No Name Blues

No Name Blues Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Oooh
Oooh
Well you know I love you, little girl
Well that's why you treats me like you do

Well number one is at the station
Number two is on the road
Well number one is at the station woohoo
Number two is on the road
Well I'd want to be your daddy if you'd let me woohoo
'less my baby get on board

Well la do da do da
Loo la do da do da
Well I used to be your baby, darlin'
But now you treat me like I'm a low down dog

Oooh
Oooh
Well I love you, little girl
But I don't like the way you do

Winding Mind

Winding Mind Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Well it was early one morning
I was on my way to school
Well early one morning
I was on my way to school
Well I met a little girl named Mary
She made me break my teacher's rule

Sometime I wonder, I wonder
Why don't you write to me?
Mmmm sometime I wonder
Little girl, why don't you write to me?
If I been a bad boy
Well I did not intend to be

Well goodbye, baby, goodbye
Sure hate to leave you behind
Mmmm goodbye, baby
Sure hate to leave you behind
Since I had, you haven't had nothing but trouble
And a winding mind

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Moanin' The Blues

Moanin' The Blues Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Mmmm
Mmmm
Well every now and then I wonder
Why you treat me the way you do

Well the blues came in this morning
When my baby walked out that door
Well the blues came in this morning
When my baby walked out that door
Well that's when it run across my mind
Well, lord she wouldn't be back here no more

Mmmm some people keep telling me
That the worried blues ain't bad
Mhmm some people keep telling me
That the worried blue ain't bad
But they must have not have been them
Whoa, low down blues I had

Mhmm, Mhmm
Mmmm, Mmmm
Well you know I love you, little girl
Well that's why you treat me the way you do

Well
Lord, my blues came falling down
Well I saw, see you this morning
Woo, my blues came falling down
Well I was locked up in jail
Lord, and I was prison bound

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The Blue Horizon

The Blue Horizon Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Well look out baby
What you promised me
Well now look at here baby
Know what you promised me
Well the sun gone down
Down behind the tree

Well early this morning
I thought I heard the rooster crow for days
Well early this morning
I thought I heard rooster crow for days
Well all I was doing, tryin' to
Pass the time away

Well now early this morning I
'Fore the sun rise
Well early this morning
'Fore the sun begin to rise
Well I, me and my baby was
Takin' out a full day exercise

Well the sun gone down baby
You know what you promised me
Well the sun gone down and you
Know what you promised me
Well I want you to stick up
Do what you supposed to me

Down In Spirit (Slow Version)

Down In Spirit (Slow Version) Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Down in spirit
I've got those broken hearted blues
Down in spirit
I've got those broken hearted blues
I can't stand and talk about the weather
I haven't got no time to lose

Well I called up my baby
Tried to make a date
She said "I'm sold out, daddy"
"You was always a little late"
I'm down in spirit
I've got those broken hearted blues
I can't stand and talk about the weather
I just haven't got no time to lose

Well the rich man get the blues
Try to plan it right
Poor man get the blues
He just cry, cry til he get satisfied
Down in spirit
I've got those broken hearted blues
Well I can't stand and talk about the weather
I just haven't got no time to lose

Well I never have been married
But I thought I'd give it a try
When I got around to poppin' the question
my baby was waving me bye bye
Down in spirit
I've got those broken hearted blues
I can't stand and talk about the weather
I just haven't got no time to lose

The Wind Is Blowin'

The Wind Is Blowin' Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Well I know winds are blowin'
by leaves shakin' on the tree
Well I know the winds are blowin'
by the leaves shakin' on the tree
I know my baby got another man
by the way that she treatin' me

Well I, so many big bears
little bear can't have no show
Well I, so many big bears
little bear can't have no show
I guess I'll pack my suitcase
Beat it on down the road

Blow your little horn, boy

Well baby I came undone
on a child I can't understand
Well baby I came undone
on a child I can't understand
Well I know the winds are blowin'
Yous usin' me for your monkey man

Hey now, hear me go

Well goodbye, baby
I don't have no more to say
Mmmmm goodbye, baby
I don't have no more to say
Well I gotta find a wall to fit my clothes
Well I must be on my way

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Pay Day Woman

Pay Day Woman Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Tell me, mama
What in the world is wrong with you
Please 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

I work hard everyday
Come straight home with all my pay
I work hard everyday
Come straight home with all my pay
Well you find some John
And give all my bread away

I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Nice and long as I am tall
Yes I'm gonna buy me a pistol, woman
Just as long as I am tall
I'm gonna shoot you in your face
While I stand back and watch you fall

Ready to go to penitentiary, woman
I better cut you loose
Ready to go to penitentiary, woman
Ooooh I better cut you loose
Well I wanna kill you
but my best friend said
Ain't no use

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Nobody's Fault But Mine

Nobody's Fault But Mine Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Well it's nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
Mmmm if I die my soul will be lost
Nobody's fault but mine

Well I got a bible in my home
Well I got a bible in my home
If I don't read it my soul will be lost
Lord knows it's nobody's fault but mine

Mhmm mother she taught me how to pray
Well mother she taught me how to pray
If I don't pray my soul will be lost
Nobody's fault but mine

Well mother she taught me how to read
Well mother taught me how to read
If I don't read my soul will be lost
It's nobody's fault but mine

Mmmm I got a song to sing
Well I got a song to sing
If I don't sing it my soul will be lost
Nobody's fault but mine

Mmmm I got a prayer to pray
Well I got a prayer to pray
If I don't pray it my soul will be lost
Nobody's fault but mine

Mean Black Gobbler

Mean Black Gobbler Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E Blues.

Well the mean black gobbler
been fishin' in my pond
There's a mean black gobbler
been fishin' in my pond
Well then he catchin' out my perches
Barbecuin' the bone

Well I would hear you baby
I can hear you when you call
I can hear you baby
I can hear you when you call
Well you call me Little Johnny
Baby that ain't all

Mhm
I love to hear you call my name
Mhm
I love to hear you call my name
When she call
I swear it's so dog gone great

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

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'