"The Blues Is Alright"

   
Want you to hear me when I say
that the blues is back,
and it's here to stay.

I wanna tell you a story,
a story all about the blues.
I want you to listen to me baby,
while I sing it to you.
Want you to hear me when I say
that the blues is back,
and it's here to stay.

I used to have me somebody,
she mean't the whole world to me.
But she left me for someone else,
left my heart in misery.
Yes, she did!
But I knew the day she left me
that the blues was gonna be a part of me.
Yes, it was.

Since you left me with the blues,
it was the last thing I thought I could use.
But I'm glad that you left me,
left me with the blues.
If you hadn't given me the blues,
I wouldn't find myself someone sweet as you.

And I'm gonna tell you.
I said hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
I said hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Allright , allright
Allright , allright
every day and night.

Here we go Albert!
One more time!

Since you left me with the blues,
it was the last thing I thought I could use.
But I'm glad that you left me,
left me with the blues.
If you hadn't given me the blues,
I wouldn't find myself someone sweet as you.

And I'm gonna sing it.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
I said hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Allright , allright
Allright , allright
every day and night.

I said hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
I said hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Allright , allright
It's allright , allright
Every day and night.

One more time!

I said hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
I said hey, hey, the blues is allright.
Hey, hey, the blues is allright.
It's allright , allright
It's allright , allright
It's allright , allright
It's allright , allright
It's allright every day and every night.

Yes, it is!
Want you to hear me when I say
That the blues is back,
And it's here to stay.
The blues is allright!

"The Hurt Inside"

   
You wrestle with your conscience
To free your better self.
But did you think for one moment
You could be someone else?

Between a rock and a hard place,
Is where you seem to be.
You've been caught in a trap
Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

All those nights so lonely,
All the tears that you cry.
You can't hide
From the hurt inside.
The hurt inside.

You're in a situation,
Pray this time it will pass.
But it feels like you're walkin'
Over miles and miles of broken glass.

Painted into a corner
Where the sun never shines.
Somebody's turned on the spotlight,
You forgot to learn your lines.

In the place you once called your heart
There's a wound that's open wide.
You can't hide
From the hurt inside.
The hurt inside.

When you're thinking 'bout the hard times
Everyone's been through.
But it won't make no difference,
Seeing things the way you do.

In this blue condition
You must search for the light.
Don't believe them when they tell you,
You can't hold back the night.

Between a rock and a hard place,
Is where you'll always be.
Caught in a trap
Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

So many words unspoken.
So many times you never tried.
You can't hide
From the hurt inside.
The hurt inside.

No, you can't hide
From the hurt inside.
The hurt inside.
There's one thing you can't hide,
It's the hurt inside.
The hurt inside.

"Nothing's The Same"

   
Another time, another place.
The lonely streets where we embraced.
Then you would go without a trace.
Nothing's the same without you.

Another day goes passing by.
I sit alone and wonder why.
Sometimes it's hard, but I will try
To live my life without you.

You're in my heart, you're in my dreams.
You're everywhere or so it seems.
So many times I've heard that song.
Hold back the tears, pretend you're strong.

Another day goes slowly by.
I sit alone and wonder why.
I think of you, I start to cry.
Nothing's the same without you.

Another time, another place.
The sweetness of our last embrace.
What would I give to see your face.
Nothing's the same without you.

Nothing's the same,
nothing's the same,
nothing's the same without you.

"If You Be My Baby"

   
If you be my baby
Tell you what I'll do
I'll give you so much lovin'
You gotta love me too
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
I'm gonna keep you satisfied, yeah

Now listen to me baby
Just what I'm talkin' 'bout
You got something woman
Make a dumb man scream and shout
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
I'm gonna keep you satisfied, yeah

Lookin' for a woman
Never done no wrong
Cook my meals in the daytime
And love me all night long
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
Said, if you be my baby
Well, I'm gonna keep you satisfied, ah

If you be my baby
I tell you what I'll do
I'll give you so much loving
You gotta love me too
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
If you be my baby
I'm gonna keep you satisfied, yeah

"Long Grey Mare"

   
I got a long grey mare
She won't let me ride
I got a long grey mare
She won't let me ride
She makes me brush her in the morning
Put her to bed every night, yeah

Long grey mare
Why can't we be just like before?
Long grey mare
Why can't we be just like before?
We used to ride so hard
Oh, till we couldn't take no more, yeah

Long grey mare
Don't I feed you every day?
Long grey mare
Well, don't I feed you every day?
And when I dig you with my spur
You turn around the other way

"Merry Go Round"

   
When I first met you baby
I didn't even know your name
When I first met you baby
I didn't even know your name
Oh, I was feelin' low on the ground
Bad luck and evil women were to blame

I never realized
How sweet and kind one woman can be
I never realized, people
How sweet and kind a woman can be
Oh, but when I looked in your eyes
I knew true love had come to me
Yeah

Take my hand
Hold it tight and don't let go
Take my hand, take my hand
Hold it tight and don't let go
'Cause our love is like a merry-go-round
Forever and ever round it goes

"I Loved Another Woman"

   
My baby's gone and left me cryin' by myself
My baby's gone and left me cryin' by myself
I loved another woman, now I lost my best gal

She was a real good woman
Never done me no harm
Was a real good woman
Never done me no harm
I loved another woman
Now she's up and she's gone

Well, come back baby
I won't do you no wrong
Come back baby
I won't do you no wrong
I loved another woman
And I won't do that no more

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"Need Your Love So Bad"

   
Need someone's hand
To lead me through the night
Need someone's arms
To hold and squeeze me tight
'Cause when the night begins
I'm at an end
Because I need your love so bad

Need some lips
To feel next to mine
Need someone to stand up
And tell me when I'm lyin'
When the lights are low
And it's time to go
That's when I need your love so bad

Why don't you give it up
Bring it on home to me,
Or write it on a piece of paper, darlin'
So it can be read to me
Tell me that you love me
And stop driving me mad
Beacause I
I need your love so bad

Need your soft voice
Talk to me at night
Don't want you to worry baby
'Cause I know we can make everything allright
Listen to my plea baby
Bring it home to me
Because I need your love so bad

"The Same Way"

   
Don't want no evil woman
Make a fool out of me
My girl she's so sweet
She's my honey bee

She feels the same way about me
She feels the same way about me
She feels the same way

Wake up in the morning
Get my breakfast in my bed
My girl she's so good
Love her till I'm dead

She feels the same way about me
She feels the same way about me
She feels the same way

Don't want no other woman
I could never be satisfied
My girl looks so good
Standing by my side

She feels the same way about me
She feels the same way about me
She feels the same way

"Driftin'"

   
I ain't never missed a woman
Anytime or anyhow
Said I ain't never missed a woman
Anytime or anyhow
I said, I ain't never missed nobody
Just like the way I miss my baby now

If you could see my woman
You'd know why no one else can take her place
If you could see my woman, people
You'd realize why no one else can take her place
You'd know just what I'm talking 'bout
If you could see my baby's sweet, sweet face

That's why I ain't never missed a woman
Anytime or any place
No, I ain't never ever missed a woman
Anytime or any place
When I say I ain't never missed nobody
I mean I ain't never missed nobody
Like I miss my baby now, yeah