Blow Top Blues / Jelly Jelly Blues / Long John Blues - Esther Phillips

You say you love me darlin' Please, call me on the phone sometimes You say you love me darlin' Please, call me on the phone sometimes When i hear your voice You'le know it ease my worried mind One of these days I show you how' nice a man can be One of these days I'm gonna show you just how nice a man can be I'm gonna buy you a brand new Cadillac If you only speak some good words about me Hear my phone ringin' You'le know sounds like a long distance call Hear my phone ringin' You'le know sounds like a long distance call When i picked up my receiver The party said, there's another mule kickin' in your stall

Did you ever hear the story about Long John Dean? A bold bank robber from Bowlin' Green They put him in the jail house the other day And late last night he made his getaway He's long gone from old Kentucky Long gone, got away lucky. He's Long gone, that's what I mean Long gone from Bowlin' Green Well They offered a reward to bring him back They even put the bloodhounds on his track But the doggone bloodhounds lost his scent And nobody knows where Long John went He's long gone from old Kentucky Long gone, got away lucky. He's Long gone, that's what I mean Long gone from Bowlin' Green Well I never will forget till the day I die I played a game of Love with a woman held high Well its heads she wins and tails I Lose Well she played the ace and I had the duce But I's long gone from old Kentucky Long gone, got away lucky. I's Long gone, that's what I mean Long gone from Bowlin' Green I's long gone from old Kentucky Long gone, go-on and get lucky I's Long gone, that's what I mean Long gone from Bowlin' Green

(By McKinley Morganfield) When the sun rose this morning, I didn't have my baby by my side. When the sun rose this morning, I didn't have my baby by my side. I don't know where she was, I know she's out with some another guy. Don't the sun look lonesome shading down behind the trees? Don't the sun look lonesome shading down behind the trees? But don't your house look lonesome when your baby's packed to leave? Blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me. Blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me. Well you know if I don't soon find her, I will be in misery. Goodbye baby, that is all I have left to say. Goodbye baby, that is all I have left to say. But you have lost your good thing, go ahead and have your own way.

I done ran into my baby And finally found my old blue jean I done ran into my baby And finally found my old blue jean Well, I could tell that they was mine From the oil and the gasoline Are you with us tonight? That's a good thing 'cause this is where it gets cold-blooded The girl walked up to the house, opened up my drawer and stole my blue jeans But that's all right 'Cause I was standing there right behind her, told her to put 'em on And I said, "Why, babe?" "Why did you steal my blue jeans?" "Why'd you steal my blue jeans?" Well, I gotta confess something to you tonight Y'all ready for this? She sure looked good in those blue jeans

How long, baby how long Has that evening train been gone? How long, how how long, baby how long? Went to the station, didn't see no train Down in my heart, I have an aching pain How long, how how long, baby how long? I feel disgusted, I feel so bad Thinking 'bout the good time that I once had had How long, how how long, baby how long? I could see the green grass growing on the hill; I ain't seen no greenback on a dollar bill How long, how how long, baby how long? You're gonna be sorry you feel so blue When you want me, baby, I declare I want, want you How long, how how long, baby how long? Don't have no money for to ride the train I would ride the rugs, baby, to be with you again How long, how how long, baby how long? How long, baby how long Must I keep my, my watching point? How long, how how long, baby how long?

Take one step And make it count Hold your breath then let it out What's left unsaid, say it loud There's a fire in me That's still burning I'm sending out a searchlight Shine it out until I find you, oh Can you bring me back to life When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like To be surrounded by you, oh So I'm sending out a searchlight To bring you back to me I'm lost again in this night The sun just leads me into shadows In my bones, in my blood You cure my disease Like a remedy I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) Shine it out until I find you, ohh Can you bring me back to life (to life) When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like (it's like) To be surrounded by you, oh So I'm sending out a searchlight To bring you back to me Like a wild river, in a hurricane Like a fallen empire, I will rise again Take one step, and make it count I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) Shine it out until I find you, oh Can you bring me back to life (to life) When my heart's in smithereens I wanna feel what it's like (it's like) To be surrounded by you, ohh So I'm sending out a searchlight (searchlight) To bring you back to me

Right now I need an escape From this gravity that holds me down We gotta leave here today 'Cause insanity is all around 'Cause we're works of art We're fallin' stars We're fire waiting for a spark Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down It's getting harder to breathe In this atmosphere, from these dizzy heights With you closer to me, we can disappear In this endless night 'Cause we're works of art We're fallin' stars We're fire waiting for a spark Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna touch the ground No, we're never gonna touch the ground If you follow me in this mystery We can swim inside these clouds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down I'm not giving up, giving up We're so high Won't you look at us, look at us? Tonight Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down No, we're never gonna come down Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna touch the ground No, we're never gonna touch the ground If you follow me in this mystery We could swim inside these crowds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down If you follow me in this mystery We could swim inside these crowds Yeah, we're gonna be miles up, up, up No, we're never gonna come down, no