"It's thinking of you that's getting me back to the road again"...RJD

1991 - The Elf Albums

1. Carolina County Ball
2. L.A.59
3. Ain't It All Amusing
4. Happy
5. Annie New Orleans
6. Rocking Chair Rock 'N' Roll Blues
7. Rainbow
8. Do The same Thing
9. Blanche
10. Black Swampy Water
11. Prentice Wood
12. When She Smiles
13. Good Time Music
14. Liberty Road
15. Shotgun Boogie
16. Wonderworld
17. Streetwalker





1. CAROLINA COUNTY BALL

Well just imagine my surprise to be there
If you touched me with a feather I’d fall
I guess that you could say we finally made it
We played the Carolina County Ball

We had the ladies all in line to see us
I must have promised twenty-seven I’d call
We thought the sun was never gonna stop shining
On the Carolina County Ball

We played it hot, hard and nasty, yeah
At the Carolina County Ball
And we sang, oooooh
On a boogie woogie Friday night, oooooh
When you got it sailing really wailing
It's all right, oh all right

All right, hey hey

Well just imagine my surprise to be there
If you touched me with a feather I'd fall
We thought the sun was never gonna stop shining
Down on the Carolina County Ball

We played it hot, and hard, nasty, hey
At the Carolina County Ball
And we sang, yeah, oooooh
On a boogie woogie Friday night, it's all right
Oooooh
When you got it sailing, really wailing, it's all right
All right
Oh yeah, hey

Hey, Doooo
On a boogie woogie Friday night
Doooo
Say, everything got to be all right
Doooo
It's a boogie boogie Friday night, hey
Doooo
When you got it sailing, really wailing
It's all right, yeah, go ahead

(Doooo Doooo Doooo Doooo)

Oh, Doooo
On the boogie woogie Friday night
Doooo
Say, everything got to be oh-so-right
Doooo
It's a boogie boogie Friday night, oh yeah
Doooo
When you got it sailing, really wailing
Hypnotizing, tantalizing
Carolina County Ball and it's all right, ooh

2. L.A. 59

It's thinking of you
That's getting me back to the road again
Hey big train you're eating up the ground

Thunder and rain
Pushing the train that I'm on again
Got to get me back to L.A. 59

Oh, remember it well
And oh, could I tell you about it all
But you know about heaven so Lord I'm going
To leave it there

Now the ladies are good
But nobody could be as good as you are
Oh, get me back to L.A. 59

And it's hello, hello sunshine
It's a good day in L.A. it's all right, yeah
Oh, hello, hello, sunshine
My, good day in L.A. 59

All right

Thunder and rain
Pushing the train that I'm on again
Get me back to L.A. 59

Hello, hello, sunshine, ooh ooh ooh
A good day, L.A., all right

And it's a-hello, hello sunshine, oh my sunshine
Well, it's a good day in L.A., it's all right, right
ooh ooh

Gotta talk about it
Hello, hello, sunshine
Oh yes, yes, such a good day in L.A., it's all right
Get me back, a singing
Hello, hello, sunshine, shine on me
It’s such a good day in L.A., it's all right, right right yeah

I say it’s hello, hello, sunshine, my close friend
Such a good day in L.A., it's ah all right right

I say it’s hello, hello, sunshine, get me back, take me back
Such a good day in L.A.

3. AIN’T IT ALL AMUSING

Baby if you flatter me, you might get somewhere
But I ain't gonna flatter you 'cause I don't really care
Ain't it all, ain't it all amusing

Now, now maybe if you get the sign, I might be a man
Baby you forgot the time, I'll do the best I can
Ain't it all, ain't it all, ain't it all amusing
Well, ain't it all, right, right, ain't it all amusing

Make me laugh.….

