Unreleased Songs

The Blasters Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.So Long Baby Goodbye

Lyricist:Dave Alvin

I know I've been foolin' myself too long
I'm never right but always wrong
Goodbye, baby, so long

You know, you never let this thing catch on
You never let me be that strong
Goodbye, baby, so long

There was a cold wind blowing on the night we met
The leaves fell from the trees
You made a lot of promises I ain't seen yet
I ain't gonna ask you please

You know, none of us are gonna cry
It wasn't even worth the try
So long, baby, goodbye

There was a cold wind blowin' on the night we met
The windows were rolled up tight
We both asked for something we could never get
Now I'll do the thing that's right

You know, none of us are gonna cry
It wasn't even worth a try
So long, baby, goodbye


2.Roll 'Em Pete

Lyricist:Pete K H Johnson, Joe Turner

Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, this woman's tryin' to quit me
Lord, but I love her still

She's got eyes like diamonds
They shine like Klondike gold
She's got eyes like diamonds
They shine like Klondike gold
Ev'ry time she loves me
She sends my mellow soul

Well, you're so beautiful
You've got to die someday
Well, you're so beautiful
You've got to die someday
All I want's a little loving
Just before you pass away

Pretty baby, I'm goin' away
And leave you by yourself
Pretty baby, I'm goin' away
And leave you by yourself
You've mistreated me
Now you can mistreat somebody else


3.One Bad Stud

Lyricist:Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Oh, well, one bad stud moved in my neighborhood
Oh, well, one bad stud moved in my neighborhood
He's big and man I know he ain't no good

He don't wear no hat and Lord he don't wear no shoes
He don't wear no hat and Lord he don't wear no shoes
He just hangs on the corner singing old country blues

Oh, well, one bad stud, one bad stud
One bad stud, one bad stud
I said, 'One, one, one, one, one bad stud'

Oh, if he likes your baby, you can kiss your baby goodbye
Oh, if he likes your baby, you can kiss your baby goodbye
'Cause girls all love him like a schoolboy loves his pie

He loves his whiskey, he loves his rock and rye
Yes, he loves his whiskey, he loves his rock and rye
You know it takes ten bottles to make that fool get high

Oh, well, one bad stud, one bad stud
One bad stud, one bad stud
I said, 'One, one, one, one, one bad stud'

Oh, well, he stole ten dollars and they locked that cat in jail
Oh, he stole ten dollars and they locked that cat in jail
He got my baby to come and pay his bail

He's got great big muscles, Lord he looks like a bear
Yes, he's got great big muscles, Lord he looks like a bear
When the cat gets nervous you know I won't be there

Oh, well, one bad stud, one bad stud
One bad stud, one bad stud
I said, 'One, one, one, one'


4.Dark Night

Lyricist:Dave Alvin

Hot air hangs like a dead man
From a white oak tree
People sitting on porches
Thinking how things used to be

Dark night, it's a dark night
Dark night, it's a dark night

The neighborhood was changing
Strangers moving in
A new boy fell for a local girl
When she made eyes at him

She was young and pretty
No stranger to other men
Open doors were being locked at night
And old lines drawn again

I thought these things
Didn't matter anymore
I thought all that blood
Had been shed long ago

Dark night, it's a dark night

He took her to the outskirts
And pledged his love to her
They thought it was their secret
But someone knew where they were

He held her so close
He asked about her dreams
When a bullet from a passing car
Made the young girl scream

I thought these things
Didn't happen anymore
I thought all that blood
Had been shed long ago

Dark night, it's a dark night
Dark night, it's a dark night


5.Marie Marie

Lyricist:Dave Alvin

Marie Marie
Playing guitar on the back porch
I sit in my car
Why is she so sad
Marie Marie

Marie Marie
It's so lonely in these farmlands
Please come with me
To the bright lights downtown
Marie Marie

I said, 'Hey, pretty girl
Don't you understand
I just want to be your loving man'

Marie Marie
The sun is down in the corn fields
The evening is dark
And you sing so sad
Marie Marie

