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For Warren....
The Ballad Of John Lee Hooker
I've got the hand me down blues
I've got the hand me down blues
I feel just like a fool
I think I'll jump into a pool
I got the hand me down blues
Now nobody gets hurt
Said nobody gets hurt
Nobody gets hurt
When I do my work
Nobody gets hurt
I feel a need to pray
I said I feel a need to pray
Gonna do it both night and day
When the blues they come my way
I feel a need to pray
Now I've got to go to work
Now I've got to go to work
My feet they might hurt
But I got to go to work
Now, I've been working real hard
Picking daisies from the yard
Yeah, I'm working real hard
Picking daisies from the yard
Yeah, I'm working real hard
Now, I've got to sing my blues
I've got to sing my blues
It's a very radical view
I'm coming home to you
I've got to sing my blues
Easy Rider by my side
Said Easy Rider's by my side
I can strum, pick or slide
It's a case of do or die
With Easy Rider by my side
I just can't stand still
Said I just can't stand still
When the blues is given me a chill
I just can't stand still
So I need a place to go
Some where south like Mexico
Where the sun is sinking low
So I can rest my ach'n soul
I need a place to go
But, I just got the news
They say I've got the hand me down blues
And I'm feeling pretty used
Knowing that I've got / these hand me down blues
Now I just got to feel alright
Said, I've just got to feel alright
With the moon a shinning bright
And the world a sitt'n tight
I just got to feel alright
Now wheres my Cadillac
Said wheres my Cadillac
Now, I've got to get on back
Play the blues and yak
Now wheres my Cadillac
I went and saw John Lee
He touched my soul, you surely must believe
One of the best blues men ever to be found
So you better stick a around
To hear that bluesy sound
So you better stick around
I think it's time to go
Said I think it's time to go
I've got to do another show
And it might be rock and n roll
I think it's time to go
So I'll see you later on
Said I'll see you later on
Or until the break of Dawn
I'll see you later on
But at the break of day
The blues might roll your way
And if your just like me
The blues will set you free
That's if your just like me
So hail-hail rock-n-roll
Your my little brother don't you know
So keep on keep'n on
And the blues will tag along
So hail, hail rock-n- roll
There is no time or distance in the spirit of the world
Peace.....