Hey, Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jill fell down and broke her crown
And that's the way it oughta.....
Now ain't it all now, all now, Oh, ain't it all amusing, hey
I saai, ain't it all right, ain't it all amusing

Ooh, oh yeah

Oh, Baby if you flatter me, you might get somewhere
But I ain't gonna flatter you, no, 'cause I don't really care
Ain't it all, ain't it all amusing
Ha-ha
Well, ain't it all right, right, ain't it all amusing
Ain’t it all amusing

4. HAPPY

Very very happy that you're so happy
Very very happy for you
Looking around every corner
I'm happy to see that you're happy

Special situation, pleasant demonstration
'Till the cat rolled out of the bag
You let me get my hopes too high
But now you're happy

Crazy kind of feeling, hanging from the ceiling
With a bag tied over my head
You won't let the sun shine in
But now you're

Very very happy that you're so happy
Very very happy for you
Looking around every corner
Lord, I'm glad you're happy

Too much aggravation, time is kind of wasting
Got to get while I'm still alive
You're never gonna stop me now
But Lord you're

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

Very very happy, special situation
Very very happy, pleasant demonstration

5. ANNIE NEW ORLEANS

AggravatinG Annie you're getting on my fanny
And I just can't cope anymore
When it gets down to fundamentals
You're a bit confusing

You've got wrinkles on your face
But they seem to be in place
So I wonder well I wonder
Are you leading the young boy on
Annie New Orleans

You're a hard core woman, a red necked woman
A good old girl from the South
With a negative way of speaking
But you're sentimental, yeah

We never speak of life, but you want to be my wife
And I wonder, well I wonder
Are you leading the young boy on
Annie New Orleans

Well didn't think I heard you at all
I was starting to fall
Back it up and try it again
I ain't letting you win, no way, all right

Woo aggravating Annie you're on my fanny
And I can't cope anymore
When it gets down to fundamentals
Lady, you're confusing

Well, you've got some wrinkles on your face
But they're all in place
So I wonder, I just wonder
Well are you leading the young boy on
Annie New Orleans
Hey, Annie New Orleans
Now now, Annie New Orleans
Hey

6. ROCKING CHAIR ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BLUES

How do you whisper out loud
Be all alone in a crowd
Well.....

How do you manage to fly
Breathe like the wind when you sigh
Sun, burning like fire
She's not feeling the sun, look at her run

Looks like it's starting to rain
Can't quite decide who's to blame
And how do you manage to fly
Breathe like the wind when you sigh
Sun, burning like fire
She's not feeling the sun, look at her run

And it looks like it's starting to rain
Can't quite decide who's to blame
Well.....hey, hey, all right

Mama told me so, son you're getting slow
Find a girl to make your own
Women treat you bad every one you had
Your legs are long but you ain't grown
No no, back off, Mama, I'm just learning, and how
Got to help me light the fuse
I got the rocking chair rock 'n' roll blues
Yeah

Daddy told me no, take it kind of slow
Get your fill of living alone
Women treat you cool, Lord you're such a fool
Your legs are long but you ain't grown
Hey, back off, Mama, I'm just learning, learning how
Help me light the fuse
I got the rocking chair rock 'n' roll blues now

All right, yeah yeah yeah,hey

Oh, got to back off, Mama, I'm just learning and how
Got to help me light the fuse
I got the rocking chair rock 'n' roll blues, yeah

Oh, now now
Oooh ooh, hey, help me

7. RAINBOW

Lady pick your feet up
Come and lay beside me
Show me things I've never known before
Seven days of wonder
Come and pray beside me

I guess I'm through believing
No one's waiting for me
I think I woke up living on my dreams
You black eyed husky woman
Come and lay beside me
Black eyed husky woman
Come and stay beside me

She ain't just another rainbow
Silver lining in the sky
She ain't just another rainbow

Adam and the Devil got me thinking about women
So I walked right up to her
Adam and the Devil got me thinking about women
So I talked right up to her

I said, “I ain't got no time to waste,
So do the things you're told”, yeah
Give me seven days of wonder
Come and stay beside me

Adam and the Devil got me thinking about women
So I walked right up to her
Adam and the Devil got me thinking about women
So I talked right up to her

And I said, “I ain't got no time to waste,
So do things you're told”, yeah
Seven days of wonder
Come and stay beside me

She ain't just another rainbow
Silver lining in the sky
She ain't just another rainbow
Not the same as you and I

She ain't just another rainbow
Silver lining in the sky
She ain't just another rainbow
Not the same as you and I

She ain't just another rainbow
Silver lining in the sky
She ain't just another rainbow

8. DO THE SAME THING

Crazy little woman go down, go down, go down, go down
Down to where the honey is sweet
Hey sweet baby go round, go round, go round, go round
Got to knock me off my feet
Lord I got the fever
Stop just 'fore I die
No, do the same thing
Do the same thing

Hey little mama don't fall, fall, fall, fall
Baby I'm depending on you, yeah
Hey sweet woman you call me, call me, call me, call
For anything you want me to do
Lord I got the fever
Got to stop just 'fore I die
No, do the same thing
Do the same thing
Oh hey

All right
Crazy little woman Come down, down, down, down
Down to where the honey is so sweet
Listen sweet lady go round, go round, go round, go round
Lord, you knock me off my feet
I said Lord, I got the fever
Got to stop just 'fore I die
No, do the same thing!
Hey, do the same thing!
Oh, do the same thing!
Oh, do the same thing!
Yeah, do the same thing!
Ooh, do the same thing!
Hey, save me

9. BLANCHE

Rainy days, rainy days
Too many rainy days
It's been found you can't get brown
Rain go away

Rainy days, rainy days
Too many rainy days
It's been found you can't get brown
Rain go away

Rainy days, rainy days
Too many rainy days
It's been found you can't get brown
Rain go away

Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days, rainy days, too many rainy days
Rainy days

10. BLACK SWAMPY WATER

Oh yeah
Uh back in the wood
Where it's good
And the days are yellow
Well I saw me a child
She was wild
Like a lady going all out

Dark as the night
She was ripe
For a little conversation
So I pulled her right in
And she said
She had some imagination

Black swampy water
That's where I caught her
Black swampy water
Black swampy water

We didn't speak
For a week
Got tangled up in her hair
So we lay in the grass
What a gas
You can't know that you were there

So then I let it all go
And the show
Was like blowing up a freight train
And round the world I would go
Like jumping on a jet plane

Black swampy water
That's where I caught her
Black swampy water
Uh, what I taught her, yeah

Oh, back in the wood
Where it's good
And the days are yellow
Gotta saw me a child
She was wild
Like a lady going all out

I've been
Black swampy water
All right
That's where I caught her, oh
Black swampy water
Oh all the things that I taught her
Yes, again

Black swampy water, my my
Where I saw here, oh
Black swampy water
What I did when I caught her, oh yeah yeah

11. PRENTICE WOOD

Watching all the flowers grow
Soon they'll be around
I love to watch the English countryside
Watch the bird with purple wings
Doesn't make a sound
He's waiting for the wind to take a ride

Ain't it looking fine
I wish that it were mine
Oh, feels good
Oh, feels good
In Prentice Wood, yeah

Ah
Men are coming out to play
Hit the ball around
Jump the net and change the sides again, yeah
Feeling foolish splash your name
Look what we've found
Don't you even use another friend

Ain't it looking fine
I wish that it were mine
Oh, feels good
Oh, feels good

Come with me lady, give us a smile
Try to believe that it's real

Watching all the flowers grow
Soon you'll be around
Feeling all the magic in the air
Seems the sun is only mine
Never going down
Love is in the wind it's everywhere

Ain't it lookin fine
Open up the wine
Oh, feels good
Oh, feels good
In Prntice Wood
Yeah, oh

12. WHEN SHE SMILES

Well ain't she lovely
Whe she's blue
And ain't she lovely
Looking at you

And I'm not one for speaking out loud
But you can't miss her face in a crowd
When she smiles
When she smiles, yeah

She makes me happy
When she's high
She'd even make you happy
Just waving bye-bye

And like some things way up in the air
She's got more than seems to be there
When she smiles
When she smiles, yeah

Well, hey you with your head in the noose
Look like you swallowed your shoes
Don't be called a fool
Ain't you really cool
Won't you even give it a try
My, my, my

Well, hey you with your head in the noose
Look like you swallowed your shoes
Don't be called a fool
Ain't you really cool
Won't you even give it a try
Won't you even give it a try
Won't you even give it a try

She's lovely
When she's blue
She looks so damn lovely, yeah
Looking at you

My baby makes me happy
She's lovely
I'm happy
When she's waving bye-bye
Makes you feel good
She's sure
Everytime I see I'm high
Hey, my my

13. GOOD TIME MUSIC

Are there hard days ahead
Should we put it away
For a rainy day
Is my moon out tonight
Should I wake up today
I think I've just gotta say

Life's too complicated
To do much more creating
Waiting for the man to take us down
And you can't have no money
The cloudy days aren't sunny
And all the women that you know
Look just like men
Ah but it's smiling time again
And everybody wins
Good time music Is coming back today

