B.B. King

[fox69]

"Recession Blues"

"Recession Blues"


Since this recession I'm losing my baby,
Because the times are getting so hard
Yes, since this recession I'm losing my baby,
Because the times are getting so hard
Yes, I have to stop running around,
Man, you know it's breaking my heart
Yes, I can't afford no liquor,
All I can buy is beer and wine
Yes, I can't afford no liquor people,
All I can buy is beer and wine
Well I can get my baby what she wants,
And she stays cross al the time, yes help me
Yes, please somebody,
Please go out to Washington for me
Yes, please, please somebody,
Please go out to Washington for me
Yes, think about us out here
Help me get out of this misery

 

[fox69]

"Respect Yourself"

"Respect Yourself"


If you disrespect everybody that you'd run into
How in the world do you think anybody suppose to respect you?
If you don't give a heck about the man with a Bible in his hand
Just get out of the way and let the gentleman do his thing
You're the kind of gentleman, want everything your way
Take the sheet off your face, boy, it's a brand new day
And respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good [?]
Respect yourself, baby
If you're walking around thinking that the world owes you
Something 'cause you're here
You're going out the world backward like you did when you
First came here
Keep talking about the president won't stop air pollution
Put your hand over your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution
You cuss around women folk, don't even know their name
Then you're dumb enough to think that'll make you a big ol' man
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good [?]
Respect yourself, baby, respect yourself
Respect yourself, baby, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, baby
Respect yourself, you got to respect yourself

 

[fox69]

"Riding With The King"
(originally by John Hiatt)

"Riding With The King"
(originally by John Hiatt)



I dreamed I had a good job and I got well paid
I blew it all at the penny arcade
A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll
No pretty chick is gonna make me crawl

Get on a TWA to the promised land
Every woman, child and man
Gets a Cadillac and a great big diamond ring
Don't you know you're riding with the king?

He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier
He's gonna check us all on out of here
Up to that mansion on a hill
Where you can get your prescription filled

Get on a TWA to the promised land
Everybody clap your hands
And don't you just love the way that he sings?
Don't you know we're riding with the king?
Riding with the king
Don't you know we're riding with the king?

A tuxedo and shiny 335
You can see it in his face, the blue never lie
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings
And don't you know we're riding with the king?

I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old
With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of Gold
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
And I'm gonna play this thing until the day I die

Don't you know we're riding with the king?
Don't you know we're riding with the king?
Riding, you're riding with the king
You're riding, you're riding with the king

 

[fox69]

"Rock Me Baby"

"Rock Me Baby"


Rock me baby, rock me all night long
Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me baby,
Like my back ain't got no bones
Roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
I want you to roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
Want you to roll me baby,
You don't know how it makes me feel
Rock me baby, honey, rock me slow
Yeah, rock me pretty baby, baby rock me slow
Want you to rock me baby,
Till I want no more

 

[fox69]

"Rock This House"

"Rock This House"


Why don't ya come on down,
Let me tell ya what I got now
Baby please come on down,
Let me tell ya what I got now
I got the house rockin' blues
Everybody's been talkin' about

Gonna start after midnight
And rock it til the break of dawn
Gonna start after midnight
And rock it til the break of dawn
Ya don't have to be a saint
Cuz your daddy don't do ya no harm

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, rock this house ... tonight

She's a tall lanky woman, man she's built for speed
She's a tall lanky woman, man she's built for speed
I'm crazy 'bout that woman,
cuz she's got just what I need

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, rock this house ... tonight

You can set up a table cuz that I think she'd like
You can set up a table cuz that I think she'd like
My baby's in town
You know we're gonna rock tonight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, rock this house ... tonight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, rock this house ... tonight

 

[fox69]

"Roll, Roll, Roll"

"Roll, Roll, Roll"


From the little town I ran from
To the city where I strayed
There's been some good time living
And some good music played
And some good loving made
I like it
I like it just that way
I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel the beat go on
I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel it till it's gone
I wanna roll roll roll forever
And live from song to song
Right there in the music
Is right where I belong
When I meet my Maker
With my music in my hand
He'll smile down when He sees me
And ask about the band
I know He'll understand
He knows life
And life can be so grand
I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel the beat go on
I wanna roll roll roll forever
I wanna feel it till it's gone
I wanna roll roll roll forever
And live from song to song
Right there in the music
Is right where I belong

 

