블루스의 명가 앨리게이터 레코드를 통해 본래 프랑스에서 먼저 발매되었지만 그 탁월한 음악성으로 인해 미국으로 역수입된 화제의 '81년도 앨범이다. 본 음반을 통해 버디 가이는 이전과 달리 고전 블수스의 틀에서 벗어난 록에 천착하는 음악성을 들려주며 노장의 치열한 실험 정신이 아직도 현재 진행형임을 설파하였다. 특히 'I Smell a Rat', 'She's Out There Somewhere', 'When I Left Home' 등은 단연 본 작 최고의 순간을 형성하고 있다. 록의 모태가 블루스임을 다시 한번 확인할 수 있는, 그의 디스코그래피에 영원히 남을 완성도 높은 사운드를 들려주고 있다. .... ....
I think I smell a rat in my house, baby I believe you got just too late Aw, I smell a rat, I smell a rat in my house, honey, I think you walkin' 'round too late You know I need a rat in my house like this now, just like I need a hole in my head
You cry baby you afraid at night, you say you can't stay home all alone Oh you said you afraid, afraid to stay home at night, you say you didn't want to be home alone Oh, but I can smell a rat in the time I get back, and all, and all you do is gonna make me moan
You got my backdoor wide open, baby you say you're supposed to be afraid You got my backdoor wide open, and you tell me you're supposed to be afraid You know the last time I slept with it opened, you know 'was so cold I almost lost my head
Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby, and I do believe it's just drivin' me around Sometime I think you're foolin' me baby, honey I think you're just drivin' me around Why don't you leave me alone woman, you know I think there's another women I can go, I can be found
I think that you have it to explain. honey I'm not that hard to understand Did you ever try to sit down and explain, I am not that hard to understand You will be sleeping with the backdoor open, baby or with another man
You're so good, I don't believe I wanna leave you alone Oh you're so sweet to me, I don't believe, I can leave you alone Stayin', and peepin' like you got a woman, and try to make me, all happy
Yeah yeah I'm gonna move baby Listen Way out on the outskirts of town I said I'm gonna move baby Way out on the outskirts of town Yes You see we won't need nobody baby you know always hangin' round
Oh baby Yeah Yeah
It may seem funny honey Just as funny as funny can be But now if you have six children woman You know i got to have them all all just looking like me Gonna move baby Listen Way out on the outskirts of town You see we won't need nobody baby Always hangin' round Yeah
I got a little girl You know what She put me on that wonder And I wonder what's wrong with me
He, hehe I got a little girl My little girl You know she put me on a wonder And she misuses me You know she's alright with me I know Because this little girl she suits me to a tee
I never want for nothing, no You know she brings me everthing I need Yes You know I never want, I never want, no I never want for nothing, nothing I tell ya She brings me everthing I need She's my satisfaction in the morning You know I love my baby Oh yes indeed
I'm gonna move baby Way out on the outskirts of town Yes baby I'm gonna move Way, way out on the outskirts of town Yes I Am
Oh you see we won't need nobody baby Yeah Baby , Oh a oh yeah
Blind man standin' on, on the corner He said I don't, ah, I don't need a dollar And don't you give me a dime Until you bring back that little girl Ow my Yeah Yeah Yeah
The people try to tell me to stop cryin' And find me someone new 'Cause when the good Lord made one woman Halleluja, don't you know he made two
And I can't let her go no no Lord Lord know I can't let her go Yeah And I can't let her go no no no Lord Lord Lord Lord I can't let her go no Hey
Oh baby Oh baby Little darling I wanna do you, yes Know what a shape I'm in Lord, Lord I've been standin' here Oh, I think about you baby Yeah just for the hell of it
Aha You know When I left home I left the country and there was a A thing about the blues You know my mother and father Are no longer with me to Share this problem and But they did tell me Sometime ago says a
Go ahead alone You know what They said a You may not be The best in town Just try to be the best Buddy until it's about to come around
And I can't let it go no no Lord Yeah yeah And I can't let it go no no no Lord Lord Lord I can't let her go no Yeah And I can't let it go no no Lord Lord I can't let my baby go no no no no no hey hey hey hey hey Oh baby, shhh Huh huh awwwaw how how he he he baby
Yeah come on fellows play a while now Yeah awwwww Ohhhh
Shhh come on come on fellows Come on come on tell me about it
I Lord I was blind and I could not see Ohh but long as I play the blues it's alright with me, hey Hey