Blues

Born Under A Bad Sign,
Been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
Wouldn't have no luck at all

Bad luck and trouble
Been my only friend
Ive been down ever since I was ten

Born Under a Bad sign
Been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for real bad luck
If it wasn't for real Bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all

Swimming in, lord, the deep blue sea.
I'd have a, all you pretty women,
fishin' after me, fishin' after me,
fishin' after me. Yeah.
Ohh yeah, ohh yeah, ohh yeah, ohh yeah.

When I went down, my girlfriends house.
And I sat down, lord, on her front step.
And she said a, come in now Jimi.
My husband just now left, just now left.
Ohh yeah, ohh yeah, ohh yeah, ohh yeah.

Well there's two, two trains runnin',
but there's not one, lord, that's goin' my way.
You know there's a one train runnin' at midnight.
Other one leave just for a day,
leave just for a day.
Ohh yeah, ohh yeah, ohh yeah, ohh yeah.

I'm a voodoo chile
Lord I'm a voodoo chile
Yeah
I'm not sayin'

The night I was born
Lord, the moon turned a fire red
I said the night I was born
The moon turned a fire red

My poor mother cried
She said "the gypsy was right"
And I she fell right dead
Right on the floor there
Hey

And I said fly on
Fly on because I'm a voodoo chile, baby
Voodoo chile

Mama
Mama hasn't...take one
Oh ooo yeah
Whoo ooh ooh yeah
Yeah

Everything's gonna be alright this mornin'
Have mercy

Ow wah
Wow wowwa wowwa

Hey
When I was a young boy
Right about the age of five, I think
I had a certain kinda problem
Keepin' my folk alive
Now I'm a man, made 21
You now baby, we'll have whole lots of fun
'Cause I'm a man, spelled 'M'
'A' child, 'N' boy

Dididdy diddy
Dididdy diddy

Hey
All you pretty woman
Stand in line
I'll make love to you
Always time
I'm not shootin'
Will never miss
The way I make love
takes care of you
'Cause I'm a man
Spelled 'M'
'A' child, now
'N'
Oh me
'N' child
Anna na na na

Doodoodoo doody
Doodoodoo doody
Whoo

Uh uh an uh uhha

'Cause I'm a man

Yeah

'Cause I'm a man, child
I said I'm a man, here me say
'Cause I'm a man, babe
I said I'm a man
Yeah baby

Yeah

I'm goin' down south
To Kansas, to...bring back my second cousin
Little John the Choncheroe
'Cause I'm a man
What fun we had
Chasin' rabbits
In the sand
Hey hey hey
Hey!

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah it's about the time we'd like to present you to the Electric Church
And if baby are you all listening to our notes
Here in our, our scenes, you know, playing
Instead of rapping like I am now...
Then maybe, uh, this is good enough, really babe
Let´s take the sound
It's all freedom!

There's a Red House over yonder, baby
That's where my baby stays
Lord, there's a Red House over yonder, baby
Lord, that's where my baby stays

I ain't been home to see my baby
In about a ninety-nine and one half days
'Bout time I see her
Wait a minute something's wrong, babe
Lord, this key won't unlock this door

Wait a minute something's wrong
Wait a minute something's wrong baby
Wait a minute something's wrong
Lord, have mercy, this key won't unlock this door

Well, I wait around the train station
Waitin' for that train
Waitin' for the train, yeah
Take me home, yeah
From this lonesome place
Well, now a while lotta people put me down a lotta changes
My girl had called me a disgrace

Dig
The tears burnin'
Tears burnin' me
Tears burnin' me
Way down in my heart
Well, you know it's too bad, little girl,
It's too bad
Too bad we have to part (have to part)

Dig
Gonna leave this town, yeah
Gonna leave this town
Gonna make a whole lotta money
Gonna be big, yeah
Gonna be big, yeah
I'm gonna buy this town
I'm gonna buy this town
An' put it all in my shoe
Might even give a piece to you
That's what I'm gonna do,
What I'm gonna do,
What I'm gonna do