Foghat : Decades Live

Hard Rock / United-Kingdom
(2003 - Sanctuary Records)
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Lyrics

Disc 1

1. LOUISIANA BLUES

I'm goin' to Louisiana, baby, behind the sun,
I'm goin' to Louisiana, baby, behind the sun,
I just found out my trouble's just begun.

I'm goin' to New Orleans, get me a mojo hand,
I'm goin' to New Orleans, get me a mojo hand,
Goin' to show all you women, show how to treat your man.
Oh yea

[Harp Solo - Slide Solo]

Uh huh huh huh huh uh huh huh huh huh huh

If the river was whiskey, I was a diving duck,
If the river was whiskey, I was a diving duck,
I'd swim to the bottom, drink myself back up,
I'd swim to the bottom, drink myself back up.

Mmmm Oooh oooh - Goin' to Louisiana, Louisiana


2. DRIVIN' WHEEL

Feelin' good, can't be real, must be dreamin' 'bout my drivin' wheel.
Rollin' on, drivin' on, come to me and rock me all night long.
We've got a roll goin', too good to stop.
Flyin' high, we've got too far to drop.
Everybody needs somebody to love,
I've got you, and that's love enough.

You're my drivin' wheel - You're my drivin' wheel - You're my drivin' wheel

Powerful love, steady roll, move my body and it rock my soul.
Let me ride, let me slide, got that lovin' feelin', way down inside.
You got me walkin', goin' round and around,
You got me talkin', but I can't hear a sound.
Love comes easy when the going is tough,
May be crazy - I may be in love.

You're my drivin' wheel, yeah - You're my drivin' wheel, yeah -
You're my drivin' wheel, yeah.

Every night feelin' high, flyin' right, can't believe all the love that I feel.
Easy rider, you're a love exciter, you're my love, you're my drivin' wheel.

[Slide Solo - verse, verse, bridge]

Feelin' good, can't be real, must be dreamin' 'bout my drivin' wheel.
Rollin' on, drivin' on, come to me and rock me all night long.

We've got a roll goin', too good to stop,
Flyin' high, we've got too far to drop.
Everybody needs somebody to love,
I've got you and that's love enough.

You're my drivin' wheel - You're my drivin' wheel, yeah -
You're my drivin' wheel.
Y-o-u-'r-e my drivin' wheel.

Keep on drivin' me baby - 'cause you're my drivin' wheel,
I love the way I feel - 'cause you're my - 'cause your my drivin' wheel.

Let me ride, let me slide, whoo!
C'mon baby, give it to me baby.
Yea we gotta ride, we gotta ride, we gotta ride, we gotta ride,
We gotta ride, ride, ride, yeah.


3. MOTEL SHAKER

Shanghaied at midnight, to some sleazy motel,
The blonde leading the blind, ah, she does it so well!
A view of the highway, four walls and a bed,
She's taking me down now and I'm so easily lead.
She's got me right there where she wants,
Where she can work me all night long.

Motel shaker, tangled in sheets, the more she gets, the more she needs.
Motel shaker, shaking the walls, three in the morning and she wants it all.

She puts on her red dress and that's a dangerous sign,
With her first-rate body and her one-track mind.
Heart shakin' like an earthquake, just a little more fun,
When you think it's all over, well she's hardly begun.
She don't care what they can hear next door,
She just wants to get what she came for.

Motel shaker, tangled in sheets, the more she gets, the more she needs.
Motel shaker, shaking the walls, the neighbors are knockin', but she ain't stopping.

Motel shaker, tangled in sheets, the more she gets, the more she needs.
Motel shaker, shaking the walls, three in the morning and she wants it all.

[Slide Solo]

Woo! Yeah! Shake it baby!

She loves to shake me all night long,
But in the morning she'll be gone, she'll be gone.

Motel shaker, tangled in sheets, the more she gets, the more she needs.
Motel shaker, shaking the walls, the neighbors are knockin', she ain't stoppin',

Motel shaker, tangled in sheets, the more she gets, the more she needs.
Motel shaker, shaking the walls, they keep on knockin', but she ain't stoppin'.

Motel shaker, motel shaker
Motel shaker, motel shaker...


