Aerosmith: Honkin’ On Bobo Lyrics
July 4th, 2009
Honkin’ On Bobo
1 Road Runner
2 Shame, Shame, Shame
3 Eyesight to the Blind
4 Baby, Please Don’t Go
5 Never Loved a Girl
6 Back Back Train
7 You Gotta Move
8 Grind
9 I’m Ready
10 Temperature
11 Stop Messin’ Around
12 Jesus Is on the Main Line
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Road Runner
(Bo Diddley)
Money… who needs it
Let me live my life free and easy
Put my toothbrush in my hand
And let me be a travelin’ man
Cause I’m a road runner… baby
I’m a road runner… baby
Can’t stay in one place too long
I’m a road runner baby
You might look at me and I’ll be gone
You can love me if you wanna
But I do declare
When I get restless
I got to move somewhere
I’m a road runner baby
Anywhere’s my home
And love the life I live
And I’m gonna live the life I love
Road runner… baby
Don’t want no woman to tie me down
Got to be free, baby
To roam around
All my life I’ve been like this
If you love me it’s your own risk
When the dust hit my shoe
I got the urge to move
Says I’m a road runner baby
Got to keep on keepin on
And I live the life I love
And I’m gonna love the life I live
Road runner… baby
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2. Shame, Shame, Shame
(Brian Holland / Lamont Dozier / Edward Holland)
Well I tried to tell you baby
Running makes no sense
Now you got me baby
Up against this fence
And Ain’t that a shame… shame shame
Shame… shame the way you do
Well it’s a shame… shame shame
Oh it’s a shame on you
Well now you walk out in the evening
Don’t even say you’re gone
6 o’clock in the morning
You come walking home
And ain’t that a shame… shame, shame
Shame, shame the way you do
Oh it’s a shame… shame… shame
Hey it’s a shame on you
Well I be sittin’ there waitin’
Listen everybody
Cryin’ for you to come home
Especially you girls
When I wake up baby
Is it right to be left alone
I’m sittin’ here all alone
While the one you love is never home
And ain’t that a shame… shame… shame
I love too hard… my friends sometimes say
Shame… shame the way you do
But I believe… I believe that a woman should be loved that way
Well it’s a shame… shame… shame
But it hurts me so inside to see her treat me so unkind
Oh it’s shame on you
Somebody… somewhere tell her it’s unfair
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3. Eyesight To the Blind
(Sonny Boy Williamson)
You’ve talking about your woman
I wish to God… man… that you could see mine
You’re talking about your woman
I wish to God that you could see mine
Every time the little girl start to loving… she bring eyesight to the blind
Lord… her daddy must been a millionaire… ’cause I can tell by the way she walk
Her daddy must been a millionaire… because I can tell by the way she walk
Every time she start to loving… the deaf and dumb begin to talk
I remember one Friday morning
We was lying down across the bed
Man in the next room a-dying… stopped dying and lift up his head
And said… Lord… ain’t she pretty… and the whole state know she fin
Every time she start to loving… she bring eyesight to the blind
All right and all right… now
Lay it on me… lay it on me… lay it on me
Oh lordy… what a woman… what a woman
Yes… I declare she’s pretty and the whole state knows she’s fine
Man… I declare she’s pretty… God knows I declare she’s fine
Every time she starts to loving… whoo… she brings eyesight to the blind
I’ve got to get out of here… now… let’s go… let’s go… let’s go now
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4. Baby, Please Don’t Go
(Big Joe Williams)
Baby please don’t go
Baby please don’t go
Baby please don’t go down to New Orleans
You know I love you so
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way’d out here and let you walk alone
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
Turn your lamp down low
I beg you all night long baby please don’t go
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
You brought me way down here
‘Bout to Rolling Forks you treat me like a dog
Baby please don’t go
Baby please don’t go
Baby please don’t go back the New Orleans
I beg you all night long
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog
I get you way’d out here and let you walk alone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
You know your man down gone
To the country farm with all the shackles on
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5. Never Loved a Girl
[Originally "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You)" by Aretha Franklin]
You’re a no good heart breaker
You’re a liar and you’re a cheat
I don’t know why I let you do these thing to me
My friends keep telling me that you ain’t no good
They don’t know that I would leave you if I could
I guess I’m on tight
And I’m stuck like glue
Cause I ain’t never
I ain’t never
I ain’t never… no… no…
Loved a girl the way that I
I love you
Sometimes I know I thought
You would run out of fools
But I was so wrong
You got one that you’ll never lose
The way you treat me is shame
How could you hurt me so bad
Baby you know that I’m the best thing that you ever had
Kiss me once again
Don’t you never never say that we’re through
Cause I ain’t never
Never
Never no no
Loved a girl the way that I
I love you
I can’t sleep at night I can’t eat a bite
I guess I’ll never be free
Since you got your hooks in me
I ain’t never loved a girl
I ain’t never loved a girl
Ain’t never loved a girl that hurt me so bad
What am I gonna do about it
I tell you I’m gonna hold on to her
I’m gonna hold on to her
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6. Back Back Train
(Mississippi Fred McDowell)
Well I look way down that lonesome road
Well I look way down that lonesome road
Way way down
Way way down
Way way down that lonesome road
I know that back back train will get’cha home
Back back train will get’cha home
Back back train
Back back train
Back back train will get’cha home… yeah
Well I thought I heard that church bell toll
I thought I heard that church bell toll
Told your lie
Told your lie
Told your lie somebody told me so… yeah
Huh hu hu…
Ho oh oh oh…
Well I’m goin’ home on mornin’ train… yeah
I’m goin’ home on mornin’ train
