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Stray Dog Blues  copyright 1975 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson   Laying on the curb just soakin' up the rain / Shakin' from the fever and the chill and the pain / Feelin' so abused, mistreated and misused / He got the stray dog blues / Pain in his back and an aching in his leg / Got a hunger in his belly but he's too proud to beg / No choices left to choose lot of nothin' left to lose / Got the stray dog blues / Tonight, I'm feelin' like a worn-out hound / Like a runaway refugee escapin' from the pound / Won't somebody bring me home, give the poor boy a bone / I got the stray dog blues

I Love a Little Lady  copyright 1975 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
I love a little lady living down the street / She’s so fine (one of a kind) you know she can’t be beat / She got nice long legs, they kinda reach down to the floor / Monkey lust comes over me when she walks by my door / Sometimes she smiles at me, I think I might have a chance / She turns around, gives me a frown and terminates our romance / I need her love, to make my life complete / I love a little lady living down the street / I’d like to get next to her / I’m sitting here wearing these old blue jeans, she’s in diamonds and fur / Just when I think that I might have the upper hand / I come to call, she starts to stall and slams the door again / I need her love, to make my life complete / I love a little lady living down the street

Gypsy Roses  (Instrumental)  copyright 1991 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson

What Got Wrong With You?  copyright 1991 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Ooee, honey what got wrong with you? / Ooee, honey what got wrong with you?
Took all my money, you ran off with someone new / Ooee, what got wrong with our romance? / Ooee, what got wrong with our romance? / The lying and the cheating our love did not stand a chance / I got you an apartment, fancy clothes, a diamond ring / You took it all for granted like it didn't mean a thing / Found yourself a boyfriend and you took him to the dance / Driving my Mercedes and wearing my brand new pants / Ooee, honey what got wrong with you? / Ooee, honey what got wrong with you? / Took all my money, you ran off with someone new / This lying life you're leading is a pity and a shame / The lousy way you treat me is your only claim to fame / I guess it's time for me to call an end to this charade / After all is said and done, a spade is still a spade / Ooee, honey what got wrong with you? / Took all my money, you ran off with someone new

Nobody's Fault But Mine  copyright 1991 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
She's gone and it's nobody's fault but mine  / She's gone it was too much whiskey, too much wine / She's gone and now I'm crying all the time / She's gone and it's nobody's fault but mine / She's gone, I declare I was a fool / She's gone, should'a thought about the golden rule / She's gone i shoulda tried to toe the line / She's gone and it's nobody's fault but mine / I took what I could take though I had nothing I could give / I lived the kind of life a man is not supposed to live / I acted like a fool and I messed up my life / Slipped and fell and cut myself with my own knife / She's gone and there's nothing left but the blues / She's gone and there's nothing left to lose / She's gone I didn't see the danger sign / She's gone and it's nobody's fault but mine / Sitting here at home where only loneliness prevails / The woman I ignored has taken the wind outta my sails / Drifting in the doldrums no direction in my life / A victim of my propensity for causing strife / She's gone another story at an end  / She's gone I lost a lover and my best friend / She's gone and I'm crying all the time / She's gone and it's nobody's fault but mine

Bloodred Sunset  copyright 1992 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
It was a blood red sunset in a gray Nagoya sky / It was a blood red sunset in a gray Nagoya sky / Black smoke from the rice fields burnin' in my eyes / I saw a gray-haired stranger, 10,000 miles from home / I saw a gray-haired stranger, 10,000 miles from home / And the blues was on him like a dog is on a bone / Too old to ramble, too young to settle down / Too old to ramble, too young to settle down / His consolation roaming from town to town / When you see him passing, please don't shed a tear / When you see him passing, please don't shed a tear / He knows he's lucky to be livin.  He's just happy to be here

Some Folks  copyright 1988 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Some folks think that life's a game a game of win or lose / Some folks think that life is fate, you got no choice to choose / Some folks think that war is hell, let's give peace a chance / Some folks think that war means money, spend a dime to dance / I don't think about those things I'm always in a trance / Thinkin' bout love / Some folks think the world is big, others think it's small / Some folks only have a little, some folks have it all / Some folks try  to build things up, others knock'em down / Some folks dig the country life, others live in town / It don't matter where I live, I'm always spinnin round / Thinkin bout love / Love, everybody needs a little love / Everybody wants a little love / Love, everybody needs a little love / Everybody wants a little love / Everybody's thinkin' of love / Some folks think about the future, think the past is dead / Some folks have just history tied up inside their head / Some folks live at breakneck speed act like they're trying to fly / Some folks get religion and just wait around to die / Baby snuggle up to me and look me in the eye / Let's think about love / Love, everybody needs a little love / Every body wants a little love / Love, everybody needs a little love / Every body wants a little love / Every body's thinkin' of love

A Rainy Day  copyright 1992 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson  
A rainy day /  clouds  rollin' into my mind / A rainy day  / sunny days seem so far behind / Blues skies are like romance, so very hard to find / It's a rainy day / A rainy day  / and it always seems the same / A rainy day  / just as you made plans to play the game / A man comes on the TV says change your plan and stay inside / It's a rainy day / It's a rainy day /  seems like it's been raining for years / It's a rainy day / can't see the rain through these tears / Only one solution,  change your mind, come back home / It's a rainy day / A rainy day, fog is rollin into my head / A rainy day /  might as well have stood in bed / Too much precipitation will make you lose your mind / It's a rainy day