Marie Marie
I got two weeks in back pay
There's gas in my car
And your folks say I must go
Marie Marie

I said, 'Hey, pretty girl
Don't you understand
I just want to be your loving man'

Marie Marie
Playing guitar on the back porch
I leave in my car
While you sing so sad
Marie Marie


6.Blue Shadows

Lyricist:Dave Alvin

I've been around the world
And every man bleeds the same
But when the lights are dim
You never know who's to blame

I don't want no scars to show
I don't want no one to know

So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows
No other place for me to go
No other place for dying slow
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows

I've been around the world
I take credit for the things I've done
But when the lights are dim
I'm not the only guilty one

I don't want no scars to show
I don't want no one to know

So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows

I've been around the world
And every story ends the same
But when the lights are dim
You won't remember my name

I don't want no scars to show
I don't want no one to know

So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows
No other place for me to go
No other place for dying slow
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows

No other place for me to go
No other place for dying slow
So I'll be killing, just killing time
So I'll be killing time in the blue shadows


7.American Music (LP Version)

Lyricist:Ronnie Mcdowell, Troy Harold Seals

I see you down in the front line
Such a sight for sore eyes
You're a suicide makeover
Plastic eyes

Looking through a numb skull
Sell effaced, what's his face
You erased yourself
So shut up, you don't let up

You have a growth that must be treated
Like a sudden severe pain in the neck
You can smell it but you can't see it
No explanation identified
'Cause you don't know, you don't say

And you got no reply
Hey you, where did you come from?
Got a head full of lead
You're an inbred bastard son

All dressed up, redblooded
A mannequin, do or die, no reply
Don't deny that you're synthetic
You're pathetic


8.Barefoot Rock

Lyricist:L Harper, J Scott

I been walkin' all night down the railroad track
Wonderin' if my baby 'll be comin' back
Hung like a monkey in a coconut tree
I'm so shook up, I got the heebie jeebies

My head goin' 'round like a spinnin' top
I wanna sit down, but I just can't stop
When I get home, I'm gonna pull off my shoes
Get on the floor and dance away my blues

Ah ha, and do the barefoot rock
Ah ha, do the barefoot rock
Ah ha, do the barefoot rock
I'm gonna dance away all my blues

Some people say I'm about to lose my sense
Howlin' like a tomcat sittin' on the fence
Callin' for my baby high and low
Searchin' for that girl, 'cause I love her so

Lookin' at the moon up in the sky
Thinkin' about that girl and I almost cry
When I get home, I'm gonna pull off my shoes
Get on the floor and dance away my blues

Ah ha, and do the barefoot rock
Ah ha, and do the barefoot rock
Ah ha, do the barefoot rock
I'm gonna dance away all my blues


9.I'm Shakin'

Lyricist:Rudolph Toombs

When you touch my hand
And you talk sweet talk
I got a knocking in my knees
And a wobble in my walk
And I'm tremblin' and I'm shakin'

When you take me in your arms
And talk romance
My heart starts doing
The St. Vitus' dance
And I'm pantin' and I'm shakin'

Early in the morning time
Late in the middle of the night
Whenever this chill comes over me
I wanna hug you with all of my might
And, and I'm sweatin' and I'm shakin'

Chill and fever
I've been told
Makes your head spin around
And your feet run cold
I got fever and I'm shakin'

Feel like I been run
Through the mill
I can't move around
And I can't stand still
I'm so jittery and I'm shakin'

Samson was a mighty good man, strongest in his day
And then along came Delilah and clipped his wig
And it looks like you took me the same old way
So, I'm nervous and I'm shakin'

Storm rocks a ship on a sea
The wind shakes the leaves on a tree
I'm like a nervous wreck, I'm all shook up
And that's what you are doing to me

'Cause, 'cause I'm jumpin' and I'm shakin'
And I'm jumpin' and I'm shakin'
Shakin', shakin', shakin', shakin'
Shakin', oh yeah, I'm shakin'
Shakin', shakin', oh yeah, I'm shakin'