1. TAKE A TIP (Lee Brilleaux/Gypie Mayo)

Take a little tip from Mr. Johnny Green
Keep your rear view mirror clean
Keep an eye on the road and the one behind
Increase your speed if you're so inclined

Gotta to go faster
Gotta get along
Gotta to go faster
Put your foot to the floor
Push yourself just a little bit more

Take a little tip from Mr. Nosebleed Sam
Kissed the screen in a traffic jam
It minced his face and it bust his nose
Broke his leg and ripped his clothes

Gotta to go faster
Gotta get along
Gotta to go faster

Grit your teeth, clench your jaws
Push yourself just a little bit more
Take a little tip from Mr. Racetrack Tony
Stick it on the nose and ride your pony
Dance for the winner and ride your nag
Take your dinner from a new nose back

Gotta to go faster
Gotta get along
Gotta to go faster
Ride your nag till your sore
Push yourself just a little bit more

Gotta to go faster
Gotta get along
Gotta to go faster
Grit your teeth, clench your jaws
Push yourself just a little bit more

Take a little tip from Mr. Johnny Green
Keep your rear view mirror clean
Keep an eye on the road and the one behind
Increase your speed if you're so inclined




2. EVERY KIND OF VICE (Lee Brilleaux/Gypie Mayo)

If everybody is saying that
Love is free
How come they keep it
Under lock and key
When it comes to love
You've gotta shop around
On and off, the foreman sell it by the pound
Every kind of vice
Is only merchandise

When you're making love
Check your wallet every minute
Cause that little girl
Wants everything that's in it
Another thing with love
Apart from the money
You might get stung
If you're stealing honey
Every kind of vice
Is only merchandise

When you're feeling down
And you take it on the streets
Take your boys, you'll need them
It's gonna lift you off your feet
You really gonna fly
When you remember what I said
Moaning like a sleeper
And you'll wish that you were dead
Now it's lovin' or it's leave her
Or it's this or that
The man who's selling tickets
That's getting fat
Every kind of vice
Is only merchandise




3. DOWN AT THE DOCTORS (Mickey Jupp)

Leave a late show
Still feel alive
Want a place to go
Round about five

Down to the doctors
Down to the doctors
Come on down to the doctors
Make you feel good all night

Everybody needs a shot of R'n'B
So come on down to my surgery

Down to the doctors
Down to the doctors
Come on down to the doctors
Make you feel good all night

- Eight bars on piano -

Down to the doctors
Down to the doctors
Come on down to the doctors
Make you feel good all night

Come here baby
Ain't gonna do you no harm
I just want to shoot
Some rock'n'roll in your arm

Down to the doctors
Down to the doctors
Come on down to the doctors
Make you feel good all night




4. BABY JANE (Simmons/Reed/Bishop/Wilson/Nesbitt)

Baby Jane, what a fool I've been
I let you go, I cast my fate to the four winds
Baby Jane, can you forgive me now
And take away this heart of pain
That I'm living girl

All that good sweet loving
I guess you forgot
All that good sweet hugging

When I lost you I sure lost a lot
Baby Jane, what a fool I've been
I let you go, I cast my fate to the four winds

- Harmonica –

Baby Jane, what a fool I've been
I let you go, I cast my fate to the four winds
All the things that I paid
For running around
I guess you know by now
I'll never never never never let you down

Baby Jane, what a fool I've been
I let you go, I cast my fate to the four winds
Baby Jane, Baby Jane, Baby Jane, Baby Jane, come on now...
Baby Jane
(to fade)




5. SUGAR SHAKER (Brilleaux/Sparks/Mayo)

Like a big ol' jar of worms with skinny legs
Can't see no chicken sittin' on a pigeons egg

Like a big ol' bag of nails hard bitten too
Good thing for me
I've got someone sweeter than you
Bye bye baby, might see you later

Sittin' in the bar of the Sugar Shaker

When I get home from work
And want something to eat
All you ever feed me baby
Taste like monkey meat
Like a big ol´ bag of nails hard bitten too
Good thing for me
I've got someone sweeter than you
Bye bye baby, might see you later

Sittin' in the bar of the Sugar Shaker

- Guitar Break -

Climb hard down the night hawks
Higher than they ever been
Bolder than the brass baby
Turned your fingers green
Like a big ol' bag of nails hard bitten too
Good thing for me
I've got someone sweeter than you
Bye bye baby, might see you later

Sittin' in the bar of the Sugar Shaker
Bye bye baby, might see you later
Sittin' in the bar of the Sugar Shaker
This is where I loose my temper with the waiter
Sittin' in the bar of the Sugar Shaker
This is where I loose my faith in human nature
Sittin' in the bar of the Sugar Shaker



