Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G♭ Blues.

Hey hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Here's your daddy now

Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Here's your daddy now

Ole bebop
told King Tut
Can't stop re-bop
Keep your big mouth shut
I said hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Here's your daddy now

Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Hey, Ba-ba-re-bop
Here's your daddy now

Livin' In The White House

Livin' In The White House Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in C Blues.

I'm living in the White House
just trying to help old Ike along
Now I'm living in the White House
just trying to help old Ike along
And trying to make an amendment
for things Harry left undone

I don't need no pilot to
chauffeur me in no jet
I don't need no chauffeur to
chauffeur me in no jet
Because I'm kind of in a hurry
I'll have to ride space cadet

I want to live in paradise
Make servants out of kings and queens
I want to live in paradise
Make servants out of kings and queens
Now don't shake me, please, darling
This is one time I want to finish my dream

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Cool Driver (J.O.B. version)

Cool Driver Lyrics (J.O.B. version)
by Johnny Shines
in G♭ Blues.

I heard you had plenty money, baby
Brand new automobile
But you need a cool driver
if you scootin' under your wheel
See I'm a cool driver
Yes, and I know my way around
But I need a cool mama
that don't mind me rollin' around

Five and three, eight, baby
Eight and two are ten
I won't stop lovin' you, baby
'til you tell me when
I am cool driver
Yes, and I know my way around
But you see I need a cool mama
that don't mind me rollin' around

Well I ride you so easy, baby
You think you on a cloud
I let my daughters ride
and they really taught me how
I am a cool driver
Yes, and I know my way around
But you see I need a cool mama
that don't mind bein' rolled around

Ain't Doin' No Good

Ain't Doin' No Good Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E♭ Blues.

Well I ain't doin' no good
Haven't even got a lousy dime
Well I ain't doin' no good
Haven't even got a lousy dime
And the woman I love is way down south
She's way down in the delta pines

Though she stayed out from me
From sundown until daybreak
Well she stayed out from me
From sundown until daybreak
Well she had done me wrong
Yes, wrong for goodness sake

Well I ain't gonna quit her
Oh boy what a wonderful break
Well I ain't gonna quit her
Oh boy what a wonderful break
I'm gonna give her a chance
To try and mend her mistake

She got real tiny eyes
Something like a Japanese
She got real tiny eyes
Something like a Japanese
Well she has something else
That'd make any fool out of me

Delta Pines

Delta Pines Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in E♭ Blues.

I ain't doin' no good
Haven't even got a lousy dime
Baby I ain't doin' no good
Haven't even got a lousy dime
And the woman I love she's way down south
Way down in those delta pines

Though she stayed out from me
From sundown until daybreak
Well she stayed out from me
From sundown until daybreak
That woman, she had did me wrong
Yes, wrong for goodness sake

Well I'm not gonna quit her
Oh boy what a wonderful break
Well I'm not gonna quit her
Oh boy what a wonderful break
I'm gonna allow her a chance
try and mend her mistake

Well I'm not gonna quit her
Oh boy what a wonderful break
Well I'm not gonna quit her
Oh boy what a wonderful break
I'm gonna allow her a chance
try and mend her mistake

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

Saddle My Pony

Saddle My Pony Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in F# / G♭ Blues.

Hear my pistol
Saddle up my black mare
Hear my pistol
Saddle up my black mare
I'm gonna find my woman
Lordy if she were somewhere

Well I got me a pony
He's already trained
Got me a pony, mama
He's already trained
He don't saddle suit you baby, just
Tighten down on your reins

Well then tell me, mama
Who let one go
Wont you tell me, mama
Who let one go
Well when I come in
Who left in out my back door

Soon this morning
Blues came falling down
Well soon, soon this morning
My blues came falling down
Well I was locked up in jail, baby
That's what I was, prison bound

Tell me who
Who been fooling you
Now tell me who
Who been fooling you
Tellin' ya everything I do, mama
Let me, let me hang my own

I'm gonna leave you, baby
Just do the best you can
I'm gonna leave you, baby
Do the best you can
Well you said you loved me
You're having all the other men

Johnny Shines - Too Wet To Plow (1977 Album)

Johnny Shines
Too Wet To Plow
1977

1. Too Wet To Plow
2. Travelling Back Home
3. Hot Tomale
4. Moanin' The Blues
5. Red Sun
6. Winding Mind
7. You Better Turn Around
8. The Wind Is Blowin'
9. Trouble's All I See
10. 30 Days In Jail
11. Pay Day Woman
12. Epilog

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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Red Sun

Red Sun Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
vocals by Louisiana Red
in A Blues.

I been locked up so long
I don't remember my mama's face
I been locked up so long
I don't remember my mama's face
I'm gonna tell all you people
And part of the human race

I wish that big, big sun
Melt these prison walls all down
I wish that big, big sun
Melt these prison walls down
I give the rest of my life
For one good drunken town

I get so weary
Living from day to day
My heart gets so weary
From living from day to day
In here the work ain't so hard
You just don't get no pay

I wish that big, big sun
Would melt these prison walls aside
I wish that big, big sun
Would melt these prison walls aside
And then I could drift on away
And I would not have to hide

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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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Hot Tomale

Hot Tomale Lyrics
by Robert Johnson
performed by Johnny Shines
in C Blues.

Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em for sale
Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em right here
It's one for a nickel
And it's two for a dime
I would sell you more
But they ain't none of mine
Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em for sale, I mean
Baby got 'em for sale

Red tomato, red ripe
Baby got 'em for sale
Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em right here
One for a nickel
And it's two for a dime
I would sell you more
But they ain't none of mine
Red tomato, red ripe
Baby got 'em for sale, I mean
Baby got 'em for sale

Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em for sale
Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em right here
I got a gal
She's six feet tall
Her head's in the kitchen
And her feet's in the hall
Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em for sale, I mean
Baby got 'em for sale

Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em for sale
Hot tomale, red hot
Baby got 'em right here
One for a nickel
And it's two for a dime
I would sell you more
But they ain't none of mine
Hot tomato, red hot
Baby got 'em for sale, I mean
Baby got 'em for sale

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Too Wet To Plow

Too Wet To Plow Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in C Blues.

Well I was standing here at my window
And I was looking out at the rain
Well I was standing at my window
People, looking out at the rain
Well, deep down in my heart
There was nothing but aching pain

Well it seemed like a million years
Since I sit down and wrote to you
Well it seemed like a million years
Woo, since I sit down and wrote to you
Well every now and then I wonder
Why I love you the way I do

Sometimes, sometime I think, babe
You don't love me anyhow
Woo, sometime I think, baby
You don't love me anyhow
Well, but it's too late, too late now, darling
Well is he too wet to plow

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You Better Turn Around

You Better Turn Around Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in F Blues.

If you don't, whoa, feel the spirit
You'd better turn around
If you don't feel the spirit
You'd better turn around
Well you, you'd better turn around
Go right back, go right back to your praying ground
If you don't, hooo, feel the spirit
You'd better turn around
Mmmm

Why you can yell, whoa, my god calling
You'd better turn around
Why you can yell, my god calling
You'd better turn around
Well you, you'd better turn around
Go right back, go right back to your praying ground
Why you can yell, hooo, my god calling
You'd better turn around

Why you can yell, whoa, mother's prayer
Son, you better turn around
Why you can yell, mother's prayer
You'd better turn around
Well you, had better turn around
Go right back, right back to your praying ground
Why you can yell, hooo, mother's prayer
Child, you'd better turn around
Mmmm

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Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine

Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

What're you going through, baby, and your
troubles get like mine
What're you going through, baby, and your
troubles treat like mine
Well you got nobody
that your troubles kill

Well I went to the railroad
looked it up and down
Well I went to the railroad and I
looked it up and down
I ask for nobody
but my baby to be around

Bye bye little woman
I got to leave you now
Bye bye little woman
I got to
You're tryin' to quit me
You don't even know who nor how

Tryin' to tell you, baby, your
troubles can't be like mine
Tryin' to tell you, baby, your
troubles can't be like mine
Well I haven't had none of the trouble
Lord, since I've been gone

Evil Hearted Woman Blues

Evil Hearted Woman Blues Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

I've got a little woman
And she lives upon that hill
Whooo hooo
And she lives upon that hill
Well she would already have slain me
Whooo, well it fouldn't the good master's will

She rather know I's in the sea
With a mist thrown on my back
Whooo hooo
With a mist thrown on my back
Rather than know that I've got another woman
Whooo, and I ain't goin' to take her back

She's an evil-hearted woman
And she want me out away
She's an evil-hearted woman
And she want me out away
But I know she will be happy
Whooo, when I'm six feet in the cold, cold clay

When you in love with a woman
You don't want nobody else
Whooo hooo
You don't want nobody else
When she's an evil-hearted woman
Whooo, you have to be careful yourself

Please Don't (Take 2)

Please Don't (Take 2) Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Well don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Well don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Cause if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you got beauty
And you got style
You even got a
great big smile
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you got a car
And you got a home
When you're walking but
when you are really home
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Please Don't (Take 1)

Please Don't (Take 1) Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G Blues.

Now don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Well don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you got beauty
And you got style
You got clothes, baby
With a great big smile
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

You got a car
And you got a home
When you're walking but
where you are really home
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you're liable to hear from me

Well you in society
And you played the part
Even had a oil well
drilled in your back yard
But don't put your hand
where your money ought to be
Because if you do
you'll need something for your referee

When Your Troubles Get Like Mine

When Your Troubles Get Like Mine Lyrics
by Johnny Shines
in G# / A♭ Blues.

Tell me where were you, baby, when the
blues came
Tell me where were you, baby, when my
blues came down like rain
Well deep down in my heart
there was achin' pain

Well my mother, she dead and my
father don't care for me
Well my mother, she dead and my
...
And my brother's in the army
Way out 'cross the sea

What are you going through, baby, and your
troubles get like mine
What are you going through, and your
troubles get like mine
Wanna start a big joke just to
keep myself from crying

Well my blues fell this morning
my baby say goodbye
Well my blues fell this morning
my baby say goodbye
Well I couldn't do nothing but
hang my head and cry

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