Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam
The damn thing gone wild, bam-ba-lam
She said "I'm worryin' outta mind", bam-ba-lam
The damn thing gone blind, bam-ba-lam
I said oh, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam

Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
She really gets me high, bam-ba-lam
You know that's no lie, bam-ba-lam
She's so rock steady, bam-ba-lam
And she's always ready, bam-ba-lam
A-whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam

''Get it''

Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
She's from Birmingham, bam-ba-lam
Way down in Alabam', bam-ba-lam
Well, she's shaking that thing, bam-ba-lam
Boy, she makes me sing, bam-ba-lam
A-whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam, yeah

I'm feelin' mighty lonesome
Haven't slept a wink
I walk the floor
And watch the door
And in between I drink
Black coffee
Love's a hand-me-down brew
I'll never know a Sunday
In this weekday room

I'm talking to the shadows
Of one o'clock before
And Lord how slow the months ago
When all I do is pour
Black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye
I'm hanging out on the move
My Sunday dreams to dry

Now a man is born to go lovin'
A woman's born to weep and fret
To stay home and tend her oven
And drown her past regrets
In coffee and cigarettes

I'm leavin' on the mornin'
Mournin' all the night
And in between, it's nicotine
And not much heart to fight
Black coffee
Feelin' low as the ground
It's drivin' me crazy
This waitin' for my baby
To maybe come around (2)
Pour me black coffee
And I'll come around

My nerves have gone to pieces
My hair is turning gray
All I do is drink black coffee
Since my man's gone away

From nine to four
In between I drink

Love's a hand-me-down broom

In this weekday rue

One o'clock till four
And Lord, how slow the moments go
And all I do is pour


I'm hangin' out on Monday

Now man was born to go a lovin'
But was a woman born to weep and fret
And stay at home and tend her oven

I'm moonin' all the mornin'
Moanin' all the night // And mourning all the night

And not much heart to fight
Black coffee
Feelin' low as the ground
It's drivin' me crazy
This thinkin' 'bout my baby // Just waiting for my baby // I'm waiting for my baby
Might maybe come around... around // Till he come around, till he come around
-
Come around

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101

Well, he never washed his face and he never combed his hair
He had axle grease embedded underneath his fingernails
On the muscle of his arm was a red tattoo
A picture of a heart saying, "Mother, I love you"

He had a pretty girlfriend by the name of Mary Lou
But he treated her just like he treated all the rest
And everybody pitied her 'cause everybody knew
He loved that doggone motorcycle best

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101

Mary Lou, poor girl, she pleaded and she begged him not to leave
She said, "I've got a feeling, if you ride tonight, I'll grieve"
But her tears were shed in vain and her every word was lost
In the rumble of his engine and the smoke from his exhaust

Then he took off like the devil and there was fire in his eyes
He said, "I'll go a thousand miles before the sun can rise"
But he hit a screamin' diesel that was California-bound
And when they cleared the wreckage, all they found

Was his black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
But they couldn't find the 'cycle that took off like a gun
And they never found the terror of Highway 101

Look around - tonight - there is a strange atmosphere
No sound - no light - also the moon is black
Like her - like stars - I would like to disappear
To melt in the shades - to escape my memories

The crowd is gone
And the curtains are falling down
The start is like the end
Welcome to my beautiful land - my black heaven

Like in a gothic paint, the dim sea is still - no move
Cold winds don't touch and brush my skin anymore
Now words are dead - my song is fading away
I'll close my eyes - I don't want to be myself anymore

My black heaven

® Los Bravos

1.
Black is black
I want my baby back
It's gray, it's gray
Since she went away, whoa-whoa

What can I do
'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm
I'm feelin' blue

2.
If I had my way
She'd be back today
But she don't intend
To see me again, whoa-whoa
What can I do
'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm
I'm feelin' blue

Bridge:

I can't choose
It's too much to lose
My love's too strong / / /
Wow! Maybe if she would come back to me
Then it can't go wrong

3.