6. THINGS GET BETTER (Eddie Floyd/Steve Cropper)

You can bring joy
Like I never had
I'm gonna' be right near you
As long as I can
That's why

I can be lonely
But you can be found
And I ain't lonely baby
You're always around
That's why

Things get better baby
When I'm with you
Things get better baby
When I'm with you

- Guitar Solo -

I can't live without you
I know that you're mine
I can't lose this feeling
You stay on my mind
That's why

Things get better baby
When I'm with you
Things get better baby
When I'm with you

(Repeat to fade)




7. SHE'S A WINDUP(Brilleaux/Mayo/Sparks/Martin)

She's got a fine lookin' figure
When she's walkin' down the street
She gives a quick 'See you later'
To all the guys she meets
I wanna hear her moan when I get her alone
When the action starts she says 'I got to go home'

She's a wind up, wind up
She's a wind up, wind up
She's a wind up, wind up
For I'd say okay But they don't mean what they say

She wears the low-cut dresses
And a high-heeled shoes
She was born to make it
I was born to lose
She makes the blackout sounds till the light goes down
And when I make a move she ain't nowhere around

She's a wind up, wind up
She's a wind up, wind up
She's a wind up, wind up
For I'd say okay
But they don't mean what they say

Fine lookin' figure
Oh when she's walkin' down the street
She gives a quick 'See you later'
To all the guys she meets
I wanna hear her moan when I get her alone
When the action starts she says 'I got to go home'

She's a wind up, wind up
She's a wind up, wind up
She's a wind up, wind up
For I'd say okay But they don't mean what they say
She's a wind up, wind up
She's a wind up, wind up...

CROCS RAYLEIGH ESSEX SIDE




8. NINETY-NINE AND A HALF (Cropper/Pickett/Floyd)

Got to have your love night and day
Not just a part but all your heart

Ninety-nine and a half
Just won't do
Yeah, it just won't do

Thought we live in the wrong direction
Every man got to have a bit of love and affection

Ninety-nine and a half just won't do
Yeah, it just won't do
We got to bring it on down now

- Harmonica Solo -

We got to bring it on down, start living right
Stop messing around, keep things uptight

Ninety-nine and a half just won't do, yeah
It just won't do, yeah
It just won't do
It just won't do
Got to have a hundred
Got to have a hundred...




9. MY BUDDY BUDDY FRIENDS(Corthon)

Got lots of money
Got lots of phony friends
I can drink lots of whiskey
I can drink lots of gin
I know every guy in this town
When my money runs out
I won't have these friends around

I drove to the Boogaloo Club
I walked right on in
Everybody knows me
By the money that I spend
Well I finally realized
That these buddies tell lies
In fact they're no good friends

Money makes some folks frown
Money makes some folks steal
Money gets some folks hurt
Money gets some folks killed

I don't trust nobody
Not even my buddy, buddy friends
I know they'll stab me in the back
Took away my baby's ring
Well I finally realized
That these buddies tell lies
In fact they're no good friends

Money makes some folks frown
Money makes some folks steal
Money gets some folks hurt
Money gets some folks killed

I don't trust nobody
Not even my buddy, buddy friends
I know they'll shoot me in the back
Just took away my baby's ring
Well I finally realized
That these buddies tell lies
In fact they're no good friends
Oh I finally realized
That these buddies tell lies
In fact they're no good friends





10. MILK AND ALCOHOL(Nick Lowe/Gypie Mayo)

White boy in town
Big black, blue sound
Night club, I paid in
I got a stamp on my skin
Main attraction dead on his feet
Black man rhythm with a white boy beat

They got him on milk and alcohol
They got him on milk and alcohol

Stay put I wanna go
Hard work, bad show
More liquor, it don't help
He's gonna die, it breaks my heart
I decided eventually
This ain't doing a thing for me

They got him on milk and alcohol
They got him on milk and alcohol

- Guitar Solo -

They got him on milk and alcohol
They got him on milk and alcohol
They got him on milk and alcohol
They got him on milk and alcohol

Got up, I walked out
To the car, start it up
Feel bad, sad night
I never saw a red light
Sirens were a screamin' all around
I pulled on over and I shut her down
A black cop gave me a shove with his gun
Said up against the wall and don't make a run

They got me on milk and alcohol
They got me on milk and alcohol




11. MATCHBOX (Trad. Arr. Dr Feelgood)

Well, I'm sittin' here wonderin'
With matchbox on my clothes
I'm sittin' here watchin'
With a matchbox on my toes
I ain't got no matches but
I got a long way to go

