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Tremolo Rain
04:24
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Oooh…
Wild rabbit running across the ground
Thunderclouds cover up the moon
Hairs standing up on the back of my neck
Wet feet in an electrical storm
Old crow dark as the evening sky
Night crawlers cast no shadow
Cross wind blowing like a hound dog howling
Bullfrogs, buzzards, and bones
Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain
Mister Tom is a shady cat
A hustler on Bourbon Street
He’ll pick your pockets, steal your watch
Go gambling on the Riverboat Queen
He fell in love with a Creole woman
In the House of the Rising Sun
She packs a 32-20 up under her dress
Turning tricks in Storyville
Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain
Oooh…
Over the bridge of lake Pontchartrain
In the back streets of the blues
The ghost of Lead Belly and his old guitar
12-strings and the truth
Barefoot shoeing striking a spark
Dancing with a cobra cane
Out on the corner, in the old French Quarter
Down in New Orleans
Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain, Tremolo Rain
Oooh…
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Week Man
03:53
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I’m a week man, I’ll love you any day of the week ma’am
I’m a week man, you don’t have to wait for the weekend
Anytime you need some loving, all you got to do is call me ma’am
Monday morning when you’re feeling low
I’ll be there to give you a thrill
Cancel the doctor on Tuesday
Cause you ain’t gonna need no pills
Wednesday’s hump day
You’re gonna need to get over it somehow
And Thursday I’ll be right there
When your businessman’s out of town
I’m a week man, I’ll love you any day of the week ma’am
Yeah I’m a week man, you don’t have to wait for the weekend
Anytime you need some loving, all you got to do is call me ma’am
Friday night we’ll get as high
As matches and gasoline
Saturday getting low down
And funky as Frenchman Street
I always give you a hard time
What else can I say?
Sunday morning got to go to church
And get on your knees to pray
I’m a week man, I’ll love you any day of the week ma’am
Yeah I’m a week man, you don’t have to wait for the weekend
Anytime you need some loving, all you got to do is call me ma’am
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Murderers Bar
04:40
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Blind Dog Donnie’s is high as a kite
Playing bottleneck slide on an archtop
Trev’s out of jail and he’s slapping the bass
As if he’s trying to beat it up
The Reverend Coojee Timms banging on the skins
Like a monkey in a jungle parade
People gather round just grooving to the sound
Of the low down boogie getting played
Oh yeah, down in wild West End
It’s Friday night in the Murderers Bar
The probably haven’t cleaned the carpet in here
Since nineteen sixty-four
Bartenders drunk and the beer is flowing
Dealers sneaking in the back door
All the blues musicians show up one-by-one
After their gigs down town
They get loaded, then they’re called up to play
Donnie always shares the six-string around
Oh yeah, down in wild West End
It’s Friday night in the Murderers Bar
And the party keeps rockin’ in the back room
After the regulars have went home
Donnie’s blues licks still ringing in my ears
But the money in my pockets is gone
I started driving home cause I was too drunk to walk
I barely made it ‘cross the parking lot
That pretty little thing I was dancing with
Slides in the back and she give me a kiss
Oh yeah, down in wild West End
It’s Friday night in the Murderers Bar
Oh yeah, down in wild West End
It’s Friday night in the Murderers Bar
Murderers Bar… Murderers Bar… Murderers Bar… Murderers Bar
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Thirty-Nine
03:02
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Here she comes, my smokin’ hot mama
My heart is beating like lightning and thunder
She got a brown tan from the land down under
Lying on the beach just soaking up the summer
She’s fine, she’s mine, she’s thirty-nine
Here she comes my sweet honeybee
She has no idea what’s she’s doing to me
Smiling that smile that she gives for free
She’s looking so good make a blind man see
She’s fine, she’s mine, she’s thirty-nine
Here she comes in her tight red number
Hotter than a flame and I’m melting like butter
The crowd is parting, is it any wonder?
