Get Rhythm

Ry Cooder Get Rhythm Lyrics
1.Low-commotion

(instrumental)


2.Get Rhythm

(johnny cash)

Get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
Get taps on your toes and just get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues

Little shoeshine boy never gets low down
But he's got the dirtiest job in town
Bendin' low at the peoples' feet
On the windy corner of the dirty street
Well, i asked him while he shined my shoes
How'd he keep from gettin' the blues
He grinned as he shook his little head
Popped a shoeshine rag and then he said

Get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe
Does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get rhythm when you get the blues

Well, i started to listen to the shoeshine boy
And i thought i was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said you're a mighty little boy to be a-workin' that way
He said 'i like it', with a big wide grin
And he kept on poppin' and he said again

Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Yes a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
It shakes all the trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
Get taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues


3.Going Back To Okinawa

(ry cooder)

Goin' back down to okinawa
Sorry, baby, but i can't take you
You better stay at home in california
There's nothing over there that you can do

Goin' back down to okinawa
Ain't gonna do me like you've done before
They treat me like a king down in okinawa
And i may never come back no more

It's just an island floating in the sun
Everybody is having so much fun
Pretty mamas laying in the sand
Sure to know how to treat your man

Okinawian baby, won't you come by me ?
Sun going down in the china sea
Making love on the beach all night
Okinawa moon is shining so bright

Folks in okinawa sure have fun
They get together when the working day is done
Drinking cheap wine. and making romance
While some old man's doing the okina dance

Back in the days of world war ii
Fought against the japanese like me and you
Everybody's worried &bout world war iii
Okinawa's just the place where i'm gonna be

Going back to okinawa
Sorry, but i can't take you
Never coming back no more, baby


4.13 Question Method

(chuck berry)

Now, the thirteen question method is the one to use
Listen to me!
Thirteen question method is the one to use
I'm saying that the thirteen question method is the one you
gotta use
If you wanna have some fun
'cause the thirteen question method is the one to use

Uhn!
Question number one: you wanna have fun, uh hun
Question number two: what to do ?
Let's see!
Question number three: wanna go out and eat burger with me ?
God almighty!
For the thirteen question method is the one to use
Now the question number five: don't give me no jive this morning
Question number six: don't try no tricks, this evening
Question number seven: i'll pick you up at a quarter to eleven,
baby
And question number eight: it's a date

That's question number nine: where to dine, this evening ?
Question number ten: ah, can we get in ?
Question number eleven: gonna be just like heaven ?
God almighty!
Question number twelve: we get by ourselves ?

'cause the thirteen question method is the one to use
The thirteen question method is the one to use
Now the thirteen question method is the one gotta use if you
wanna...
The thirteen question method is the one to use
And she says ah...
She says...

The thirteen question method is the one to use
The thirteen question method is the one to use
Now the thirteen question method is the one gotta use if you
wanna have some fun
'cause the...


5.Women Will Rule The World

(raymond quevedo)

How different the ladies of long ago to the modern women that we
all know
If you observe you are bound to see that sex has changed
entirely
A long ago their one ambition in life, was to be a mother and a
wife
Now they go out imitating the males by smoking cigarettes and
drinking cocktails

Girls used to like to be school teachers, gradually becoming
stenographers
We next hear of them as lecturers, authors and engineers
There is no limit to their ambition, they've even gone in for
aviation
And if you men don't assert control your women will rule the
world

Play a bridge!

Now they say anything that your man can do, they also can
achieve too
And they've openly boasted to do their part in the literature
and art
We will next hear of them as candidates for the president of
these united states
And if you men don't assert control your women will rule the
world

Now you hear on the radio and tv of a great national calamity
Story of tragic proportion coming from the white house in
washington
The facts in the case are clearly stated the president is being
cruely dominated
By a international conspiracy that threatens world peace and
security


6.All Shook Up

(otis blackwell/elvis presley)

Yeah! oh!
Well, bless my soul, what's wrong with me ?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
The friends say i'm acting wild as a bug
I'm in love, i'm all shook up
I'm, i'm, i'm,
I'm, i'm, i'm, oh lord
Yeah yeah yeah

My hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck ?
I'm in love, i'm all shook up

Well, please don't ask me what's on my mind
A little mixed up, but i'm feeling fine
I'm near the girl i love the best
My heart beats so it scares me to...

She touched my hand and what a chill i got
Her lips are like a volcano when that's hot
I'm proud to say she's my buttercup
I'm in love and i'm all messed up

I'm, i'm, i'm...
Lawdy, lawdy
I'm, i'm, i'm...
Yeah, yeah, yeah

My tongue gets tied when i try to speak
My inside's shaking like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this body of mine
And that's to have that girl right here right now

She touched my hand and what a chill i got
Her lips are like a volcano when that's hot
I'm proud to say she's my buttercup
I'm in love and i'm all shook up


7.I Can Tell By The Way You Smell

(walter davis)

Hey, look here baby, what's going on ?
Step over in the light
Oh, no! look here.

Your hair is all wrecked, you're full of sweat
Your underskirt is wringing wet
You come in here walking just like a goose
It looks like somebody just tranked you to loose
You've been doing something
You've been doing something wrong
You've been doing something
You've been doing something wrong
I can tell by the way you smell

And there's grandma and grandpa out on the porches
Must be kidding 'bout her ninety years
Ain't too old, god almighty, just keep shifting them gears
Well, you ain't too old, said you ain't too old
Ain't too old, doing the boogie, you ain't too old
I can tell by the way they smell

Well, it's a-run here mama! just look at little sis'
Got her hand in her toodle, way up to her wrist
She's doing something wrong, she's doing something wrong
She's doing something wrong, god knows she's doing it
I can tell by the way she smell

Go on and change your clothes!


8.Across The Borderline

(ry cooder/john hiatt/james dickinson)

There's a place where i've been told
Every street is paved with gold
And it's just across the borderline
And when it's time to take your turn
Here's one lesson that you must learn
You could lose more than you'll ever hope to find

When you reach the broken promised land
And every dream slips through your hands
Then you'll know that it's too late to change your mind
'cause you've paid the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline

Up and down the rio grande
A thousand footprints in the sand
Reveal a secret no one can define
The river flows on like a breath
In between our life and death
Tell me who's the next to cross the borderline

En la triste oscuridad (in the sad darkness)
Hoy tenemos que cruzar (today we have to cross)
Este r que nos llama m all?(this river which calls us further
away)

But hope remains when pride is gone
And it keeps you moving on
Calling you across the borderline

When you reach the broken promised land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you'll know it's too late to change your mind
'cause you pay the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline
Now you're still just across the borderline
And you're still just across the borderline


9.Let's Have A Ball

(bunn)

I wanna ball like i never did ball before [before, before,
before]
I wanna ball like i never did ball before [before, before,
before]
I may never get a break like this in life no more
Well, i wanna ball like i never did ball before [before, before,
before]
I wanna ball like i never did ball before [before, before,
before]
I may never get a break like this in life no more

Got money in my pocket
I ain't begging for bread
Cadillac el dorado
Well, it's gone to my head
I got a short time living and a long greasy time to pay (play)
dead
Ain't doing no favours, ain't asking for none
Honey, i got money, i can pay for my fun
That's the way i want it, that's the way it must be done

I wanna ball like i never did ball before [before, before,
before]
I wanna ball like i never did ball before [before, before,
before]
I may never get a break like this in life no more

You don't know what it's all about

I wanna ball like i never did ball before [before, before,
before]
I may never get a break like this in life no more