I'm going up the country. Baby, don't you wanna go? I'm going up the country. Baby, don't you wanna go? I'm goning to some place where I've never been before.
I'm going, I'm going where the water tastes like wine. I'm going where the water tastes like wine. We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away. I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away. All this fussing and fighting, man, you know I just can't stay.
Now, Baby, pack your leaving trunk. You know we got to leave today. Just exactly where we going I just can not say, But we might even leave the U.S.A. 'Cause it's a brand new game, and I want to play.
No use of you running or screaming and crying 'Cause you got a home as long as I got mine.
Well, I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again Well, I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again I ain't got no woman Just to call my special friend
You know the first time I traveled Out in the rain and snow - In the rain and snow You know the first time I traveled Out in the rain and snow - In the rain and snow I didn't have no payroll Not even no place to go
And my dear mother left me When I was quite young - When I was quite young And my dear mother left me When I was quite young - When I was quite young She said "Lord, have mercy On my wicked son."
Take a hint from me, mama Please don't you cry no more - Don't you cry no more Take a hint from me, mama Please don't you cry no more - Don't you cry no more 'Cause it's soon one morning Down the road I'm going
But I ain't going down That long old lonesome road All by myself But I ain't going down That long old lonesome road All by myself I can't carry you, baby Gonna carry somebody else
Well, I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again Well, I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again I ain't got no woman Just to call my special friend
You know the first time I traveled Out in the rain and snow - In the rain and snow You know the first time I traveled Out in the rain and snow - In the rain and snow I didn't have no payroll Not even no place to go
And my dear mother left me When I was quite young - When I was quite young And my dear mother left me When I was quite young - When I was quite young She said "Lord, have mercy On my wicked son."
Take a hint from me, mama Please don't you cry no more - Don't you cry no more Take a hint from me, mama Please don't you cry no more - Don't you cry no more 'Cause it's soon one morning Down the road I'm going
But I ain't going down That long old lonesome road All by myself But I ain't going down That long old lonesome road All by myself I can't carry you, baby Gonna carry somebody else
This is a song with a message I want you to heed my warning I wanna tell you all a story About this chick I know They call her "Amphetamine Annie" She's always shovelling snow I sat her down and told her I told her crystal clear "I don't mind you getting high But there's one thing you should fear" "Your mind might think its flying, baby On those little pills But you ought to know it's dying, 'cause Speed kills" But Annie kept on speeding Her health was getting poor She saw things in the window She heard things at the door Her mind was like a grinding mill Her lips were cracked and sore Her skin was turning yellow I just couldn't take it no more She thought her mind was flying On those little pills She didn't it was going down fast, 'cause Speed kills Well I sat her down and told her I told her one more time "The whole wide human race has taken Far too much methedrine" She said "I don't care what a Limey says, I've got to get it on I'm not here to just see no man Who come from across the pond She wouldn't heed my warning Lord, she wouldn't hear what I said Now she's in the graveyard, and she's Awfully dead
I went to Denver Late last fall I went to do my job Yeah I didn't break any law We worked a hippie place Like many in our land They couldn't bust the place And so they got the band 'Cause the police in Denver No, they don't want none of them long hairs hanging around And that's the reason why They want to tear Canned Heat's reputation down You people in Denver Will know what I mean Yeah, the things I'm gonna tell ya Yeah, you've all heard and seen You remember when a cop on the beat Used to rob and steal Today they're gone, but the others get it on So you know just how I feel 'Cause the police in Denver Lord, they don't want none of them long hairs hanging around And that's the reason why They try to tear Canned Heat's reputation down Yeah, they try to tear it down, boy They ain't gonna do it though Let me tell you this just one more time Just one more thing I wanna tell ya Before I go It's a shame the Man in Denver Has to lie and mistreat people so Now six months ain't no sentence One year ain't no time When I hear from one to ten It worries my troubled mind 'Cause the police in Denver Lord, don't want no long hairs around And that's the reason why They try to tear Canned Heat's reputation down
I'm going up the country. Baby, don't you wanna go? I'm going up the country. Baby, don't you wanna go? I'm goning to some place where I've never been before.
I'm going, I'm going where the water tastes like wine. I'm going where the water tastes like wine. We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away. I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away. All this fussing and fighting, man, you know I just can't stay.
Now, Baby, pack your leaving trunk. You know we got to leave today. Just exactly where we going I just can not say, But we might even leave the U.S.A. 'Cause it's a brand new game, and I want to play.
No use of you running or screaming and crying 'Cause you got a home as long as I got mine.
Well, did you ever, Well, did you ever, Well, did you ever, Well, did you ever wake up, With them bullfrogs on your mind? Well, did you ever wake up, With them bullfrogs on your mind? You had to sit there laughin', Laughin' just to keep from crying. Well, did you ever wake up, With that one woman on your mind, Well, did you ever wake up, With that one woman on your mind, Sit there laughin', Laughin' just to keep from crying. My mother got em, My father got em, My sister got em, My brother got em. I woke up this morning, My grandmother had them too, Well, don't you know about that, I got the bullfrog blues. Bullfrog My mother got em, My father got em, My sister got em, My brother got em. I woke up this morning, My grandmother had them too, Well, don't you know about that, I got the bullfrog blues. Called up my doctor, Was not feeling so well, Well, I called up the doctor, Was not feeling so well. He looked inside his bag and said, "Well, well".... You don't need no doctor, You don't need no pill, You don't need no doctor, You don't need no pill. Just take my advice, It'll surely cure your ills. Head on down to New Orleans, Prettiest place you ever seen, Get on down to the river bend, That's where the music never ends. Open your ears, Don't you feel good? Get yourself one helluva shot of rhythm 'n' blues. Go on down to new Orleans, The greatest place you ever been, Head on down to the river bend, Dig the music of the Cajun bands, Honky-tonk piano, Make you feel good, Open your ears, To rhythm 'n' blues. Well, did you ever wake up, With them bullfrogs on your mind? Well, did you ever wake up, With them bullfrogs on your mind? You had to sit there laughin', Laughin' just to keep from crying. Well, did you ever wake up, With that one woman on your mind, Well, did you ever wake up, With that one woman on your mind, You had to sit there laughing, Laughing just to keep from crying.
I roll and I tumble, cried the whole night long Yes I roll and I tumble, I cried the whole night long I got up this morning, feeling that something going on wrong
Well now want you to love me baby, or please let me be Yes love me baby, or please let me be If you don't like my peaches please don't shake my tree
Well I want you to love me baby, and come on and say you'll be mine I want you to love me baby, come and say you'll be mine If you don't like my potatoes, please don't dig up my vine
I found love sure is good to me I found love sure is good to me You know a man needs a woman though to keep him company It feels good not to be alone Oh so good not to be alone I'm gonna make sure not to lose my happy home
Love can come and go Why i sure don't know Never gonna let her go
You know love, is hard to understand I said love is hard to understand But it sure feels good to know that i aaaam her man
Love can come and go Why i sure don't know Never gonna let her go
I'm gon' get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom I'm gon' get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can't get my room
I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know If I can't find her in West Helena, she must be in East Monroe I know
I don't want no woman, wants every downtown man she meet I don't want no woman, wants every downtown man she meet She's a no good doney, they shouldn't 'low her on the street
I believe, I believe I'll go back home I believe, I believe I'll go back home You can mistreat me here, babe, but you can't when I go home
And I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom I'm gettin' up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can't get my room
I'm 'on' call up Chiney, see is my good gal over there I'm 'on' call up Chiney, see is my good gal over there If I can't find her on Philippine's Island, she must be in Ethiopia somewhere