Everyone knows there’s a queen amongst us
She’s fine, she’s mine, she’s thirty-nine
Here she comes my sweet honey baby
She don’t know that she’s drivin’ me crazy
She wants to get married, she wants to have my baby
She loves me like I am, she don’t want to change me
She’s fine, she’s mine, she’s thirty-nine
Better with time, like wine, she’s thirty-nine
She’s fine, she’s mine, she’s thirty-nine
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My Sexy Guitar
04:09
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She don’t complain when I go out drinking
And bring another pretty one home
I can leave her on the couch for a couple of days
Or lie her on the floor
I got a few others like her
In my living room
I tell ‘em that I love ‘em all the same
But I always come back to her
I’m talking ‘bout my sexy, my sexy guitar
Talking about my sexy, my sexy guitar
She got the spank of a telecaster
And strat curves to blow your mind
Humbucking booty of a fat Les Paul
Sweet tone of a 335
She used to be Cadillac red
But now she’s butterscotch blonde
I sling her over my shoulder
Plug her in and turn her on
I’m talking ‘bout my sexy, my sexy guitar
Talking about my sexy, my sexy guitar
Aaahhhhhh… Aaahhhhhh…
She don’t fret about nothin’
Until I bend her strings
And when I do I’m telling you
It’s such a beautiful thing
She is my pride and joy
She’s can play my song
I just run my fingers up and down her neck
And she rocks with me all night long
I’m talking ‘bout my sexy, my sexy guitar
Talking about my sexy, my sexy guitar
I’m talking ‘bout my sexy, my sexy guitar
Talking about my sexy, my sexy guitar
Aaahhhhhh… Aaahhhhhh…
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Living On The River
02:50
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Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Fishing where it’s deep and wide
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Sweet summertime
Early in the morning
Sun begins to shine
Smell the honey suckle
Growing on the vine
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Fishing where it’s deep and wide
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Sweet summertime
Down by the old bridge
Is my favorite fishing’ hole
When the fish are jumping
I cut me a pole
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Fishing where it’s deep and wide
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Sweet summertime
Out on the back porch
Saturday night
Turn up the radio
Turn on the love light
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Fishing where it’s deep and wide
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Sweet summertime
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Fishing where it’s deep and wide
Living on the river
Fishing for my dinner
Sweet summertime
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Knocking On Your Door
03:35
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I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
I will chop your wood
I’ll be there when you call
I’ll put my arms around you
When the night gets cold
I will listen to you
And you’ll be understood
I’ll always treat you kind
And I’m staying for good
I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
Knock, knock… knocking on your door
Knock, knock, knocking on your door
You know I searched the world over
Until my heart was nearly blue
I couldn’t ever give up
Until I found you
And now we’re together
You’re the best thing that’s happened to me
I’m standing on your doorstep
And waiting patiently
I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
I’m your loving man, gently knockin’ on your door
Knock, knock… knocking on your door
Knock, knock, knocking on your door
Knock, knock… knocking on your door
Knock, knock, knocking on your door
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The Bed That You Made
03:54
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Curl up and die, toss side to side
You got every right to feel that way don’t you now babe
In the bed that you made
Hear every word, its gonna hurt
Blow by blow in a constant replay
In the bed that you made
If you’ve got any chance at all
Stand on your own two feet
After you’ve learned to crawl
Take it as you can
Learn to start again
After you’ve done hard time
Laying in the bed that you made
Crash and you burn, live and you learn
You won’t make the same mistake again will you now babe
In the bed that you made
You wanted to play, and that was ok
It felt all right when it went your way, didn't it now babe
Now here’s the bed that you made
If you’ve got any chance at all
Stand on your own two feet
After you’ve learned to crawl
Take it as you can
Learn to start again
After you’ve done hard time
Laying in the bed that you made
If you’ve got any chance at all
Stand on your own two feet
After you’ve learned to crawl
Take it as you can
Learn to start again
After you’ve done hard time laying in the bed
Done hard time laying in the bed
Done hard time laying in the bed that you made
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My Darling