Will the sun shine today
Should we keep it alive
Or lock it all up inside
Can we all find a way
To be happy again
When's it all gonna end

Life's too complicated
To do much more creating
Waiting for the man to take us down
And you can't have no money
The cloudy days aren't sunny
And all the women that you know
Look just like me
Ah but it's smiling time again
And everybody wins
'Cause good time music is coming back
'Cause good time music is coming back
'Cause good time music is coming back today

Oh
Good time music's coming back
Good time music's getting back
Good time music's coming back to stay

14. LIBERTY ROAD

Do-do-doo
Do-do-doo
Do-do-doo
Do-do-doo
Anytime of day
See her on her way
Straight down Liberty Road
Slinky like a cat
Trying to catch a rat
Oh, my

She's got crazy looking wheels
Love the way it feels
Just plain watching her move
Could you let her go
Stop the river flow
Now, now

Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road

She's lightning, frightening
Oh, oh, she's lightning, Lord, Lord
Got no way to say
Follow me home
Get on home

She's lightning, frightening
Oh my, she's lightning
Got no way to say
Follow me home
Yes right home, say

Anytime of day
See her on her way
Straight down Liberty Road
Slinkin' like a cat
Trying to catch a rat
Oh, my

Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Get down down
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Set me free
Well come on, well come on
Down, down down, down down, down down, down down
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Hey-hey
Oh my soul
Oh yeah

15. SHOTGUN BOOGIE

Someone in the front of the shop needed a bar
Heard the boogie-woogie from the back of the car
Rooting, tooting, shooting by the man with the horn
Wailing since the day he was born

To get me on the scheme you gotta keep me alive
Jitter-bugging baby doing nothing but jive
Padded in the shoulders but your front is all wrong
You got me coming can you keep it on going

I wanna reach you baby
Got to put the phone down
And let it ring in my ear
Maybe in the morning
We can see if something's dawning
Am I making myself very clear

Oh, hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Shotgun boogie make it low down
All right, oh yeah
All right, oh yeah
Ooh, ooh, baby

Oh, hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Do that boogie jive

Oh, hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Baby, shotgun boogie make it low down

Hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Do the shotgun boogie make it low down

Hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
The shotgun boogie make it low down

Hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Do the shotgun boogie make it low down
Low down, low down
Oh
Shotgun boogie make it l low down
Aaa

16. WONDERWORLD

Touch me, I feel
Take me, I'm real
Sail away, into the sun
I'm everyone

Wake me, I dream
I'm what I seem
Drift away, into the night
I'm the light

I am the sky
Help you to fly
Catch your wind
It's love I bring
I'm everything

I am the sea
Always to be
Drift away, into the night
I'm the light

I'm a fire
Burning higher
Trying to burn the sun
But don't you know
The rules just won't apply
Who am I

Wake me, I dream
Now I'm what I seem
So sail away, into the sun
'Cause I'm everyone, yeah

Touch me, I feel
Take me, I'm real
Drift away, into the night
I'm the light

17. STREETWALKER

Streetwalker
You've been so good to me
Sweet talker
You've sure been so good to me
You make a lonely hearted stranger feel

Magic
There's magic in the way you make me feel like
Magic
I can't believe it's true, no
Magic
So spooky in the way you always get me higher
Voodoo woman you've cast a spell on me

Woman
Woman I know that you're the only
Woman
I believe in you
Woman
You're having everyone who comes your way
You woman
Got me on my knees, what can I do

Gotta get to the well
Before the well runs dry
And shuts me out again
You got something to sell
Beneath the midnight sky
Lady I'm in need of a friend, yeah

Magic
There's magic in the way you make me feel like
Magic
Well I can't believe it's true, no
Magic
So spooky in the way you always get me higher
Voodoo woman you've cast a spell on me, yeah

Streetwalker
You've been so good to me
You sweet talker
You've sure been so good to me
You make a lonely hearted stranger
Feel like he ought to be

Love woman
Dressed like a neon sign, ah, oh, oh
Love woman
Dressed like a neon sign
Just a hoochie-koochie baby
Loving with anyone you find
Remember you're mine

Streetwalker
You've been so good, good to me
Oh, sweet talker, sweet walker, sweet talker
You've been so good to only me
Make a lonely hearted stranger
Feel like it just got to be, ooh, ooh, ooh












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