Country Honk

I’m sittin’ in a bar tippling a jar in Jackson And on the street the summer sun it shines There’s many a bar-room queen I’ve had in Jackson But I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind It’s the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues I laid a divorcee […]


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She Smiled Sweetly

Why do my thoughts loom so large on me? They seem to stay, for day after day And won’t disappear, I’ve tried every way But she smiled sweetly She smiled sweetly She smiled sweetly And says don’t worry Oh, no no no Where does she hide it inside of her? That keeps her peace most […]


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Break The Spell

In the winter when the cold comes And the wind blows with a scornful spite And the hard ground feels barren And the forest is deathly quiet And the whole world lies sleeping There’s a gypsy all dressed in white Put my hand out, ask the question Here’s the silver, do you have the gift […]


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Monkey Man

I’m a fleabit peanut monkey All my friends are junkies That’s not really true I’m a cold Italian pizza I could use a lemon squeezer What you do? But I’ve been bit and I’ve been tossed around By every she-rat in this town Have you, babe? Well, I am just a monkey man I’m glad […]


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Luxury

I want a real fine car, fly Miami too All the rum, I want to drink it, all the whiskey too My woman need a new dress, my daughter got to go to school I’m working so hard, I’m working for the company I’m working so hard to keep you in the luxury You can’t […]


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Rock And A Hard Place

The fields of EdenAre full of trashAnd if we beg and we borrow and stealWe’ll never get it backPeople are hungryThey crowd aroundAnd the city gets bigger as the country comes begging to town CHORUSStuck between a rockAnd a hard placeBetween a rock and a hard place This talk of freedomAnd human rightsMeaans bullying and […]


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No Expectations

Take me to the station And put me on a train I’ve got no expectations To pass through here again Once I was a rich man and Now I am so poor But never in my sweet short life Have I felt like this before You heart is like a diamond You throw your pearls […]


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She Said Yeah

Dam deedle dee dam dam Little girl, where did you come from Try a little bit to make my mouth dribble Come on baby, let’s ride away in the rain Baby you drive me crazy Drive my poor heart hazy Just a little bit A little while with you Come on baby, let’s ride away […]


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Hip Shake

I wanna tell you ’bout a dance That’s goin’ around, Everybody’s doin’ it From the grownups down. Don’t move your head, Don’t move your hands, Don’t move your lips, Just shake your hips. Do the hip shake, babe, Do the hip shake, babe, Shake your hip, babe, Shake your hip, babe. What you don’t know […]


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Harlem Shuffle

You move it to the left And you go for yourself You move it to the right Yeah if it takes all night Now take it kinda slow With a whole lot of soul Don’t move it too fast Just make it last You scratch just like a monkey Yeah you do real cool You […]


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