Keep Going (feat. Tony Joe White) - Boozoo Bajou

I've been laying low Living in the shadows Spending time alone Conversations with the wall Hanging on I'm just trying to matter And I remain Trying to make some sense of it all I've been here before I'm familiar with the pain But I ain't running no more there's one thing changed Ain't going down this time This time I ain't going down Like an undertow I feel the promise of the nighttime But I've been down that road And my search came to an end I hit the motherload Enough blues for a lifetime Now I'm digging deep inside Trying to find my way back again You know you've entered the danger zone When you look in the eyes and there's no one home Ain't going down this time This time I ain't going down Deep in the night I miss a woman's touch The fire burns strong And I'm drawn to the flame But I pay the price When I get caught up in the heartbeat And passion flows Unrestrained No one left to blame I'm faced with the truth And it's all too plain when there's nothing left to lose Ain't going down this time This time I ain't goin

Yeah Workin' real hard, about 50 a week Always had a job but I couldn't find no winnin' streak No, no Put a little money in my pocket The rest down in my boot I may be a poor man But I always got some loot I got boot money I got boot money Workin' real hard, about 50 a week Always had a job but I couldn't find no winnin' streak Put a little money in my pocket The rest down in my boot May be a poor man but I always got some loot I got boot money I got boot money I got boot money I got boot money Boot money Boo-boo-boot money I got boot-

Now some of y'all never been down South too much I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this So that you'll understand What I'm talking about Down there we have a plant that grows out In the woods and the fields Looks somethin' like a turnip green Everybody calls it Polk salad, polk salad, huh Used to know a girl that lived down there and She'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it Carry it home and cook it for supper 'Cause that's about all they had to eat But they did all right Down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean There lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her mama was working on a chain-gang A mean business woman Now, everyday 'fore supper time She'd go down by the truck patch And pick her a mess o' Polk salad And carry it home in a tote sack Polk salad Annie The gators got you granny (Chomp, chomp, chomp) Everybody said it was a shame Cause her mama was a-workin' on a chain gang A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman Lord have mercy, pick a mess of it Her daddy was lazy and no count Claimed he had a bad back All her brothers were fit for Was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch Polk salad Annie The gators got your granny (Woo hoo) Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her mama was a-working on a chain gang Sock a little polk salad to me Know I need a mess of it Ooh, good God Got to have me