03:56
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Pile of clothes in the bedroom corner
Stack of dishes in the kitchen sink
We don’t normally live like that
You always run a tight ship
I admire how you work so hard
I don’t know how you keep going
We’re so tired we could sleep for a week
And wake up without even knowing
I hope the rain pours down all night
I hope the river keeps rising
Cause I’ll be right here holding you tight
And loving you my darling
Every morning when you wake up
You’re taking care of everyone around you
Doing five other things while you’re putting on your makeup
A silver halo surrounds you
There’s a cold front moving in
Feel those heavy clouds starting to roll
Come up stairs and lay beside me
There’s no place that we have to go
I hope the rain pours down all night
I hope the river keeps rising
Cause I’ll be right here holding you tight
And loving you my darling
I hope the rain pours down all night
I hope the river keeps rising
Cause I’ll be right here holding you tight
And loving you my darling… My darling
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Cherry
03:54
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Cherry, you’re my one true love
Cherry, you’re my one true love
When you call my name
I’ll be next to you
There ain’t nothing
That I wouldn’t do
Cherry, when you kiss me slow
Cherry, when you kiss me slow
You taste so good
On the tip of my tongue
Turn your lamp down low
Love me all night long
Aaahh… Aaahh…
Aaahh… Aaahh…
Cherry, I’ll always treat you right
Cherry, I’ll always treat you right
When you call my name
I’ll be next to you
There ain’t nothing
That I wouldn’t do
Aaahh… Aaahh…
Aaahh… Aaahh…
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She was born in the Village NYC
Raised on the Airplane, the Dead and Free
She travelled across the country to Haight-Ashbury
Then Austin, Texas, which is where she met me
And she learnt a lot of cool things up at YALE
Like how to protest about the war and the whale
But the best advice she ever gave to me
Is never mix chocolate, Jack Daniels, and LSD
Because it will make your head hurt more than you can stand
And your eyes will see things you can’t comprehend
Then the walls will start grinning and spinning around
Until you wake up tomorrow face down in the ground
She no longer smokes dope or eats vegetarian
In fact she started singing hymns with the Presbyterians
She says she’s glad she did drugs artistically
But never mix chocolate, Jack Daniels, and LSD
Because it will make your head hurt more than you can stand
And your mind will think things you can’t comprehend
Then the walls will start talking and walking around
Until you wake up tomorrow face down in the ground
She was born in the Village NYC
Never mix chocolate, Jack Daniels, and LSD
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L.O.V.E
04:07
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I’ve seen a lot of people living with broken hearts
This old world can drag you down and tear you apart
Sleeping cold and lonely is bad for your health
And the city is dark and mean when you’re walking by yourself
L O V E is what we really need
L O V E is what you give to me
L O V E is what we really need
L O V E…
You can have the latest gadgets and a big fat bank account
You can wear the finest clothes to trendy restaurants
You can drive a shiny car, live it up like a millionaire
But true love is something that you can’t buy anywhere
L O V E is what we really need
L O V E is what you give to me
L O V E is what we really need
L O V E…
I run my fingertips, up and down your spine
Kiss your tender lips, feel your body next to mine
Your heartbeat is racing, your skin is soft and warm
There ain’t nothing better, than to hold you in my arms
L O V E is what we really need
L O V E is what you give to me
L O V E is what we really need
L O V E…
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Cold Shower
03:35
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I’m gonna need a cold shower
A cold shower
A cold shower
After talking on the phone to you
I’ve been saving all my loving
Saving all my loving
Saving all my loving
And I know that you have too
It’s been way to long
Way to long
Way to long
And your voice just turns me on
I can picture you there
I can picture you there
Reading a book
And sleeping in your underwear
I miss you so much
I miss you so much
I miss you so much
And I hope that you miss me too
It’s a long way across the ocean
It’s a long way across the ocean
It’s a long way across the ocean
But I’m coming back to you
I’m gonna need a cold shower
I’m gonna need a cold shower
I’m gonna need a cold shower
After talking on the phone to you
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For more than a decade, blues-rocker 8 Ball Aitken has toured the world - performing his swampy, slide guitar-driven songs at more than 200 gigs each year. His live shows have rocked music festivals across the US, Australia, Europe, Canada, and Asia.
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