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Butterfly
03:28
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If you wake up in the morning with the blues
And you don’t know what’s bothering you
It sounds as if you need a lift
Take a tip from Huey ‘Piano’ Smith
Get on board the sea cruise
You’re guaranteed to catch the boogie woogie flu
If you don’t know what that means
Huey will take you down to New Orleans
Hey oh, gooba gooba
Smiling just like a porcelain Buddha
Look up into the sky
Don’t you just know it, that’s a butterfly
Let’s not pretend it’s fair
When a man gets robbed of his rightful share
He said: ‘I tell you, my heart hurts,
But when you’re like me that’s the way it works.’
His left hand rolls like the sea
Horns are blowing as cool as a breeze
And the Clowns are singing the song
It feels so easy when you’re singing along
Gooba gooba, hey oh
Raise your hand and say ‘no’
Look up into the sky
Don’t you just know it, that’s a butterfly
It looked like too much to lose
If you found him down in Baton Rouge
He’d say: ‘God gave me the the gift.
Of being the one and only Huey ‘Piano’ Smith’
He gave it back to the Lord
When they gave all his money to Frankie Ford
He’d tell you, ‘that was a sign
I know what I’m missing and I feel fine.
I’ve given up rock and rolling
I was just a caterpillar crawling
Look up into the sky
Don’t you just know it, that’s a butterfly.’
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Wanda Jackson (live)
02:13
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Wanda, Wanda, picking up the pieces.
Wanda, Wanda, singing for Jesus.
Wanda please, give us one night of rock’n’roll.
Old time gospel in a jamboree tent.
Back home on the bus with the money all spent.
Songs to the Lord won’t get her out of this hole.
Oklahoma’s home but it’s so damned cold.
Wanda, Wanda…
The boys in the band all think that it’s funny,
But all they ever think about is sex and money.
The path into heaven can’t be bought or sold,
but we’ve all got a price on our soul.
Wanda, Wanda…
All they ever want to ask is “What about Elvis?”
Listen here, don’t you know I’m somebody too.
If you think that I’ve got something to confess,
I’ll do it any time, anywhere, to anyone but you.
London, Berlin, Rome and Yokohama.
Hard Headed Woman singing Fujiyama Mama.
Angel to the left, Devil to the right.
Get yourselves together and dance all night.
Wanda, Wanda…
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Jon Horne Edinburgh, UK
Chronicling the folibles of the age via the medium of contemporary folk song since
2005.
All the music here is homemade and is provided free.
Even rougher recordings can be found at hornesdemoshop.bandcamp.com
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