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the blues

Try to be a good man

Work my fingers to the bone

And you return the favor

By messing up my happy home

You played so many dirty tricks

Till I

Lonesome Johnny Blues

Cracker

O Cracker, Where Art Thou?

2003

called my name and passed on by 
Well he came back don't you know 
With his brother six in tow 
And that is how number thirteen wound up by my side.

knees bent, up
Down up down up down
Butt close to the ground but
Never touching it we
Clapped loudly for this a woman
Behind me who has no
Idea how

Java Blues

Nazareth

Snaz

1981

to fightin' pain
Don't try to cheat
It's impossible to beat
The only pick me up that's here to stay
I got those Java blues
Coffee's got me
Java blues
Oh

the ambassador hiked up to the blue dragon's home.

The ambassador and the dragon had become friends over the years sharing stories,
News of the town and all

and never complain
Boots all muddy by the end of the shift, carry on the American way
One time for the blue collar boys, gettin up before dawn and never

GOING DOWN

We're going down,
we're going down

Stayin' up all night
Stayin' up all night
Follow the darkness
from blue light to blue light
Stayin' up all

of a cheap thrill just a little bit?
Do you ever get tired of curing your ills?
Down by the clothesline picking up sheets
Down by the hoe line picking up

Barefoot Blue Jean Night

Jake Owen

Barefoot Blue Jean Night

2011

Cadillac, horns on the hood
My buddy Frankie had his dad hook him up good
Girls smile when we roll by
They hop in the back, and we cruise to the river side

Digger Dave's Crazy Woman Blues

Todd Snider

Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables

2012

She set down the gun, took off runnin’
Digger Dave followed and soon came up on that death wish kid from Michigan
He’s layin’ there shot up all

the world go by
Why must I buzz around like a blue arsed fly
Oh, to sit and watch the world go by
Why must I buzz around like a blue arsed fly
Why must I buzz

strings too few for the eclectic design view
Use paint to measure if foundational cracks grew
Baby blue is cool by my preference is mango
More like orange

Monday blues
But tell me, honey, how many blues
Just how many blues

I'll see you at the Red House down by The Crossroads
How long will I have The How Long

The Demon, he’s going up top; this could be dangerous for everyone involved here. Blue Blood is up, and he’s down. Taken out by the flying clothes line. Demon

and blue
Now I'm black and blue
And I rap but this is blues
Lost my pop, almost lost my dawg too
All up in the same year
Why are problems all here?
Can't

Childhood wasn't 
A joke then 

Now it's plain to see 
The blue skies 
Were turning red in my eyes 
I had to clear up my vision 
And just focus 

Happiness is

eating ya greens
seems like you a bout to bust up out yo seams
the sight of you is causing quite a scene
then I go down the rabbit hole
and then i lose my

que no te importa nota pinche leva
Meet me wherever whenever's clever
Ponle homey, turn up the system
I got the Sureno blues rhythm
Ain't nothing quite

Whoa! 

What you gonna do?
Blue gonna get down?
What you gonna do?
Blue gonna get down?
What you gonna do?
Blue gonna get down?
What you gonna do?

High Flyin' Bird

Richie Havens

The Classics

1995

There's a high flyin' bird, flying way up in the sky
And I wonder if she looks down, as she goes on by?
Well, she's flying so freely in the sky

somebody callin'
Uh huh, he yell my name ,Waz up?
we gon' be brawlin?
Hell yeah, let say we out
Uh huh, somin' go down, uh huh
five o around, oh oh, you

the blue house
Take me down to the blue house at the bottom of the hill

Three small birds black as night black as night
Came to rest by her side by her

Worked down Mississippi 
California too. 
Worked all night and day babe, 
play a little blues for you. 
Worked south of the border, 
up in Chi-town

feelin' blue
And it's pouring down on you, but you keep on movin' through
And it's pouring down on you, the suns gone and your feelin' blue
And there you