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