4. STONE BLUE

Wind tearin' through the backstreet, I hear the rhythm of my heart beat,
Rain blowin' to my face, I'm tired of being in the wrong place.

Blues knockin' on my back door, I can't jump from the second floor,
Turn up the radio higher and higher, rock and roll music set my ears on fire.

When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.
When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.

Laid off work and I can't be free, I need some rock 'n' roll therapy.
Put on a 45 and let the needle ride, jukebox jumps and I'll be satisfied.

When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.
When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.

Oh, let me ride on your mystery train, ride through the night in the pourin' rain.
Rock and roll in my soul, got me losin' control, let it roll!

Stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through,
When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.

[Slide Solo]

Rock and roll in my soul, got me losin' control,
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll, let it roll!

When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.
When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.
(Stone blue) Walkin' on a backstreet,
(Stone blue) I hear the rhythm of my heartbeat.
(Stone blue) Pick up the beat 'n' start to run,
(Stone blue) I'll be home before the mornin' sun.
(Stone blue) Rain blowin' to my face,
(Stone blue) I'm tired of bein' in the wrong place.

When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.
When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through.
Turn up my radio, turn it up, yeah, higher and higher,
Turn it up, turn it up, whoo, yeah, higher and higher.

You gotta help me through - you gotta help me through,
You gotta help me through - you gotta help me through,
You gotta help me through - you gotta help me through,
You gotta help me through - you gotta help me through.
When I was stone blue, when I was stone blue,
Gotta help me through, help me through...


5. NOTHIN' BUT TROUBLE

For the love of a woman, well many a man,
Has wound up cryin', tryin' to understand.
I've had my share of heartache and pain,
I'm not worried now, I'm not ashamed.

My first time lover I was just seventeen,
We made love and I was lost in a dream.
She said that nothin' would ever go wrong,
I woke up one mornin' - guess what? - she was gone.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.

So many nights I spent alone,
Just me and that damn telephone.
Holdin' for love, but waiting in vain,
The same old feelin', and it's drivin' me insane.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.

[Slide Solo]

For the love of a woman, I searched high and low,
Hopin' that someday I'd be troubled no more.
I guess I was wrong in so many ways,
Now I'll be in trouble for the rest of my days.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble.
Trouble!

[Slide Solo]

Nothin' but trouble - nothin' but trouble

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble, yeah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, love ain't nothin' but trouble...


6. HONEY HUSH

Come on in this house, stop all that yakety-yak,
Come on in this house, stop all that yakety-yak,
Don't make me nervous, holdin' a baseball bat.

You keep on yappin', talkin' 'bout this 'n that,
Well you keep on yappin', talkin' 'bout this 'n that,
Got news for you baby, you're nothing but an alley cat.

Well it's hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver away, yeah... whoo!
Honey hush!

[Solo]

Turn out the water works baby, they don't move me no more,
Turn out the water works baby, they don't move me no more,
When I leave this town, ain't comin' back no more, no.

So it's hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver away, yea.

Well it's hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver,
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver away, yea.
I'm gone!

[Solo]

Yeah!
Turn out the water works baby!
They don't move me no more.
Honey hush,
Whoo!


7. IT HURTS ME TOO

You said you were hurtin', you almost lost your mind,
The man you love, he hurts you all the time,
When things go wrong, wrong with you, it hurts me too, yeah.

He loves another woman, but I love you,
But you love him, I don't know what to do,
When things go wrong, wrong with you, it hurts me too.

You love him more, when you should love him less,
Why sneak up behind him and take his mess?
When things go wrong, wrong with you, it hurts me too, it hurts me too.
Oh, play your heart out.

[Slide Solo - 2 verses]

Now he'd better leave you, or you should put him down,
I just can't stand to see you pushed around,
When things go wrong, wrong with you, it hurts me too, oh yeah.

So goodbye baby, I've got to leave you now,
I'm gonna pack my bags, and move on down the line, yeah,
When things go wrong with you,
When things go wrong, so wrong with you, yeah,
When things go wrong, wrong with you,
It hurts me too, it hurts me too, yeah.

[Slide Solo - 3 verses to fade]


8. SWEET HOME CHICAGO

Come on, baby don't you wanna go?
Oh come on, baby don't you wanna go?
Back to the same old place, to my sweet home Chicago.

One and one is two, two and two is four,
Love me baby now, love me slow.

Come on, baby don't you wanna go?
Back to the same old place, to my sweet home Chicago.

Two and two is four, four and four is eight,
Love me baby now, don't be late.

Come on, baby don't you wanna go?
Back to the same old place, to my sweet home Chicago
Oh take me there!

[Solo - 2 verses]

Whoo!

Love me baby, love me right, early in the morning, now, late at night.

Come on, baby don't you wanna go?
Back to the same old place, to my sweet home Chicago.

I believe, I believe my time ain't long,
I believe, I believe my time ain't long.
I've got to leave my baby, and break up my happy home


9. I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU

I don't want you, cook my bread,
I don't want you, make my bed,
I don't want your money too,
I just wanna make love to you.

I don't want you, be no slave,
I don't want you, work all day,
I don't want you to be sad and blue,
I just wanna make love to you.

I can tell by the way that you baby talk,
I can see by the way that you switch and walk,
I can tell by the way that you treat your man,
But I could love you baby, it's a cryin' shame.

I don't want you, wash my clothes,
I don't want you, keep a home,
I don't want you to be true,
I just wanna make love to you.

[Solo]

I don't want you, be no slave,
I don't want you, work all day,
I don't want you to be true,
I just wanna make love to you.

I don't want you, keep a home,
I don't want you, wash my clothes,
I don't want you to be true,
I just wanna make love...


Disc 2

1. FOOL FOR THE CITY

Goin' to the city, got you on my mind,
Country sure is pretty, I'll leave it all behind,
This is my decision, I'm comin' home to stay this time.

'Cause I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city,
Fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city.

Breathin' all the clean air, sittin' in the sun,
When I get my train fare, I'll get up and run.
I'm ready for the city, air pollution here I come!

'Cause I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city,
I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city.

I'm like a fish out of water, I'm just a man in a hole.
The city lights turn my blues into gold.
I ain't no country boy, I'm just a homesick man.
I'm gonna hit the grit just as fast as I can.

I'm tired of layin' back, hangin' around,
I'm gonna catch that train, then I'll be city bound.

[Solo]

I ain't no country boy, I'm just a homesick man.
I'm gonna hit the grit just as fast as I can.

I'll get off on Main Street, step into the crowd,
Sidewalk under my feet, yeah, traffic's good and loud.
When I see my inner city child, I'll be walkin' on a cloud.

'Cause I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city,
I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city...
I'm a fool, (Fool for the city) A fool for the city, (Fool for the city)
I'm a fool, (Fool for the city) A fool for the city, (Fool for the city)
I'm a fool, (Fool for the city) A crazy fool, (Fool for the city)

I'm a fool yea, (Fool for the city) A fool for the city, (Fool for the city)
(Fool for the city) (Fool for the city)
I ain't no country boy, woo! (Fool for the city) (Fool for the city)
Woo! (Fool for the city) (Fool for the city)
A Fool for the city (Fool for the city) (Fool for the city)
Whoo! (Fool for the city) (Fool for the city) ...


2. SLOW RIDE

Slow ride, take it easy - Slow ride, take it easy,
Slow ride, take it easy - Slow ride, take it easy.

I'm in the mood, the rhythm is right,
Move to the music, we can roll all night.
Oooh, oooh, slow ride - oooh, oooh ...

Slow ride, take it easy - Slow ride, take it easy
Slow down, go down, got to get your lovin' one more time
Hold me, roll me, slow ridin' woman you're so fine

Woo!

I'm in the mood, the rhythm is right,
Move to the music yea, we can roll all night, yea.
Oooh, oooh ...

Slow ride, take it easy - Slow ride, take it easy
Slow down, go down, got to get your lovin' one more time
Hold me, roll me, slow ridin' woman you're so fine

[Solo]

(Slow ride, easy, slow ride, sleazy - Slow ride, easy, slow ride, sleazy)

Slow down, go down, got to get your lovin' one more time
Hold me, roll me, slow ridin' woman you're so fine

(Slow ride, take it easy - slow ride, take it easy)
(Slow down, go down - Slow down, go down)

Oh come on baby, take a slow ride with me,
Come on baby, take a slow ride.
Oh feels good, mmmm, feels so good, I like it yea,
I feel good, oh I feel alright!

You know the rhythm is right - You know the rhythm is right -
We gotta rock all night - We gotta rock all night -
You know the rhythm is right, yeah, we gotta rock all night,
You know the rhythm is right, we gotta rock all night.
Whoa, c'mon now
Woo, Yea, Woo, Woa!

[Slide Riff]

Elevate me mama - Elevate me mama - Elevate me mama - Elevate me mama.
Oww!
Woo!

[Slide Solo to tag]

Slow ride! Yea!


3. I AINT GOT YOU

[Instrumental]


4. CHATEAU LAFITTE '59 BOOGIE

Oh what a night, sure had a real good time,
Oh what a night, sure had a real good time,
You drink whiskey, I'll drink cheap red wine.

My head started spinnin', eyes began to roll,
My head started spinnin', eyes began to roll,
Crazy fool, shoulda listened to what I've been told.

But I'm rollin', all night long - Rollin', all night long,
Rollin', all night long - Just another drink and I'll be gone, gone, gone.

Look at old Charlie, standin' by a dollar bill,
Look at old Charlie, standin' by a dollar bill, mm hmm,
It may look good, but it sure ain't no cheap thrill.

So I'm rollin', all night long, Rollin', all night long,
Rollin', all night long, Just another drink and I'll be gone, gone, gone.
Well I'm gone!

[Slide Solo]

Whoo!

My head started spinnin', eyes began to roll,
My head started spinnin', eyes began to roll, shouldn't do that, shouldn't do that, Crazy fool, I drank too much alcohol.That's alright!

Yes I'm rollin', all night long, Rollin', all night long,
Rollin', all night long, One more drink and I'll be gone, oh, gone, gone.
Yeah!

[Slide Solo]

Whoo! Rollin'! Whoo! Alright! John Lee Hooker!

Yea, I got drunk last night and the night before,
If I get me some wine, gonna get drunk some more.
I been rollin', rollin', rollin', all night long.
I said all night, all night, all night, all night,
Mmm ah hmm, rollin' all night long, yea! Whoo!

Oh what a night, sure had a real good time,
Oh what a night, sure had a real good time,
You drink your whiskey, I'll drink my red wine. Yeah.

Well I'm rollin', all night long, Rollin', all night long, rollin', all night long
Just another drink and I'll be gone, gone, gone, gone
Whoa I'm gone!

Yea-ee-yea!, woo, woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!


5. LOOSE ENDS

I got a girl, she likes to swing from a tree,
Love that woman, but she don't love me.
I've got a check book, but got no money,
I told her that, she didn't think it was funny.

I've got a car, but the damn thing won't start,
I could fix it, but I cant find the spare parts.
I've got a stereo with kick-ass speakers,
But the sound is getting weaker and weaker.
Everything I got is less than perfect, I should be angry, but it just ain't worth it.
One of these days, I'm gonna make it right, tie it up good and tight.

Loose ends, loose ends, loose ends,
One of these nights I'm gonna tie it up tight.

I've got a suit, but the sleeves are too long,
Perfect fit, if I had arms like King Kong.
I've got a cellar full of old suit cases,
Outdated tickets to romantic places.

I've got a jigsaw with one piece missing,
I've got a radio with no time to listen.
I've got a house with a leak in the ceiling,
I've got a heart but I've got no feeling.
Everything I got is less than perfect, I should be angry, but it just ain't worth it.
One of these days I'm gonna make it right, tie it up good and tight.

Loose ends, loose ends, loose ends,
One of these nights I'm gonna tie it up tight.

[Solo]

I'm gonna make that woman love me - get a good job earn some money -
Buy a car with an eight track stereo.
Buy a new suit, take a sea cruise, fix my house the way that I choose.
Some day I'm gonna get up and go, go, go! Go, go, mmmm, mmmm.

Loose ends, loose ends, loose ends, loose ends.
Tying up a loose end, tying up a loose end,
Tying up a loose end, tying up a loose end, ahhhh.

[Solo]


6. EIGHT DAYS ON THE ROAD

Sugar lady, be my saviour,
'Cause I'm tired, I've been eight days on the road.
That's right, eight days on the road,
Travelin' through the night,
There ain't no town, ain't no town, ain't no rest tonight.

Broke and busted, standin' on the county line,
I've been traveling eight days on the road.
That's right, well, eight days on the road.
Travelin' through the night,
There ain't no town, ain't no town, ain't no rest tonight, oh.

I'm out here thinkin', thinkin' 'bout what I've done,
That's why, oh that's why, I'm eight days on the road.
That's right, well eight days on the road.
Travelin' through the night,
I'm comin' home, I won't be long, I'll make Birmingham tonight.

[Solo]

Oh sugar lady, be my saviour,
'Cause I'm broke, busted, I've been eight days on the road.
Hitchhike, I've been eight days on the road.
Travelin' through the night...
There ain't no town, there ain't no town, there ain't no rest tonight.

Comin' home, and I won't be long (Eight days on the road)
Sugar lady don't you do me no wrong (Eight days on the road)
Ridin' on the highway and I'm outta luck (Eight days on the road)
Mmmmm - ooh ooh

I'm makin' it back to you,
Makin' it back to you,
Makin' it back to you,
Makin' it back to you,
Eight days on the road,
Eight days on the road.

Eight days, well, whoo!


7. MAYBELLINE

Oh, Maybelline, why can't you be true? Oh, Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do,

As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybelline in a Coup de Ville,
Cadillac rollin' on the open road, nothin' outrun my V8 Ford,
Cadillac doin' 'bout 95, bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side,

Maybelline, why can't you be true? Whoa Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You done started back doing the things you used to do,

Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford, Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more,
Done got cloudy and it started to rain, I tooted my horn til I passed the lane,
Rain water blowin' all under my hood, I knew that I was doin' my motor good,

Maybelline, why can't you be true? Whoa Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin' the things you used to do,

[Solo - 3 verses]

The motor cooled down, the heat went down,
And that's when I heard the highway sound,
Cadillac sittin' like a ton of lead, 110 a half a mile ahead,
Cadillac lookin like it's sittin' in steel, and I called Maybelline at the top of the hill,

Maybelline, why can't you be true? Whoa Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You done start back doing the things you used to do.

[Solo to fade]


8. ANGEL OF MERCY

In all this confusion, so sad to be alone,
In darkness and shadows - a place I call home.

You kill me with kindness, 'til I feel no pain,
Angel of mercy when you call my name.

And now more than ever, in these ever-changing times,
Your love can help me, ease my troubled mind.

You kill me with kindness, 'til I feel no pain,
Angel of mercy when you call my name.

Bring light to my blindness, and shelter from the rain,
Angel of mercy when you speak my name.

Back on that dark road, I know so well.
I'm so broken hearted, but no one, no one can tell,
Angel of mercy.

[Solo - verse, chorus]

Back on that dark road, I know so well,
I'm so broken hearted, but no one, no one can tell.
Whoah oh whoah oh.

Kill me with kindness, 'til I feel no pain,
Angel of mercy when you call my name.

Bring light to my blindness, shelter from the rain,
Angel of mercy, when you call my name,
Angel of mercy.

[Solo - verse, chorus]


9. IT'S TOO LATE

Since you've been gone, I've been holdin' on,
Behind my smile sadness grows.
I tried to hide the pain,
The pain I feel inside, but it shows.

And it's too late to change your mind - we can't turn back the hands of time,
It's too late to change your mind.

I tried and tried, but the feelin' died,
The love we had, it turned to hate.
And now you're gone for good,
I keep on sayin' baby, it's too late.

It's too late to change your mind - we can't turn back the hands of time,
It's too late to change your mind.

I'd have the strength to stand alone,
If I was strong enough to break your heart of stone.

It's too late to change your mind - we can't turn back the hands of time,
It's too late to change your mind.
Yea

[Solo]

I'd have the strength to stand alone,
If I was strong enough to break your heart of stone.

It's too late to change your mind - we can't turn back the hands of time,
It's too late to change your mind - we can't turn back the hands of time.

It's too late, it's too late,
It's too late, it's too late,
We can't turn back, we can't turn back,
We can't turn back, we can't turn back,
'Cause it's too late.

[Solo]

It's too late, it's too late,
We can't turn back, we can't turn back,
It's too late, it's too late, yeah,
We can't turn back,

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