Bad is bad
That I feel so sad
It's time, it's time
That I found peace of mind, whoa-whoa
What can I do
'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm
I'm feelin' blue

Bridge

1.

Coda:

'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm
I'm feelin' blue

(horns)

1.
Em
D
Em
A7 D

Em A7
D

2.

Bridge:

Em
F#m
G (G) F# F
(F) E7
A F#m B

3.

Bad is bad
That I feel so sad
It's time, it's time
That I found peace of mind, whoa-whoa
What can I do
'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm
I'm feelin' blue

Bridge

1.

Coda:

Em A7
D

(horns): F G D / / / / /

Black is black
I want my baby back
It's grey
it's grey
Since he went away o - o

What can I do
'Cause I
I'm feeling blue
If I had my way
He'd be back today
But he don't intend
To see me again o - o

What can I do
'Cause I
I'm feeling blue

I can't choose
It's too much to lose
My love's too strong
May be if he
Would come back to me
Then it can't go wrong

Black is black
. . .

What can I do
'Cause I
I'm feeling blue
'Cause I
I'm feeling blue

So fortune shine your light on me and my nose
'Cause we need some security
You get a little bad luck and it grows and it grows
I'm the black sheep of the family

I've got half a pound of rice, a beard full of lice
A mission called retrogression
I've got a pocket full of dust and eating is a must
If you want to make a good impression

So fortune shine your light on me and my dog
'Cause we need some security
While other folks are living high off the hog
I'm the black sheep of the family

Don't talk to me about society
You got to play the rules or pay the penalty
Because there's nothing to choose
Between a handful of blues
Double indemnity

All the words are wrong, and my shadow's getting long
I realise this song don't mean much
I got an ache in my head, I want to go to bed
Tomorrow I don't have to wake up, no

So wisdom shine your light on me and my knees
'Cause it's true what they say about familiarity
There's nothing good this way, it's true what they say
I'm the black sheep of the family

Oh my, wisdom shine your light on me and my knees
It's true what they say about familiarity
There's nothing good this way, it's true what they say
I'm the black sheep of the family, yeah

I'm the black sheep of the family
Just me and my dog, yeah
I'm the black sheep of the family
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm the black sheep of the family
You got me on my knees
I'm the black sheep of the family
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Oh, won't mean a thing if you're not here with me

I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas

I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me

I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white
But we'll have a blue, we'll have a blue
We'll have a blue, blue Christmas

E D E D
Blue moon
E D E D
Blue moon

E C#m F#m
Blue moon,
B7 E C#m F#m
You saw me standing alone
B7 G#m C#m F#m
Without a dream in my heart,
B7 E C#m F#m B7
Without a love of my own

Blue moon,
You knew just what I was there for,
B7 G#m C#m F#m
You heard me saying a prayer for,
B7 E A E E7
Someone I really care for

R.:
F#m B7 E E
And then there suddenly appeared before me
F#m B7 E E
The only one my heart could ever hold
E6 Dm7 Gm
I heard somebody whisper, please adore me
B F#7 B B
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon,
Now I'm no longer alone.
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my heart could ever hold
I heard somebody whisper, please adore me
B F#7 B C
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold

F D G
Blue moon,
C F D G
You saw me standing alone
C A D G
Without a dream in my heart,
C F A# F
Without a love of my own

F D# F D#
Blue.............Moon
F D# F D#
Blue.............Moon

Well it's one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready, now go cat go
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well you can knock me down, step in my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you want to do
But uh uh honey lay off of my shoes

And don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes (3)
You can do anything but stay off of my blue suede, play it again

Blue, blue, blue suede shoes (3)
You can do anything but stay off of my blue suede shoes

Blue velvet wowwow

She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet was the night
Softer than satin was the light
From the stars

