Abide My Wish

Abide My Wish Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in A Blues.

Please hush I can yell
hush I can yell
Church bell ringin' tone
Church bell ringin' tone
Please hush I can yell
hush I can yell
Church bell ringin' tone

I must keep on ramblin'
cause I am a ramblin' stone
I am a rollin' stone

Don't you down a streetwalker
Don't down a prostitute
They've been my best friend
I'm tellin' you they been my best friend
Don't you down a streetwalker
Don't down a prostitute
They've been my best friend

When I was down and out
they takin' me in
They're the ones takin' me in

Well it's two steps to hell
two step to hell
one to my baby's door
Well it's two steps to hell
two step to hell
one's to my baby's door

Well I guess I'll take two steps
I can't be misused no more
Can't be misused no more

I got to keep on runnin'
keep on runnin'
Feet, please don't fail
Feet, please don't fail
I've got to keep on runnin'
keep on runnin'
Feet, please don't fail
Feet, please don't fail

I must keep on movin'
Hellhounds on my trail
Hellhounds on my trail

I Cry, I Cry

I Cry, I Cry Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Today you told me you were leavin'
Like a wounded lion hours out to kill
Today you told me you were leavin'
Like a wounded lion hours out to kill
But nothing have changed
All I want to do is live

When you first left me
I cried cried all night long
When you first left me, darlin'
I cried cried cried cried all night long
But now that I've met big Mary
God knows I am glad you're gone

The night you walked out of that door
I cried myself to sleep
The night you walked out of that door
I cried myself to sleep
Now you're somebody else's trouble
God knows you're a bear's to keep

Alright
Let me tell ya

Well if you ever need me
You call me on the phone
If you ever need me, baby
You can call me on the phone
I know Mary wouldn't mind
She made your hell a happy home

I Cry, I Cry (Alternate Take)

I Cry, I Cry (Alternate Take) Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Today you told me you were leavin'
Like a wounded lion hours out to kill
Today you told me you were leavin'
Like a wounded lion hours out to kill
Nothing have changed
All I want to do is live

When you first left me
I cried all night long
When you first left me, darlin'
I cried cried cried cried all night long
But now I've met big Mary
God knows I am glad you're gone

Well if you ever need me
You'd call me on the phone
If you ever need me, darlin'
You'd call me on the phone
I know Mary don't mind
She made your hell a happy home

Trouble Is All I See

Trouble Is All I See Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in A Blues.

Trouble trouble trouble
Trouble along in the world I see
Trouble
Trouble all along in the world I see
Lord sometimes I wonder
What in the world gonna come of me

Well when I rolled up this morning
Bad luck and trouble around my head
When I rolled up this morning
Bad luck and trouble around my head
I always will remember
Last words I heard my baby say

She said I'm goin' away to leave you
Baby cryin' won't make you stay
She said I'm goin' away to leave you
Baby cryin' won't make you stay
Now always remember baby
Where we used to learn to play

Now if you just got to go
I hope we'll meet again someday
Now if you just got to go
I hope we'll meet again someday
I think of fun we used to have
And the way we used to learn to play

Tell Me Mama

Tell Me Mama Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in A# / B♭ Blues.

Now won't you tell me mama
What in the world is wrong with you
Now won't you tell me mama
What in the world is wrong with you
Well it don't seem like I can please you
No matter what in the world I do

Well I work hard everyday
And I came straight home with all my pay
I work hard everyday
And I came straight home to you with all my pay
Well you even drank my money up, darling
Found someone and give it all away

Tell me, help me woman
Why can't I get along with
Now won't you tell me woman
What in the world is wrong, I can't get along with you
Well everything I do is wrong
No matter what in the world I do

Well I'm going away to leave you
Baby don't you wanna go
Well I'm going away to leave you
Woman don't you wanna go
Well I'm not gonna stay around and be
bothered with your foolishness no more

Mean Black Gobbler (Unissued Version)

Mean Black Gobbler (Unissued Version) Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Well mean black gobbler fishin' in
in my pond
Catching out my perches, lyin' in
Line up the bones
Well mean black gobbler, boy
been fishin' in my pond
Well catchin' out my perches
barbecuin' the bone

Well brook runs into river, river runs in
into the sea, fellows
Run to my baby somebody gonna have to
Whoa bury me
Well brook run into river, boy
River runs into the sea
If I don't run to my baby
somebody gonna have to bury me

When I die, baby
on some ole highway side
Some ole evil spirit catch that
greyhound bus and ride, whoa
When I die, boy, well
Somewhere down some ole highway side
Some ole old evil spirit catch that
greyhound bus and ride

Well this morning my blues came
fallin' down
Well I out in the country bout a mile and a
half from town
Well early this morning
my blues came fallin' down
Well I out in the country bout a mile and a
half from town

Well some people say the low down
blues ain't bad, but it must of
not have been them low down
ole blues I had
Well some people tell me as though
low down blues ain't bad
Well it must not have been them ole
low down blues I had

Let me have it
Let me tell you somethin'

Won't You Tell Me Mama

Won't You Tell Me Mama Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in D# / E♭ Blues.

Won't you tell me mama
how you want your rollin' done
Won't you tell me mama
how you want your rollin' done
I'm gonna please you woman
if I have to roll from dusk til dawn

I'm gonna build me a mansion
out on some ole lonesome hill
I'm gonna build me a mansion
out on some ole lonesome hill
Well if one woman don't like it
it be 'bout a hundred and five that will

Well I was born down in Tennessee
down on a cotton farm
Well they called me a daddy's child
see I was his only son
Well he taught me how to write
and I swear to God it's a job well done

Well nobody gonna steal my woman
and it'd be too dangerous to try
Nobody gonna steal my woman
be too dangerous to try
Well if you do
you'd might as well to curse God and die

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