Songs from this album are from several periods of time, ranging from 1979 Every Whichaway to 1985 Nuclear Wind to 1995 Warm Nagoya Rain to recent stuff such as the Flusteration Blues.  The project was started in Iowa City summer 2003 at Petting Zoo studios with additional tracks added at Lights Studios in Gokiso by Ishisan(Noji engineering) and a duet with Koichiro Taniguchi recorded in Nagoya at Lights 2 in Moriyama.
 

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Flusteration Blues  copyright 2000 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Sometimes she says, " Yes!".  When she really means, "No!".  / Sometimes she says, "Stop!", when she really means "Go man! Go man! Go!" / I'm so confused, I got the Flusteration Blues / She says, "Come on over here!" Then she says, "Please stay away!" / It's so unnerving, I never know what she's going to say / I'm so confused, I got the Flusteration Blues / Talk is cheap, honey have you heard?  When it comes to making love, in-action is louder than words / Sometimes she will and then she won't / Sometimes she says, "Do that again!" and then she says "Don't Baby, Don't Baby Don't !"/ I'm so confused, I got the Flusteration Blues / Make up your mind, did you read the front page news?  When you mix rejection with love and affection, you give a poor boy the blues / Some times she says, "Unh unh Honey!", Then she says, "Alright!".  Then she says, "Slow Down Papa!, You know we got all night!" / I'm so confused I got the flusteration...so confused, I'm filled with consternation.  So confused I got the Flusteration Blues.

I'm So Glad  copyright 1988 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
chorus: / I'm so glad baby, to be here with you / I'm so glad baby, to be here with you / After some consideration don't you feel the same way too? / I'm s'posed to be with somebody else tonight / I'm s'posed to be with somebody else tonight / After some consideration what I know is wrong seems right / Cuz you make me feel so young / You make me feel brand new / You make me feel like the man I am / Can this last a whole life through? / chorus: / Cuz you make me feel so warm / And you make me feel so strong / You make me feel like the man I am / Can this last our whole life long? / chorus:

Thin on Top, Thick in the Middle  copyright 1989 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Time goes by and people change / Their features start to rearrange / The question is, when does it stop? / Gettin' thick in the middle and thin on top / Thin on top, thick in the middle / Used to be a lot, but now there's not much more than a little / Used to be a little round the middle, / But now there's quite a lot / Gettin' thick in the middle and thin on top / Every morning in the mirror  / The direct effect of food and beer / I exercise until I drop / Still I'm thick in the middle and thin on top / Thin on top, thick in the middle / Used to be a lot, but now there's not much more than a little / Used to be a little round the middle, / But now there's quite a lot / Gettin' thick in the middle and thin on top/ Father Time just isn't fair / He erased my waist now he's takin my hair / But I'll keep movin' till I drop / Even though I'm thick in the middle and thin on top / Thin on top, thick in the middle / Used to be a lot, but now there's not much more than a little / Used to be a little round the middle, / But now there's quite a lot / Gettin' thick in the middle and thin on top / Now my beard is turning gray / The girls all look the other way / Your sex appeal sure gets the the chop when you’re / Thick in the middle and thin on top  / Thin on top, thick in the middle / Used to be a lot, but now there's not much more than a little / Used to be a little round the middle, / But now there's quite a lot / Gettin' thick in the middle and thin on top

The Trouble Is Money  copyright 1991 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
The trouble is money,  / Don't have a penny to my name / Lately I been  thinking, / We pay a price to roll the dice and play the game / I told her ten times that I loved her, / But she just rolled her big blue eyes / If I could cross her palm with silver, / She'd lead me up to paradise / I don't have the dime in diamond / So she don't have the time / In these days of dark depression / A poor man could turn to crime / There is no more unemployment / No more lunch for free / On a list I'm a statistic / What about my dignity ? / The trouble is money,  / Don't have a penny to my name / Lately I been  thinking, / We pay a price to roll the dice and play the game / In these days of desolation, / A poor man don't stand a chance / No fiscal consolation  / No money for romance / Looking in the bins for bottles / Picking cans to change for cash / People giving me the fisheye, / Looking at me like I'm trash / The trouble is money,  / Don't have a penny to my name / Lately I been  thinking, / We pay a price to roll the dice and play the game

Country Boy (Kantori Boi) copyright 1993 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson     
(translated from Japanese lyrics written by Koichiro Taniguchi)
Sunset glowing red out in the western sky / Lighting up like fire on the golden hay / I’m just sitting smokin' one last cigarette / Waiting on the ending of the day / chorus: / Gazing at the town where I was raised,  / I know every name and every face / People, I’m just  gonna keep on loving this old place / I’m a country boy / Old man from the mountain, a machete in his hand / Fills his pipe, but don’t have much to say / His face is peaceful joy as he inspects his land / His paddy will be ripe in one more day / chorus: / A place without no seasons, ain’t the place for me / A country boy deserves a country life / I want to live forever in this quiet peaceful land / Surrounded by my friends and my lovin’ wife / chorus:
Japanese refrain:       umare sodata machi o bonyari nagame     kono machiyo aishi tsuzukeru dara o oirai kantori boi