She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender size
Love was ours

Eyes love I held tightly
Feelin' the rapture grow
Like a flame burning brightly
But when she left
gone was the glow of

Blue velvet
But in my heart there'll always be
Precious and warm a memory
Through the years
And I still can see blue velvet through my tears
x 2

Take me back to my boat on the river
I need to go down, I need to come down
Take me back to my boat on the river
And I won't cry out anymore

Time stands still as I gaze in the water
She eases me down, touching me gently
With the waters that flow
Past my boat on the river
So I don't cry out anymore

Oh the river is wise,
The river he touches my live like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to tranquility base
Where the frown on my face disappears

Oh the river is deep,
The river he touches my life like the waves
on the sand
And all roads lead to tranquility base,
Where the frown on my face disappears

Take me down to my boat on the river,
I need to go down, won't you let me go down
Take me back to my boat on the river
And I won't cry out anymore

(You're not a kid anymore,
You're not a kid anymore.)

When people ask of me,
'What would you like to be now that you're not a kid anymore?'
(You're not a kid anymore.)
I know just what to say,
I answer right away.
There's just one thing I've been wishing for.

I wanna be Bobby's girl,
I wanna be Bobby's girl.
That's the most important thing to me.
And if I was Bobby's girl,
If I was Bobby's girl.
What a faithful, thankful girl I'd be.

Each night I sit at home,
Hoping that he will phone.
But I know Bobby has someone else.
(You're not a kid anymore.)
Still in my heart I pray,
There soon will come the day,
When I will have him all to myself.

I wanna be Bobby's girl,
I wanna be Bobby's girl.
That's the most important thing to me.
And if I was Bobby's girl,
If I was Bobby's girl,
What a faithful, thankful girl I'd be.
What a faithful, thankful girl I'd be.
I wanna be Bobby's girl,
I wanna be Bobby's girl,
I wanna be Bobby's girl

The past has gone
The future is yet to come
Hear this

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

True born Africa I true
Cause I was born in Africa
Jah know
Say mi come from Nigeria land of oil
Land of diamond gold sugarcane
We plant cossawa & sweet potations
We have a lot of thing but no discipline discipline
That is we got from colonialism
All this was Babylon business

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

White man never give up Africa
White man never give up the business business
Why this division in Africa
Why this division in the system
It doesn't have no moral no self? conches?
Some of them went to America
Some of them went to the Carribien
Some of them died other Atlantic

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

South Africa Egypt
Livia Algeria
Zimbabwe Mozambique
Angola Rwand
Nigeria Morocco
Tunisia Ghana

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

Going back to my root
Born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa
Born in Africa

Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose, it seems so hard to bear
When I wake, and find that you're not there
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

I am just a poor boy
though my story's seldom told

I have squandered my existence for a pocketful of mumbles - such are promises:
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
and disregards the rest
mh -- mh.

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
in the company of strangers
in the quiet of a railway station
wet and scared.
Laying low
seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged
people go
looking for the places only they would know.

Lie-la-lie
...

Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job

but I get no offers

just a comeon from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare
there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
oh la la la la la la

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
and wishing I was gone
going home
where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

leading me going home
mh -- mh

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

and he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
or cut him till he cried out in his anger an his shame:
I am leaving, I am leaving!
but the fighter still remains
mh -- mh

(A-he likes bread and butter)
(A-he likes toast and jam)
(A-that's what his baby feeds him)
(A-he's her loving man)

Well, I like bread and butter
I like toast and jam
That's what baby feeds me
I'm her loving man

(A-he likes bread and butter)
(A-he likes toast and jam)
(That's what his baby feeds him)
(A-he's her loving man)

Well, she don't cook mashed potatoes
She don't cook T-bone steak
She don't feed me peanut butter
She knows that I can't take

(A-he likes bread and butter)
(A-he likes toast and jam)
(That's what his baby feeds him)
(A-he's her loving man)

No, no, no, no, more bread and butter
A-no more toast and jam
I found my baby eatin'
A-with some other man

Well, I got home early one Monday
And much to my surprise
She was eatin’ chicken and dumplin’s
A-with some other guy

(No more bread and butter)
(A-no more toast and jam)
(Found his baby eating)
(A-with some other man)

No, no, no, no
(No more bread and butter)
No, no, no, no
(A-no more toast and jam)
No, no, no, no
A-no more bread and butter
No, no, no, no
(A-no more toast and jam)
No, no, no, no
(A-no more bread and butter)

Bye
Bye, my friend, goodbye
With a lie
You forget and break it

You make it (4)

Cry
In my empty room
And we try
To forget and break it

Fly
High
And then
You make it

Bye
Bye, my friend, goodbye
With a lie
You forget and break it

You make it (4)

Do it!

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot

Take a Jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do, hey

Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear?
They gotta have 'em in Texas
'Cause everyone's a millionaire

I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph?
I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm playing my jokes upon you
While there's nothing better to do, hey

Don't you look at my girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
Never seem to get a lot
(What you got? Not a lot)

Take a Jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do, hey

When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all

I'm on your side, whoa
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you

I'll take your part, oh
When darkness comes
And pain is all around

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on, silvergirl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way

See how they shine, oh
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind!

Dear, love is a burning fire
Stay, 'cause then the flames grow higher
Babe, don't let him steel your heart
It's easy, easy

Girl, this game can't last forever
Why? Why can not live together
Try, don't let him take your love from me

You're not good, can't you see
Brother Louie, Louie, Louie
I'm in love set you free
Oh, she's only looking to me

Only love breaks her heart
Brother Louie, Louie, Louie
Only love's paradise
Oh, she's only looking to me

(Brother Louie, Louie, Louie)
(Oh, she's only looking to me)
(Oh, let it Louie)
(She is undercover)

(Brother Louie, Louie, Louie)
(Oh, doing what he's doing)
(So, leave it Louie)
('Cause I'm a lover)

Stay, 'cause this boy wants to gamble
Stay, love's more than he can handle, girl
Oh, come on stay by me forever, ever

Why does he go on pretending
That his love is never ending
Babe, don't let him steel your love from me

You're not good, can't you see
Brother Louie, Louie, Louie
I'm in love set you free
Oh, she's only looking to me

Only love breaks her heart
Brother Louie, Louie, Louie
Only love's paradise
Oh, she's only looking to me

(Brother Louie, Louie, Louie)
(Oh, she's only looking to me)
(Oh, let it Louie)
(She is undercover)

(Brother Louie, Louie, Louie)
(Oh, doing what he's doing)
(So, leave it Louie)
('Cause I'm a lover)

(Brother Louie, Louie, Louie)
(Oh, she's only looking to me)
(Oh, let it Louie)
(She is undercover)

(Brother Louie, Louie, Louie)
(Oh, doing what he's doing)
(So, leave it Louie)
('Cause I'm a lover)

(Brother Louie, Louie)
(Oh, she's only looking to me)
(Oh, let it Louie)

She was black as the night
Louie was whiter than white
Danger, danger when you taste brown sugar
Louie fell in love overnight

Nothing bad, it was good
Louie had the best girl he could
When he took her home to meet his mama and papa
Louie knew just where he stood

Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie
Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-I
Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie
Louie, Louie you're gonna cry

There he stood in the night
Knowing what's wrong from what's right
He took her home to meet his mama and papa
Man, he had a terrible fight

Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie
Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-I
Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie
Louie, Louie you're gonna cry

Louie nearly caused a scene
Wishin' it was a dream
Ain't no difference if you're black or white
Brothers you know what I mean

R. х 2

Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie
Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-I
Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie

Are you ready for some Bongo-Slongo? (2)
Let's go! Let's go!

Get down, Check The Sound! (2)

Buckle up and Chuggeluck (aha)
Roling, roling till you drop (Chuggle up now)
Buckle up and Chuggeluck
Rap it up and rock,
Do the Chuggeluck!

Chuggeluck, the beat is on (aha aha aha)

Buckle up and Chuggeluck [bad word] on!
Roling, ... Do the Chuggeluck!

You feel the shocks in your brain
You wanna feel it again,
We got the groove,
Chuggleuck!
Blue Chips are backin' we are ready
To attack, you've got to move,
Chuggeluck!

Buckle up and Chuggeluck (push it push it)
Roling roling till you drop (push it in the dancehall)
Buckle up ... Do the Chuggeluck!

You got the ants in your feet
Because we give you the beat (year)
You 've got to groove,
Chuggeluck!

You know we put into mike,
what you really like
You've got to move,
Chuggeluck! (2)

Buckle up and Chuggeluck (Buckleup!)
Roling roling till you drop (Aha!)
Buckle up and Chuggeluck (Year!)
Rap it up and rock, do the chuggeluck!

Mongo Slongo,
Let's go!
Buckle up!! (2)
Buckle up 'n Chuggeluck (4)

Buckle up and Chuggeluck (ah!) ... do the Chuggeluck! (Aha aha ahaaha)

Buckle up and Chuggeluck
Roling roling till you drop (aha aha)
Buckle up ... Do the Chuggeluck!

Year!

Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
'Please share my umbrella'
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows,
Under my umbrella

All that summer, we enjoyed it
For wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August she was mine

Every morning I would see her
Waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shop
And she would show me what she bought

All the people stared
As if we were both quite insane
Some day my name
And hers are going to be the same

That's the way the whole thing started
Silly but it's true,
Thinking of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue

<solo>

Every morning ... to be the same

Bus stop, wet day, ... she was mine

All that summer ... he was mine

My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I'm busted
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day
The county's gonna haul my belongings away 'cause I'm busted.

I went to my brother to ask for a loan 'cause I was busted
I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted
My brother said there ain't a thing I can do,
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
And I was just thinking about calling on you 'cause I'm busted.

Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong when he's busted
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm busted
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow,
Me and my family got to pack up and go,
But I'll make a living, just where I don't know 'cause I'm busted.

I'm broke, no bread, I mean like nothing, It's over

Change everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead

Best,
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And use this chance to be heard
Your time is now

Change ... are ahead

Best, ... Your time is now

Don't let yourself down
Don't let yourself go
Your last chance has arrived

Best, ... Your time is now

Bye bye love;
Bye bye happiness,
Hello loneliness;
I think I'm gonna cry.
Bye bye love;
Bye bye sweet caress;
Hello emptiness;
I feel like I could die;
Bye bye my love, goodbye.

There goes my baby
With someone new.
She sure looks happy,
I sure am blue.
She was my baby;
Till he stepped in.
Goodbye to romance
That might have been.

Bye bye love;
Bye bye happiness;
Hello loneliness;
I think I'm gonna cry.
Bye bye love;
Bye bye sweet caress.
Hello emptiness;
I feel like I could die.
Bye bye my love, goodbye

I'm through with romance;
I'm through with love
I'm through with counting;
The stars above
And here's the reason
That I'm so free;
My loving baby;
Is through with me

Bye bye love;
Bye bye happiness;
Hello loneliness;
I think I'm gonna cry
Bye bye love;
Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness;
I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love, goodbye

1. In the dark of night
Those small hours
Uncertain and anxious
I need to call you

Rooms full of strangers
Some call me friend
But I wish you were close to me

2) In the dark of the night
Those small hours
I drift away
When I'm with you

R.: In the dark of the night
By my side
In the dark of the night
By my side (3)
I wish you were here (2)

3) Here comes the clown
His face is a wall
No window
No air at all

R. x2

Those faces they haunt me
I wish you were so close to me
Yes I wish you were
By my side