don't mean that I'm gone
Bye, bye, baby, oh, it don't mean that I'm gone
It just means that I'm missing you, mama, oh, you've been
away all too long
Top
by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1994
from Blues
And Pain (Wild Dog 9108),
copyright
notice
Lost the fight with a woman so fast, seems like I'm standing
on driftin' sand
Lost the fight with my woman so fast, seems like I'm in
driftin' sand
And all the time I thought she love me, now she is gone with
another man
Left me early in the morning, down by the railroad track
Left me early in the morning, down by the railroad track
The live is what she taught me, but you better hold your
bright life away from that
So mama, please, please try to understand
Baby, please, please try to understand
You know I'm living with a broken heart, now I'm singing in
driftin' sand
Baby, please, keep on trying to understand
I need you to be my woman, I wanna be your man
The way you left me here, baby, seems like I'm standing in
driftin' sand
I lost the fight with my woman so fast, seems like I'm
standing on driftin' sand
Lost the fight with my woman so fast, seems like I'm on
driftin' sand
And all the time I thought she love me, but now she is
fooling with another man.
Top
by Jimmy
Dawkins
recording of 1991
from Kant
Sheck Dees Bluze (Blind Pig
4920), copyright
notice
Hold on !
Feel like a change of pace
I know, without a doubt, you'll bring it through
I'm talking about: Jesus
Hold it on, I got to hold it on
Hold it on, no matter what I am, I got to hold it on
Sometime, it's just saying what it ought to be: keep
trusting in Jesus
Sometime, seem like it ain't gonna work out
What I'm trying to tell you is: keep on doing, holding
on!
Keep on moving ahead, you got to keep on pushing, baby!
Keep on, holding on, just keep on what you're keeping
on!
Don't let nothing turn you around!
You're comin' to an end, in your own
When you don't know which direction to take, just let him
lead you!
You got to hold on, to your mind!
Hold on, whatever you think might be right
And keep on, keep on, holding on, holding on!
Ah, holding on, you got to hold on!
Hold on, with all you got, you got to hold on!
Oh, you got to hold on, holding on!
I can ... mess ..., he's alright, he's
alright
Please put your faith in Jesus
You'll bring it through, when there ain't no way
That's why: holding on, put your ... in hands and
hold on!
My friends ... to ... me, they don't want
nothing ... from me
Holding on to Jesus, but that's alright, holding on!
I'm holding on, I'm gonna keep on holding on
My ... but I'm holding on, I got to hold on
Yeah, to this mighty hands
He's a mighty good leader, he'll bring it through
He's a mighty good leader, he'll bring it through
Keep holding on, yeah my mother, yeah, keep holding on
Sister, father and brother, yeah, keep holding on
If you arrive in the valley, help the Jesus
If you just look to the mountain, for ... coming the
help
He's alright
Oh, what have I done?
He's alright, he's a mighty father
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Note: ... parts of lyrics unrecognizable, if you know
them please mail me.
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