[fox69]

"Ruby Lee"

"Ruby Lee"


Well now I've got a girl
Her name is Ruby Lee
I'm tellin' you boys
She's alright with me
She's my baby
Yes, she's my baby
Well, she's my baby
'Cause she seems to be true to me

Well, I woke up this mornin'
I didn't know what to do
I turned on the radio
And the tune remaind me of you
You're my baby
Yes, you're my baby
Well, you're my baby
For you seem to be true to me

Well, she never takes my money
She never leaves me alone
She's the type of woman that
I would love to have in my home
She's my baby
Yes, she's my baby
Well, she's my baby
'Cause she seems to be true to me

Well, you know my secret
I'm tellin' you the reason why
So don't bother my baby
And please don't try
She's my baby
Yes, she's my baby
Well, she's my baby
'Cause she seems to be true to me

 

[fox69]

"Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)"

"Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)"


Mama don't you beg your daddy for no diamond ring
Mama don't you beg your daddy for no diamond ring
'Cause mama you already got the best of everything
I see you riding 'round, baby, riding in a brand new car
I see you riding 'round, baby, riding in a brand new car
I know you couldn't buy it sitting on your caviar
Now your bracelets, your furs and that Paris label
They're laying right there, laying on the table
They'll come, hop, skip, and jumping as long as you're able
Go get me some money baby, and lay it on the table
Get up, get up, get up, get up, woman
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty, don't you hear me woman
Get up, get up, get up, get up, woman
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty
Get up mama, before it gets too rusty
Now you've got the very best, the best of everything
And baby, honey, you know how to do everything
You even got that champagne taste
But I'm so afraid baby, oh, you'll let me go to waste
Get up, get up, get up, get up, woman
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty, don't you hear me
Get up, get up, get up, mama
Get up off your big, fat rusty dusty
Get up mama, before it gets too rusty

 

[fox69]

"Same Old Story (Same Old Song)"

"Same Old Story (Same Old Song)"


One hand will take, one hand will give
That's all we know and that is how we live
One day hello, next day goodbye
And everyone just stay high
Same old story, same old song
Goes all right till it goes all wrong
Now you're going, then you're gone
Same old story, same old song
One builds you up, one tears you down
To some you're a saint, to others you're a clown
What can you do, just see it through
And hold on to what is left to you
Same old story, same old song
Goes all right till it goes all wrong
Now you're going, then you're gone
Same old story, same old song

 

[fox69]

"Saturday Night Fish Fry"

"Saturday Night Fish Fry"


Now if you've ever been down to New Orleans
Then you can understand just what I mean
All thru the week it's quiet as a mouse
But on Saturday night they go from house to house
You don't have to pay the usual admission
If you're a cook, a waiter or a good musician
So if you happen to be just passin' by
Stop in at the Saturday Night Fish Fry

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Now my buddy and me was on the main stem
Foolin' around just me and him
We decided we could use a little something to eat
So we went to a house on Rampart Street
We knocked on the door and it opened up with ease
And a lush little Miss said, "Come in, please"
And before we could even bat an eye
We were right in the middle of a big fish fry

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Now the folks was havin' the time of their life
And Sam was jivin' Jimmie's wife
Over in the corner was a beat up grand
Being played by a big fat piano man
Some of the chicks wore expensive frocks
Some of them had on bobbie socks
But everybody was nice and high
At this particular Saturday Night Fish Fry

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Now the women were screamin' and jumpin' and yellin'
The bottles was flyin', and the fish was smellin'
And way above all the noise we made
Somebody hollered, "You better get outta here, this is a raid!"
I didn't know we was breaking the law but
Somebody reached over and hit me on the jaw
Now they had us blocked off from front to back
And they was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potatoes in a sack

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

I knew I could get away if I had a chance
But I was shakin' like I had the St. Vitus dance
So I tried to crawl in under a bath tab
When a policeman said, "Where are you goin' there, bub?"
Now they got us out of there like a house on fire
And put us all in the black Maria
Now they might have missed a pitiful few
But they got both me and my buddy too

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

Well we headed for jail in a dazed condition
They booked each one of us on suspicion
Now my chick came down and paid my bail
And finally got me outta that rotten jail
Now if you ever want to get a fist in your eye
Just mention a Saturday Night Fish Fry
I don't care how many fish in the sea
But don't ever mention a fish to me

It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn
It was rockin', it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn