Benny Guitar Carr - Out Of The Blue
1. Everybody Needs Good Times
2. When I Get Low
3. Saturday Night Special
4. Because of My Baby I Stay Drunk All The Time
5. You Ain't Good Looking Enough To Be That Bossy
6. I Got Wise
7. You Don't Know Nothing About Romance
8. Cure For Love
9. I Always Lose When I Play Your Game
10. One Way Traffic
11. Now That You Got Me
12. She Don't Sing No More
1. Everybody Needs Good Times
I've got gravel in my stomach
Grit in my eye
Still I know I'm gonna
Get my good times
Everybody needs good times
Everybody needs good times
Because once you've had your good time
Nobody can take it away
I've got the kind of debt
No honest man can pay
Still I know
I'm gonna find a way
Everybody needs good times
Everybody needs good times
Because once you've had your good time
Nobody can take it away
You might lose everything
Your integrity too
But there's one thing in life
you should never lose
Grab yourself a beer
And put the juke box on
Talking about good times
I'm gonna get me some
Everybody needs good times
Everybody needs good times
Because once you've had your good time
Nobody can take it away
2. When I Get Low
My fur got stole
but, lord ain't it cold
But I'm not gonna holler
'cause I still got a dollar
And when I get low
Oooo I get high
My man walked out
Now you know that ain’t right
but He better watch out
If I see him tonight
and when I get low
Oooo I get high
All the bad luck in this town surrounds me (maybe you have this bit right)
Nobody knows how troubles all crowd around me
I’m all alone
With no-one to pet me
But that old rocking chair
Ain’t never gonna get me
‘cause when I get low
Oooo I get high
All the bad luck in this town surrounds me
Nobody knows how troubles all crowd around me
I’m all alone
With no-one to pet me
with the old rocking chair
Ain’t gonna get me
‘cause when I get low
Oooo I get high
3. Saturday Night Special
Tonight I could wrestle the devil,
I feel I just can't lose
Go on out and find me some fallen angel
To help me with these lowdown blues
She be knowin' bout the lowdown blues
Chorus:
I got me a Saturday night special
In case things should get too rough
I've been laid back too long
I believe I've had enough
Well I can't get the man to call a taxi
He could take me way downtown
Well I'm gonna fire up my Lincoln instead
Throw my money around, won't it look good downtown
Chorus
Keep me away from the lawyer
Keep me away from the noose
Keep me away from the businessman
Give me the lowdown blues
Stepped on my Gucci shoes
Chorus
4. Drunk all the time
Because of my baby
I stay drunk all the time...
Because of my baby
I stay drunk all the time...
Half a pint of whisky
Half a bottle of gin
But its a pretty little girl
Put me in the shape I’m in
Because of my baby
I stay out late every night…
Because of my baby
I stay out late every night…
I drink to remember
To try to forget
Here’s to the future
Now no regrets
I've been drunk
But not like this before
My baby done left me
Sipping whiskey face flat on the floor
Because of my baby
I stay drunk all the time...
Because of my baby
I stay drunk all the time...
5. You Ain’t Good Looking Enough To Be That Bossy
I got a woman at home who likes to boss me
I got a boss man who likes to tell me what to do
I got shackles around my ankles
And a shovel to dig my whole day through
I feel just like a prisoner
Who’s nearly gone out of his mind
There’s a watchtower in the corner
I’ve got surveillance all the time
I’ve tried to love and respect you
But you’ve just treated me like some sort of easy prey
You’ve pushed it way to hard
And you’ve misused the friendship card
Now I got something of my own I’d like to say
You ain’t good looking enough to be that bossy
You ain’t good looking enough to that cruel
If you looked like Doris Day
I’d do anything you’d say
But you ain’t good looking enough and that’s for sure
6. I Got Wise
I got wise I ain’t gonna fool no more
I got wise I ain’t gonna fool no more
I got a low down feeling
I’ve been down these roads before
I got wise I ain’t gonna fool no more
I got wise I ain’t gonna fool no more
I got a low down feeling
I’ve been down these roads before
You drink and gamble
All nightlong
You're just trying to win back
Some unhappy home
I got wise
I got wise
I got wise pretty baby
I ain’t gonna fool no more
Sometimes I wonder
What really turns you on?
The only time you seem happy
Is when you're doing me wrong
I got wise
I got wise
I got wise pretty baby
I ain’t gonna fool no more
7. You Know Nothing About Romance
It’s too late for flowers
Too late for a diamond ring
The only time my girl speaks to me
Is to whisper sweet nothings with an awful sting
I took you out on a date
I turned up right on time
Then you had to fuss and complain
Just because I left my money behind
And you said you don’t know anything about romance
You don’t get love at all
You don’t know anything about romance
You’re doomed for an awful fall
Well I’ve tried to romance you
I played you a song on my guitar
Sang you a sweet melody
About all you no good women and how you broke my heart
You don’t know anything about romance
You don’t get love at all...
You don’t get love at all!
Remember we had fun
And had a drink or two
But things just have never been the same
Since I picked up your handbag and accidentally puked
You said you don’t know anything about romance
You don’t get love at all...
You don’t get love at all!
8. Cure For Love
If you’re looking for a cure for love
I think it’s hard to find
And there are much easier ways
If you really want to lose your mind
I’m not searching for a diamond ring
I’m not searching for flowers for a fair heart to bring
I’m sick and tired, I’ve had enough
I’m searching for a cure for love
Love romance passion desire
Leads you to heaven or into the fire
An obsession that can drive you insane
Play tricks with your heart & fool with your brain
Chorus
I was searching endlessly
Research in the laboratory
Looking for a cure to lift this curse
That was making my life hell on Earth
Love, love searching for a cure for love
Love, love searching for a cure for love
I asked the doctor to look inside my mind
To see what evil he trouble he could find
Because this loves a disease and it’s making me sick
An illusion of the mind, natures trick
Middle
I went to see a Voodoo Queen
To break this spell and set me free
She looked deep into my eyes
A cure for love will come at a price
Regret, loneliness for the rest of your days
Love makes you sad, love makes you mad
But love in your heart should always stay
9. I lose when I play your game
You’ve sure got a lot of nerve
To call yourself my friend
Because when the chips are down
That’s when the friendship ends
Oh baby it’s a low down dirty shame
I can’t win with the cards I’m holding
I always lose when I play your game
Can’t you remember
The way things used to be?
Just like king Arthurs Jester
You were making a fool out of me
Oh baby things always be that way
I ain’t a sore loser but
I always lose when I play your game
You through me out to sea
And thought that I would drown
But now I’m back from the dead
To put you in the ground
I warned you and now you’ve got a debt to pay
I ain’t a sore loser but
I always lose when I play your game
10. One Way Traffic
One way traffics going all around this town
Sometimes your up but most time your down
One way traffics going all around mind
Come on pretty baby don't you treat me unkind
One way traffics going all around this town
Sometimes your up but most time your down
Got into a fight with my friend Maurice
How was I to know he was the chief of police?
Sitting in a prison cell all night long
I was wondering what the hell
I'd done wrong
One way traffics going all around this town
Sometimes your up but most time your down
One way traffic keeps the rich 'rich'
One way traffic makes a son of a bitch
It would be nice to have some equality
Instead of living like a slave who's trying to break free
One way traffics going all around this town
Sometimes your up but most time your down
11. Now That You Got Me
My baby she made a voodoo doll
Especially for me
She sticks needles in my heart
She knows how to make me plead
I m her slave
I work for her the whole day through
I m stuck in this web
She s in my head
And now I m screaming until my face is blue
Now that you got me
What are you intending to do?
Now that you got me
Honey won t you be true?
Because love s a cruel disposition
That can make you feel like a fool
I may be held captive
But I don’t want to break free
Sometimes I see my get away
But she means too much to me
Ask me why I stay
And I really haven’t a clue
I’d cook in a pot
For what she’s got
And I’m screaming until my face is blue
First you say it’s on
Then you say it’s off
You say you want a little more of my love
Then you tell me you had enough
You’ve got me spinning round
All about this room
One minute I’m high as a kite
The next minute I’m feeling blue
12. She Don't Sing No More
She don't sing no more
She don't call no more
Don't fall no more
Don't dance no more
She's dead
She don't stay up no more
She's not thin no more
Don't grin no more
She don't laugh no more
She don't wake up no more
She don't stay up no more
She don't shout no more
She not about no more
Hair nor brown no more
She's not around no more
To see me no more
To be eye to eye
She's dead
She don't breathe no more
She don't believe no more
She not home no more
She don't grieve no more
It's a moving train
It don't stop no where
It don't go no where
It goes on and on
Moving carriage
On i it and can't get off it
My Great Escape
I can't wait to make my great escape
Get out of here before it's too late
I've been thinking about the girl
Who makes my temperature rise
Honey don't you know?
You're a site for sore eyes
I feel like a prisoner
Who's done his time
I need to get out of here
Before it's a crime
I've told my guard
And I've told my keeper
Love like ours
Doesn't get any deeper
I'm a man who can write his own fate
So I'm making my great escape
I got a Rita Hayworth poster up in my room
And I'm digging my way out with a rusty old spoon
Digging so hard, digging so deep
Digging so much I can't get any sleep
I can't wait to make my great escape
Take my girl on a date
Break away from
These ball and chains
Ride like a sheik
Across the dessert plains
When I get to you honey, I'll be in some sort of shape
After I've made my great escape
I can't wait to make my great escape
Get out of here wearing my cape
I feel like a prisoner
Who’s been set up and framed
My hearts been locked up
Since you've be gone
Bars in my window
And I'm all alone
You're a work of art
But I don't want you in The Tait
So I'm making my great escape
Someone’s come along & rattled cage
Someone’s rattled my cage
Feels like I’m chained
To an longstanding obligation
How the hell am I gonna get out of this situation?
I’ve got a Rita Hayworth poster
Up in my room
Digging my way out
With some rusty old spoon
But it seems like my bad lucks
Giving me a standing ovation
How the hell am I gonna get out of this situation?
How the hell am I gonna get out of this situation?
How the hell am I’m gonna get back to where I once came?
I need to break free of these chains
And make my great escape
You treated me low
Treated me bad
Treated me like an
Absolute cad
Honey it gives me
So much frustration
How the hell am I gonna get out of this situation?