Danger in a Midnight Smile  copyright 1987 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Danger in a midnight smile / Danger in her hypnotic style / Knees weaken when I watch her walk / Heart breaks when I hear her talk / In spite of this danger sign, I wanna make her mine / Black magic in a midnight glance / This could be tragic, still I got to take a chance / My mind reminds me I should turn away / I’d like to live to love another day / In spite of all this danger sign, I wanna make her mine / Danger in a midnight kiss / She’s a stranger this could be hit or miss / No way to know if she’s a foe or a friend / I’ll have to hang on till the very end / In spite of this danger sign, I wanna make her mine / Disaster in her painted lips / Walk past her and feel her finger tips / My heart attacks me and I'm scared to death / So excited I can’t catch my breath / In spite of this danger sign, I wanna make her mine

With or Without  copyright 1990 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Can't live with‘em, can't live without / Make you wanna tear your hair, make you wanna jump and shout / Believe you oughta leave’em, but there's a lingering doubt / Can't live with ‘em, can't live without / Hurts when you're together, hurts when you're apart  You’re in for nasty weather / You're gonna end up with a broken heart / But there's something about that impetuous pout / Can't live with’em, can't live without / It’s unreal, how do they always gain control / You feel a funky feeling deep inside your soul / Hate it when you’re with’em, miss’em when they’re gone / You don't know how you stand it / But your love for them goes on and on / Mass confusion is what it's all about / Can't live with’em, can't live with out / Can't breathe, you wonder why you feel this way / Can't leave, the pull is stronger every day / You fight for independence but you feel like a slave / Wrap the love around you, gonna end up in the  grave / Masochism is what it's all about / Can't live with’em, can't live without

Nothing I Can Do But Sing the Blues copyright 1991 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Baby left me and went away / Just a depression where she used to lay / Friends all ask me what you gonna do? / I say there's nothing I can do but sing the blues / Up in the morning, I greet the day / Rain is raining and the sky is gray / I think, why bother? I go back to bed / There's nothing but the blues inside my head / Friends all see me and they give me five / I'm like a jester,  joking to survive / Then they inquire, hey man, what's new? / I say there's nothing I can do but sing the blues / So if you see me and I grin and nod / It's an illusion, just a false façade / Going through the motions, shuffling my shoes / There's nothing I can do but sing the blues

She Put a Pain in my Heart  copyright 1975 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Nowhere to turn, when you turn me away / Nothing to win, when there's no game to play / No reason to run, runnin's too slow / chorus: / She put a pain in my heart, my baby let me go / She put a pain in my heart, I got a hole in my soul / She put a pain in my heart, my baby left me, she let me go / No time to lose, time is already lost / No price to pay, can't even count up the cost / No deeper to sink, I'm sinkin' so low / chorus: / No where to run, nowhere to hide / No song to sing, I ain't got nothin' inside / No thought in my head, only one thing I know /chorus:

Victimized In a Crime of Passion  copyright 1992 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Victimized in a crime of passion, cruelty is back in fashion / Don't know why she said goodbye left me here alone to cry / Paralyzed by a poison arrow got pushed away from the straight and narrow / Cupid shot me with his bow, laid this lonesome lover low / temptation, frustration, salvation elation / intrusion collusion confusion contusion / Scandalized by the things they told me / vandalized, she bought and sold me / Don't know which way to turn, some folks say I'll never learn / ambition commission submission fruition / audition sedition emission contrition, / Terrorized by sweet temptation, got caught up in the situation / Someone snuck up from behind, put the love bug in my mind

Life's Too Short  copyright 1988 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Life's too short to drink cheap wine  / When you give me your lovin' / I want the best grapes from the vine / Pull a cork from a vintage year  / Have some more madeira my dear / Life's too short / Life's too short for nescafe / I want my coffee percolated  / The beans ground fresh every day / Real sugar, real cream  / I wanna catch a buzz from real caffeine / Life's too short / Life's too short to drink light beer / I want it full strength every time you call me near / Make it straight not watered down  / Every time you come around / Life's too short / Life's a bitch and then you die,  / That's what some people say / Look at us we're having fun and laughin' every day / Life’s too short to eat fast food / When you come into my kitchen,  / Please maintain a mellow mood / I’ll cook for you baby, nice and slow  / Then we’ll turn the lamp down low / Life’s too short

Nagoya Blues  copyright 1992 Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Hirokojidori from Fushimi to Sakae, / Neon lights are lightin up the Nagoya sky / chorus: / Got the Nagoya blues, got the Nagoya blues, / Got the Nagoya blues but there is no other city I would choose / Out in Motoyama girls in the street / Got a wiggle and a wink for every gaijin that they meet / chorus: / Moriyama, Jinryo, Kozoji, Kasugai / Everywhere y’look there’s somethin' sweet to meet your eye / chorus: / Don’t know why I came here, I don’t know how long I’ll stay / Even if I leave I will be back again someday / chorus: