FISHERMAN'S BLUES ..........................
I wish I was a fisherman
tumblin' on the seas
far away from dry land
and it's bitter memories
castin' out my sweet line
with abandonment and love
no ceiling bearin' down on me
save the starry sky above
with light in my head
with you in my arms...
i wish i was the brakeman
on a hurtlin fevered train
crashin head long into the heartland
like a cannon in the rain
with the feelin of the sleepers
and the burnin of the coal
countin the towns flashin by
and a night that's full of soul
with light in my head
with you in my arms...
And I know I will be loosened
from the bonds that hold me fast
and the chains all around me
will fall away at last
and on that grand and fateful day
I will take thee in my hand
I will ride on a train
I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms...
Light in my head
You in my arms...
Light in my head
You...
With light in my head
You in my arms...
.........................................The Waterboys
INVITATION TO THE BLUES
Well she's up against the register
with an apron and a spatula
with yesterday's deliveries,
and the tickets for the bachelors
she's a moving violation
from her conk down to her shoes
but it's just an invitation to the blues
and you feel just like Cagney
looks like Rita Hayworth
at the counter of the Schwab's drug store
you wonder if she might be single
she's a loner likes to mingle
got to be patient and pick up a clue
she says howyougonnalikem
over medium or scrambled
anyway's the only way
be careful not to gamble
on a guy with a suitcase
and a ticket gettin out of here
it's a tired bus station
and an old pair of shoes
but it ain't nothing but an
invitation to the blues
but you can't take your eyes off her
get another cup of java
and it's just the way she pours it for you
joking with the customers
and it's mercy mercy Mr. Percy
there ain't nothin back in Jersey
but a broken-down jalopy of a
man I left behind
and a dream that I was chasin
and a battle with booze
and an open invitation to the blues
but she's had a sugar daddy
and a candy apple Caddy
and a bank account and everything
accustom to the finer things
he probably left her for a socialite
and he didn't love her 'cept at night
and then he's drunk and never
even told her that he cared
so they took the registration
and the car-keys and her shoes
And left her with an invitation
to the blues
'Cause there's a Continental Trailways leaving
local bus tonight, good evening
you can have my seat
I'm stickin round here for a while
get me a room at the Squire
the filling station's hiring
I can eat here every night
what the hell have I got to lose
got a crazy sensation,
go or stay and I've got to choose
......Tom Waits
@ "Kozmic Blues" (JANIS JOPLIN)
Time keeps movin’ on,
Friends they turn away.
I keep movin’ on
But I never found out why
I keep pushing so hard the dream,
I keep tryin’ to make it right
Through another lonely day, whoaa.
Dawn has come at last,
Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh yeah.
Well, I’m twenty-five years older now
So I know we can’t be right
And I’m no better, baby,
And I can’t help you no more
Than I did when just a girl.
Aww, but it don’t make no difference, baby, no, no,
And I know that I could always try.
It don’t make no difference, baby, yeah,
I better hold it now,
I better need it, yeah,
I better use it till the day I die, whoa.
Don’t expect any answers, dear,
For I know that they don’t come with age, no, no.
Well, ain’t never gonna love you any better, babe.
And I’m never gonna love you right,
So you’d better take it now, right now.
Oh! But it don’t make no difference, babe, hey,
And I know that I could always try.
There’s a fire inside everyone of us,
You’d better need it now,
I got to hold it, yeah,
I better use it till the day I die.
Don’t make no difference, babe, no, no, no,
And it never ever will, hey,
I wanna talk about a little bit of loving, yeah,
I got to hold it, baby,
I’m gonna need it now,
I’m gonna use it, say, aaaah,
Don’t make no difference, babe, yeah,
Ah honey, I’d hate to be the one.
I said you’re gonna live your life
And you’re gonna love your life
Or babe, someday you’re gonna have to cry.
Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed,
Ah, baby, yes indeed.
I said you, you’re always gonna hurt me,
I said you’re always gonna let me down,
I said everywhere, every day, every day
And every way, every way.
Ah honey won’t you hold on to what’s gonna move.
I said it’s gonna disappear when you turn your back.
I said you know it ain’t gonna be there
When you wanna reach out and grab on.
Whoa babe,
Whoa babe,
Whoa babe,
Oh but keep truckin’ on.
Whoa yeah,whoa yeah,whoa yeah,
Whoa,whoa,whoa,whoa,whoa ...
@ Natural Blues (MOBY)
oh lordy, trouble so hard
oh lordy, trouble so hard,
don't nobody know my troubles but God
don't nobody know my troubles but God
went down the hill, the other day
my soul got happy and stayed all day
oh lordy...
went in the room, didn't stay long,
looked on the bed and brother was dead
oh lordy...
@ Living the blues (BOB DYLAN)
Since you've been gone,
I've been walking around
With my head bowed down to my shoes.
I've been living the blues
Ev'ry night without you.
I don't have to go far
To know where you are,
Strangers all give me the news.
I've been living the blues
Ev'ry night without you.
I think that it's best,
I soon get some rest
And forget my pride.
But I can't deny
This feeling that I
Carry for you deep down inside.
If you see me this way,
You'd come back and you'd stay,
Oh, how could you refuse.
I've been living the blues
Ev'ry night without you.
Jugband Blues - Pink Floyd
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here
And I never knew we could be so thick
And I never knew we could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter
And the sea isn't green
And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke
Blue Jean Blues - ZZ Top
I done ran into my baby
And fin’lly found my old blue jean.
I done ran into my baby
And fin’lly found my old blue jean.
Well, I could tell that they was mine
From the oil and the gasoline.
If I ever get back my blue jean,
Lord, how happy could one man be.
If I ever get back my blue jean,
Lord, how happy could one man be.
’cause if I get back those blue jean
You know, my baby be bringin’ ’em home to me.
ALL THESE BLUES
Paul Butterfield - LP/East and west blues (1966)
When you have these blues and there's someone you're about to lose
There'll be a time, yeah, you can't sleep at night
She won't believe in you, oh, if you don't treat her right
I say, everyday, when the sun is almost down
You remember when your baby left the sound
Some people were born to lose, that's why lovers have the blues
I say, everyday, about five you'll hang your head and cry
That it's the time when your baby said goodbye
And you wanted to put your traveling shoes on
Yeah, you feel like crying when you get these kind blues
Yeah, all these blues, I said all these blues now.
Roadhouse Blues
The Doors
Morrison Hotel (1970)
Ah Keep your eyes on the road,
Your hands upon the wheel.
Keep your eyes on the road
Your hands upon the wheel.
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse,
Gonna have a real good-time.
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse,
They've got some bungalows.
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse,
They've got some bungalows.
They dance for the people
Who like to go down slow.
Let it roll, baby, roll.
Let it roll, baby, roll.
Let it roll, baby, roll.
Let it roll, all night long.
You gotta roll, roll, roll,
You gotta thrill my soul, alright.
Roll, roll, roll, roll-a
Thrill my soul.
Ashen-Lady.
Ashen-Lady.
Give up your vows.
Give up your vows.
Save our city.
Save our city.
Ah, right now.
Well, I woke up this morning
And I got myself a beer.
Well, I woke up this morning
And I got myself a beer.
The future's uncertain
And the end is always near.
Let it roll, baby, roll.
Let it roll, baby, roll.
Let it roll, baby, roll.
Let it roll, all night long.
Kαι η ελληνική εκδοχή του "Ιnvitation to the Blues" από τον Φοίβο Δεληβοριά μ'αρέσει αρκετά...
"Χάλια"
Κοίταξε τη πως σερβίρει πιο λευκή και απ' την ποδιά της
Πως κρατάει ψηλά το δίσκο και την αξιοπρέπεια της
Ροδανθός μες στα ρεμάλια και θεά μες στους θνητούς
Η παγίδα για να γίνεις πάλι χαλιά...
Poor Man's Moody Blues
Barclay James Harvest
All the nights that I've missed you
All the nights without end
All the times that I've called you
Only needing a friend
Now your eyes shine with beauty
That I missed long ago
Guess the truth is I love you
I can't say any more
'Cause I need you
Yes I want you
Yes I love you
As I look from my window
To the streets where you stand
I am gazing through dark glass
We can't walk hand in hand
Though your friends try to tell me
Though your friends you defend
They keep my heart from your heart
We must be in the end
'Cause I love you
Yes I need you
Yes I love you
Το μπλουζ του αποχωρισμού - Σιδηρόπουλος Παύλος
Απόψε τόσο μόνος να 'μαι
και 'συ να λείπεις μακριά
σα να ' τώρα το θυμάμαι
το τελευταίο όταν μου 'πες έχε γεια
Ήτανε 3 θυμάμαι Απρίλη
κάποια Δευτέρα αλλιώτικη
κι ήτανε κάπου προς το δείλι
όταν δακρύσαμε στο τελευταίο φιλί
Μεγάλωσες μες τα σαλόνια κι έμαθες
στο πάρκο μες τα περιστέρια
Με τον αλήτη πού μπλεξες τι γύρευες
αφρόψαρο στα φουσκονέρια
Κάποτε κύλαγε το αίμα
μέσα στις φλέβες μας καυτό
συμβόλαιο με το ψέμα
έχουμε κάνει εσύ εκεί και γώ εδώ
Μα αυτή τη νύχτα ώρα μια
όπου κι αν είσαι θα αισθανθείς
το κάλεσμά μου σαν μια υποψία
μες στο σκοτάδι στα τυφλά να σε καλεί
Μεγάλωσες μες τα σαλόνια κι έμαθες
στο πάρκο μες τα περιστέρια
Με τον αλήτη πού μπλεξες τι γύρευες
αφρόψαρο στα φουσκονέρια
"Still got the blues" του Gary Moore και "Το Μπλουζ του Κουδουνιστή" του Νικόλα Άσιμου....
Το μπλουζ του Αη-Ονούφρη
Σιδηρόπουλος Παύλος
Μουσική/Στίχοι: Σιδηρόπουλος Παύλος
Αποστολέας: Πειρατής
Ανέβηκα, ανέβηκα ψηλά στον Αη-Ονούφρη
για να του πω για κείνηνε, τη λύση μπας και μου 'βρει
Άγιε μου Ονούφρη, Άγιε, πες μου τι να της κάνω
αν δε μου δώσει ένα φιλί θα πέσω να πεθάνω
Κάποτε ίσως να ντο ιδεί πόσο μ' έχει αδικήσει
μα τότε ίσως να 'ν' αργά κι άλλη να 'χω φιλήσει
Άγιε μου Ονούφρη ορκίζομαι άλλην δε θα κοιτάξω
τα πιο γλυκά μου τα φιλιά γι' αυτήν θα τα φυλάξω
Κι αν τύχει και την αρνηθώ κατάρα ρίξε απάνω
ξανά να μην αγαπηθώ και μόνος να πεθάνω
Κάποτε ίσως να ντο ιδεί πόσο μ' έχει αδικήσει
μα τότε ίσως να 'ν' αργά κι άλλη να 'χω φιλήσει
"Διδυμότοιχο Blues"
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Ένα μπλουζ - Παπακωνσταντίνου Βασίλης
Ένα μπλουζ η αγάπη μου, πένθιμο, μια πομπή μαύρων αυτοκινήτων
με κορδέλες μοβ, με ορχήστρα μοβ, σε πορεία μοβ, όλα μοβ
Ένα μπλουζ η αγάπη μου, πένθιμο, μια πομπή μαύρων αυτοκινήτων
Ένα μπλουζ η αγάπη μου, πένθιμο, η ζωή είναι θέμα πιθανοτήτων
I GOT THE BLUES.............................
As I stand by your flame
I get burned once again
Feelin' low down, I'm blue
As I sit by the fire
Of your warm desire
I've got the blues for you, yeah
Every night you've been away
I've sat down and I have prayed
That you're safe in the arms of a guy
Who will bring you alive
Won't drag you down with abuse
In the silk sheet of time
I will find peace of mind
Love is a bed full of blues
And I've got the blues for you
And I've got the blues for you
And I'll bust my brains out for you
And I'll tear my hair out
I'm gonna tear my hair out just for you
If you don't believe what I'm singing
At three o'clock in the morning, babe, well
I'm singing my song for you ...................................
Lightning Hopkins - Little red rooster
I am the little red rooster, too lazy to crow for day.
I am the little red rooster, too lazy to crow for day.
Keep everything in the barnyard,
upset in every way.
Dogs begin a'barkin, hounds begin a'hound.
Dogs begin a'barking, hounds begin a'hound.
Watch out strange cat people,
Little red rooster's on the prowl.
If you see my little red rooster, please drive him home.
If you see my little red rooster, please drive him home.
Ain't had no peace in the barnyard,
Since my little red rooster been gone.
NEIL YOUNG
"Vampire Blues"
I'm a vampire, babe,
suckin' blood
from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby,
suckin' blood
from the earth.
Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
sell you
twenty barrels worth.
I'm a black bat, babe,
bangin' on
your window pane
I'm a black bat, baby,
bangin' on
your window pane.
Well, I'm a black bat, babe,
I need my high octane.
Good times are comin',
I hear it everywhere I go
Good times are comin',
I hear it everywhere I go.
Good times are comin',
but they sure comin' slow.
I'm a vampire, babe,
suckin' blood
from the earth
I'm a vampire, baby,
suckin' blood
from the earth.
Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
sell you
twenty barrels worth.
Good times are comin'.
the bluest blues...alvin lee+ten years after
stormy monday..albert king
