Freeform Blues
I live.. uptown.
Downtown.
All around.
I had some money.
I had none.
Never been so low.. that I.. couldn't leave town.
I'm a Changelin', yeah.
Come on an.. watch me.. change.
Crosses by my window like da waves down on.. da beach.
Crosses by my window like da waves down on da beach.
Got dis girl beside me but she's.. ohhh.. outta reach.
Dogs a' roamin' in da.. cruel.. mornin' yard.
Dogs out 'dere roamin' in da cruel.. mornin' yard.
To lose your love and keep her, well that's.. mmmmore than hard.
The woman is a devil.
That's what I.. been told.
Devil is a woman, yeah.
That's how the old story goes.
Take all your money.
Then she'll steel all your gold.
(guitar solo)
Well I sought a new life so I..
Bought me a wife and a new car.
Crossed the boarder, went down ta..
Juarez, Tijuana.. Mexico.
Lost my baybeh.
Lost my money and my name.
I wish I could get outta this trip 'n get back ta civilization.
(extended guitar solo)
Sometimes when I'm sad.
I buy a bottle and I drink myself to sleep.
Whisky's like a woman, yeah.
She's good when she's cheap.
Miss my baybeh.
But more than that I miss my.. bottle a' wine.
(extended guitar solo)
In too many ways a man can go.
One leads to money and the other leads to soul.
Money beats soul.
Money beats soul.. every time.
Hard fact a' life boy, but the..
Money beats your soul every time.
Ain't it the truth now.
(song ends)
(tape cuts out/back in with Ray playing and with John playing high hat)
(Jim starts talking)