Shanghai Mama  copyright 2003 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Shanghai Mama  silk skirt slit so high / Shanghai Mama  a little flash of Shanghai thigh / Girl, you move me with the way you walk / make an old man gape and gawk / turn me on with that Chinese tonal talk / Shanghai Mama / Shanghai Mama, girl you make me blue / Shanghai Mama, baby what you trying to do / Can't understand a single thing you say / Do you want me to walk your way? / Could this be my lucky day? / Shanghai Mama / Concrete canyons of New Pudong /Neon  street called Mao Ming Lu / Shanghai Mama got me going / Got me wondering what to do / Shanghai Mama / Skin like China snow / Shanghai Mama / Got that opalescent glow / Gaze at me with almond eyes and promises of paradise / Oriental ornamental mesmerizing tantalizing Shanghai Mama

The Warm Nagoya Rain  copyright 1995 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
 Puddles soak my feet / As I stumble down the street / In the warm Nagoya rain / Petals on the ground / Pink snow that might be found / In some fantasy terrain / The branches bent and cried, the blossoms fell and died / Committing suicide / In the warm Nagoya rain / Memory fills my head and / I think of what she said / Before I boarded the aeroplane / She said, "I'd like to go with you / There ain't much for me to do / In the warm Nagoya rain." / She said, "Please don't be beguiled / By some oriental child / Who might beckon with a smile / In that warm Nagoya rain" / I guess I laughed out loud / Some people in the crowd / Turn and stare at me as if I were insane / I stand out like a thumb and / I wonder why I've come so far / To this warm Nagoya rain / But the sounds and sights 'n the neon lights / Make me feel all right / In that warm Nagoya rain / Driver nods his head / Doesn't understand the words I said / In the warm Nagoya rain / But he really doesn't care, / To him I'm just another fare / To him, we all look the same / The door swings open wide / I make a dash inside to hide my head / From the warm Nagoya rain / Folks are waiting there and / They find an empty chair / Out of the warm Nagoya rain / The room fills up with sound as / We pass our songs around and / Drown our blues in sweet refrain / The music fills my heart and / I start to think I'm now a part of / The warm Nagoya rain / Winging through the sky, / 10,000 meters high / To the place I now call home / I know she's waiting for me / Like a thousand times before / Each time I felt the need to roam / In my eyes the message plain / In my heart a part remains /Of the passion and the pleasure and the pain / Of the warm Nagoya rain

Every Little Which Away  copyright 1988   Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
You got that reputation baby, I spose its all true / Oh, mama when you walk that way there's nothing I can do except sing / chorus: / Hey, hey, hey, hey / You got me jumpin' up and down and running round and round / Goin every little which away / They warned me 'bout your habits said that you're no good, / But when you smile your crazy smile / My whole heart turns to wood and I sing / chorus: / bridge:  / Mamma says you're crazy, daddy says you're lazy / Uncle says he seen you do the do / Sister says you're chunky, brother says you're funky / But I love to watch you dance that hootchie-koo / In spite of all they tell me, that stuff don't mean a thing / I see those lovely legs of yours, bells begin to ring and I sing/ chorus:

Nuclear Wind  copyright 1985 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Nuclear wind blows nobody any good / Nuclear wind everybody knocks on wood / Open your eyes there is poison in the skies that you can't see / Open your mind while there's still a little time for you and me / Chemical clouds fill the skies with acid rain / Pull out the plug watch the world swirl down the drain / Open your heart, everybody has a part in sanity / Open your mind while there's still a little time for you and me / Rivers of fire, fish with bellies to the sky / When will they tire of watching nature die / Open your ears listen to our fears for all humanity / Open your mind while there's still a little time for you and me

Run Downtown  copyright 1989 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Hey Hey Honey, who you trying to kid / Hey Hey Honey, who you trying to kid /  I ain't no fool I know just what you did / You cheat on me and run behind my back / You cheat on me and run behind my back/ Is it what he's got or is it what I lack? / I'm gonna run run run, I'm gonna run, run, run, I'm gonna run downtown and have my self some fun / You smile at me but watch him in the mirror / You smile at me but watch him in the mirror / Lately you been drinking out of everybody's glass of beer /  I'm gonna run run run, I'm gonna run, run, run, I'm gonna run downtown and have my self some fun / I got the blues so bad it hurts my mouth to talk / I got the blues so bad it hurts my mouth to talk / Blues so bad it hurts my feet to walk so / I'm gonna run run run, I'm gonna run, run, run, I'm gonna run downtown and have my self some fun

Small Town Boy  copyright 1980 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
She said, hey, hey honey, do you wanna go out? / I got somethin here could make you jump and shout / A little high class love could make you feel all right / You just a small town boy wide-eyed in the bright city lights / Buildings so tall that they touch the sky / Dust in my face and dirt in my eye / It feels all wrong but it feels all right / To be a small town boy wide-eyed in the bright city lights / Ma, there's people here just layin in the street / Lookin at me like I'm somethin' good to eat / And I know I should leave Mama, but I want to stay / Hey, cab driver, don't drive so slow / I got things to do, got places to go / It's a New York City evening, a New York City night / I'm just a small town boy wide-eyed in the bright city lights

One Last Kiss  copyright 2001 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
 One last kiss Just before I go / One goodbye kiss before I walk out the door / Darling can't you grant me this / One last kiss / One last kiss Then I'll just walk away / One final kiss I guess there's nothing left to say / Darling can't you grant me this / One last kiss / Although I treated you badly / And sometimes our love was intense / I never intended this romance to be ended / I acted in sad self-defense / One last kiss Can this really be the end? / A single kiss I thought you'd always be my friend / Darling can't you grant me this / One last kiss / Now that the last bridge is burning / On a road running only one way / Is it asking too much for one final touch? / A remembrance of our final day / One last  kiss / Though there's no more game to play / One goodbye kiss Perhaps we'll meet again someday / How did it come to this? / One last kiss