Let me be your main man
Till your side track comes
Let me be your main man
Till your side track comes
When your sound track get here
Tell 'em what your main man's done

Well, I want to be your side track
Till your main line comes
Well, I'll be your side track
Till your main line comes
When your main line get here
Tell 'em what your side track has done
Well, I'm sittin' here wonderin'

With a matchbox on my toes
Sittin' here wonderin'
With a matchbox on my toes
I got no matches but
I sure got a long way to go




12. AS LONG AS THE PRICE IS RIGHT(Larry Wallis)

Looking for a good time
Wanna see the town
Cos I'm the man
If money talks
I wanna hear it sing
If you got the readies
Then I'll swing

As long as the price is right
As long as the price is right
As long as the price is right

If you got no bread you're as good as dead
Back room card game
Ace in the hole
There's big money rockin'
And I bet my soul
I´ve seen the movie
And I've read the book
And I don't need
No second look

As long as the price is right
As long as the price is right
As long as the price is right
If you got no loot then you just can't shoot
If you got no loot then you just can't shoot

Looking for a good time
Hotel queen
Took her up to your room
The boys go green
She ask you for a hand
With the zip on her dress
And you say 'Oui babe'
Cos that's french for yes

As long as the price is right
As long as the price is right
As long as the price is right
Well if you got no cash then I gotta dash
If you got no cash then I gotta dash
If you got no cash then I gotta dash




13.NIGHT TIME(Gothehrer/Fieldman/Goldstein)

Get up in the morning kick the covers from my bed
The sunlight in my eyes is playing tricks with my head
I work like a dog on the job every day
I'm tryin make some money so I can go and play

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

I come home from work you know I'm tired and I'm beat
I run in the kitchen get me something to eat
I jump in the shower wash the world off my back
I'm gonna get you baby that's a natural fact!

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

- Break - Guitar and Harmonica -

A hundred million people they got nothing to say
They're running around in circles they just live for today
Stick with me baby I'll show you how to fly
We'll make such pretty music watch the world go by

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

- Break - Guitar and Harmonica -

Get up in the morning kick the covers from my bed
The sunlight in my eyes is playing tricks with my head
I work like a dog on the job every day
I'm tryin make some money so I can go and play

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
Here we go
I wanna be with you in the night time
In the night time
In the night time

That's the right time
Back in the night time
Mmmmm that's the right time
Yes that's the right time
That's a nice time
That's my time
Mmmmm night time



14. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK #9 (Leiber/Stoller)

On July second, 1953,
I was serving time for armed robbery
'Bout four in the morning
I was sleepin' in my cell
I heard a whistle blow
I heard somebody yell

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The trouble started in cell block no. 4
It spread like fire across the prison floor
I said "Come on boys, get ready to run -
Here comes the warden with a Tommy gun"

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The warden said
"Come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot (or: You gonna start a riot???)
You're all gonna get the chair"
Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit
And pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit"

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine
The ninety-second hour
The tear gas got our men
Crawled in our cells

But every now and then...
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine




15. THE BLUES HAD A BABY AND THEY NAMED IT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
(Muddy Waters aka McKinley Morganfield/McGhee)

All you people, you know the blues got a soul
Well this is a story, a story never been told
Well you know the blues got pregnant

And they named the baby Rock & Roll
Muddy Waters said it, you know the blues got a soul
James Brown said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll

Ray Charles said it, you know the blues got a soul
John Lee Hooker said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock and roll

Otis Redding said it, you know the blues got a soul
Queen Victoria said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby Rock n' Roll.




16. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK #9 (Leiber/Stoller)

On July second, 1953,
I was serving time for armed robbery
'Bout four in the morning
I was sleepin' in my cell
I heard a whistle blow

I heard somebody yell
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The trouble started in cell block no. 4
It spread like fire across the prison floor
I said "Come on boys, get ready to run -
Here comes the warden with a Tommy gun"

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The warden said
"Come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot (or: You gonna start a riot???)
You're all gonna get the chair"
Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit
And pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit"

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine
The ninety-second hour
The tear gas got our men
Crawled in our cells
But every now and then...
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine




17. THE BLUES HAD A BABY AND THEY NAMED IT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
(Muddy Waters aka McKinley Morganfield/McGhee)

All you people, you know the blues got a soul
Well this is a story, a story never been told
Well you know the blues got pregnant
And they named the baby Rock & Roll

Muddy Waters said it, you know the blues got a soul
James Brown said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll

Ray Charles said it, you know the blues got a soul
John Lee Hooker said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock and roll

Otis Redding said it, you know the blues got a soul
Queen Victoria said it, you know the blues got a soul
Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby Rock n' Roll.

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