I’m goin’ home… that’s right
Goin’ home… woooo
I’m goin’ home on mornin’ train… woooo
Huh hu hu…
Ho oh oh oh…
Well that back back train will take ya home
Back back train will take ya home
Take me home
Take me home
(Take me home… take me home)
Take me… take… awww… take me take me…
Huh hu hu… Ho oh oh oh…
Take me home
Arrr… take me home…
Take me
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7. You Gotta Move
(Mississippi Fred McDowell)
You gotta move
You gotta move
You gotta move… ch-ch-ch-child
You gotta move
Oh… when the Lord gets ready
You gotta move
You may be high
You may be low
You may be rich… child
You may be poor
But when the Lord gets ready
You gotta move
You see that woman… who walks the street
You see that police… upon his beat
But then the Lord gets ready
You gotta move
You gotta move
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8. The Grind
I never thought a first time love would ever last
How could a kiss like that knock me flat on my ass
Heh hea…
The burning bed
The roses dead
And now I’m dancing with myself
Yeah… I’m missing you
Just like you want me to
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can’t get’choo off of my mind
Yeah… your sweet talking hip shaking wobble gonna blow a man away
Kiss butt… and guess what
Even double crossin’ dogs have their day… ha
So forget about… regret about… you’re right I ain’t afraid to say
Yeah… I’m missing you
Just like you want me to
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can’t get’choo off…
And the more I try
Leads to the same old why
You made me slip into the grind
Now I can’t get’choo off of the cloud we was on
And now it’s all gone
Tell me why… why… why… why…
Why ain’t I getting through
Ain’t no lie there out of love… love… love
Tell me was it good… for you
Tell me what’choo want
Yeah… cause I’m missing you
Just like you knew I’d do
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can’t get’choo off…
And I know I tried
Leads to the same old why
You made me trip into the grind
Now I can’t… can’t… can’t get you…
Get you…
Get you…
Get you…
Get you…
Get’choo…
Get’choo…
Get’choo…
Off of my mind…
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9. I’m Ready
(Muddy Waters / Willie Dixon)
I’m ready… ready as anybody can be
I’m ready… ready as anybody can be
Now I’m ready for you
I hope you’re ready for me
I got an axe handle pistol on a graveyard frame
That shoot tombstone bullets… wearin’ balls and chain
I’m drinkin’ TNT… I’m smokin’ dynamite
I hope some screwball start a fight
‘Cause I’m ready… ready as anybody can be
I’m ready for you… I hope you’re ready for me
All you pretty little chicks with your pretty little hair
I know you feels like I ain’t nowhere
But stop what your doin’ baby come over here
I’ll prove to you baby… that I ain’t no square
Because I’m ready… ready as anybody can be
Now I’m ready for you… I hope you’re ready for me
I been drinkin’ gin like never before
I feel so good… I want you to know
One more drink… I wish you would
I takes a whole lotta lovin’ to make me feel good
‘Cause I’m ready… ready as anybody can be
Now I’m ready for you… I hope you’re ready for me
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10. Temperature
(Little Walter Jacobs)
My baby give me a high temperature
My baby give me a high temperature
One hundred and one when we… kiss and dance
One hundred and two for a… night romance
One hundred and three… four and five… it gets to warm to stay alive
My baby give me a high temperature
My baby give me a high temperature
When I see my baby comin’… down the street
I feel a fever get to… high to beat
One hundred and three… four and five… and it gets to warm to stay alive
My baby give me a high temperature
My baby give me a high temperature
Ninety seven… ninety eight is just a… false alarm
My temperature’s a hundred and five.. when I hold her in my arms
One hundred and three… four and five… and it gets to warm to stay alive
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11. (Stop Messin’ Around – Various Bootlegs)
Baby, please stop messin’ ’round
You’ll be messin’ around all the time
Baby, please stop messin’ around
You’ll be messin’ around all the time
If you don’t stop messin’ ’round
You’ll be somebody’s friend
Instead of mine, yes sir
You’re rockin’ the temprature
My baby’s cherry red
You’re rockin’ so hard
I fall right out of bed
I said,
Baby, please stop messin’ ’round
You’ll be messin’ around all the time
If you don’t stop messin’ ’round
You’ll be somebody’s friend
Instead of mine
You’re rockin’ the temprature
My baby’s cherry red
You’re rockin’ so hard
I fall right out of bed
I said,
Baby, please stop messin’ ’round
You’ll be messin’ around all the time
If you don’t stop messin’ ’round
You’ll be somebody’s friend
Instead of mine
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12. Jesus Is On the Main Line
(Mississippi Fred McDowell)
Jesus is on that mainline… tell him what you want
Jesus is on that mainline… tell him what you want
Jesus is on that mainline… tell him what you want
You gotta call him up and tell him what you want
Oh… the line ain’t never busy… tell him what you want
Oh… the line ain’t never busy… tell him what you want
The line ain’t never busy… tell him what you want
Call him up… and tell him what you want
Now… if you’re feeling down and out… tell him what you want
If you’re feeling down and out… tell him what you want
If you’re feeling down and out… tell him what you want
Call him up and tell him what you want
If you’re sick and you want to get well… tell him what you want
If you’re sick and you want to get well… tell him what you want
If you’re sick and you want to get well… tell him what you want
You gotta call him up and tell him what you want
If your soul’s in danger… tell him what you want
If your soul’s in danger… tell him what you want
If your soul’s in danger… tell him what you want
Call him up and tell him what you want
Jesus is on that mainline… tell him what you want
Jesus is on that mainline… tell him what you want
Jesus is on that mainline… tell him what you want
You gotta call him up and tell him what you want