Foghat : Extended Versions

Hard Rock / United-Kingdom
(2001 - BMG Records)
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Lyrics

1. LOUISIANA BLUES

(Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Foghat!)

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,
Going to take you with me now
Goin' to show all you women, show how to treat your man.
Whoah yea

{Rod - 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,
[go without you baby]
I'd swim to the bottom, drink myself back up.
You know I would!
I'd swim to the bottom, drink myself back up.

(Ow!)


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 got too far to drop,
Everybody needs somebody to love,
I got you and that's love enough.

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

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 goin' is tough,
May be crazy, I may be in love.

You're my drivin' wheel, you're my drivin' wheel, 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, bridge]

Feelin' good, can't be real, must be dreaming '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 got too far to drop,
Everybody needs somebody to love,
I got you and that's love enough.

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

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

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

Let me ride, let me slide, yeah, whoa-oh-oh!

[Slide Solo]


3. 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...

(Love ain't nothin' but trouble!)


4. STONE BLUE

(Thank you very much, thank you!
We're gonna', we're going to go back back a bit for this next song.
Back in time. Back to the 70's!
Does anybody remember the 70's?
Does anybody wish they could remember the 70's?
Does anybody still think it's the 70's?
And this song is from ah, from the year 1978.
A song called "When I was stone blue, rock and roll sure helped me through!")

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. ROCK YOUR HOUSE

There's one thing baby I need to know, why you changed the lock on your front door,
I keep tryin' but I never win, honey won't you let this bad boy in?

It ain't safe to walk these streets alone, so I guess I'll take the last train home,
Go back to my one room shack, but it's cold and it's damp, I don't wanna go back.

Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house.
Whoa oh ho-whoa-oh.

I get lonesome around midnight, well my nerves are shakin' and my skin feels tight,
I can't go back, it would be a sin, so unlock your door and let me in.

Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Whoa oh ho-whoa-oh - Whoa oh ho-whoa-oh. Oh!

[Slide Solo]

Rockin' in the kitchen, rollin' in the hall - Boogie in the basement, bangin' the wall,
Let's take to the stairs and have a ball - Rock me baby until I fall.

Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house.

Let me rock your house, (rock your house) - Let me rock your house, (rock your house)
Let me rock your house, (rock your house) - Let me rock your house, (rock your house)
If it's all night long, (all night long) - If it's all night long, (all night long)
If it's all night long, (all night long) - If it's all night long, (all night long)
Gonna rock, (rock), rock, (rock), rock, (rock), rock, (rock), rock, (rock), rock, oh.

Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock your house,
Baby, let me rock your house, I just wanna rock, I just wanna roll.

[Slide Solo - 8 choruses]

Ah ha ah ha - Ah ha ah ha - Ah ha ah ha.


(Thank you! What a great crowd here tonight!)


6. IT HURTS ME TOO

(Whoo. We're going to go back to the blues now.
Back to where we used to play the rib joints in London,
London England, yes. Many years ago that's where we started out.

We started out listening to the blues, American blues.
Mainly from Chicago and Mississippi.
The real, the real blues... Muddy Waters and Elmore James.
And all the greats, John Lee Hooker, etcetera.

And we ah, three of us actually ended up in a band called Savoy Brown
Which is, yes! With Mr. Kim Simmonds, who is still going strong.

But we left that band. A little sad, we bid a sad farewell.
We didn't know what was going to happen in the future.
But we did alright, 'cause about 1972 the first Foghat album came out.

And we do have all the original members of Foghat on stage for you this evening.
I'd like to introduce them to you, one by one...

We have on the bass guitar, the best dressed man in rock & roll...
The notorious Mr. Tony Stevens!

And we have his loud friend, beatin' the shit out of his drum kit tonight.
Bashin' 'em hard, Mr. [????] himself, Mr. loud... Mr. Roger Earl!

And we have, in the danger zone, he's smoking tonight!
He's hazardous! His fingers are on fire! On lead and slide guitar,
the best in the business, Mr. Rod Price!)

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

He loves another woman, but I love you,
But you love him, and I don't know what to do.
When things go wrong, so wrong with you,
It hurts me too, yeah-ee-yeah, it hurts me too, yeah listen baby.

You love him more, when you should love him less,
Why sneak up behind him and take his mess,
When things go wrong, so, so wrong with you,
It hurts me too, yeah-ee-yeah, it hurts me too, yeah listen baby.

[Solo - 2 verses]

Whoa, you should leave him or you should put him down,
Well I just can't, I just can't, I just can't stand,
I can't stand to see you pushed around,
Things go wrong, so wrong with you,
It hurts me too, ah ah ah ah ah ah. Alright!

[Slide Solo - 5 verses]

Oh baby, here's my right hand,
I want you - I want you to love me baby, I - I can't get you to understand, when -
Things go wrong, so wrong with you,
When things go wrong, so - so wrong with you, you, you, when -
Things go wrong, so, so wrong with you,
It hurts me too, oh yeah, it hurts me too.


7. SWEET HOME CHICAGO

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

One and one is two, two and two is four, love me baby, 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, come on baby, don't be late.
Come on, baby don't you wanna go,
Back to the same old place, to my sweet home Chicago.
Oh slide it home for me now.

{Rod - Slide Solo, 2 verses}

Love me baby, love me right, early in the mornin', late at night.
Come on, baby don't you wanna go,
Back to the same old place, to my sweet home Chicago.

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

Come on, baby don't you wanna go, whoa yeah!
Come on, baby don't you wanna go, whoa yeah!
Back to the same old place, to my Sweet home Chicago

I said hey hey hey-yeah, hey hey hey-yeah - Hey hey hey-yeah, hey hey hey-yeah
Hey hey hey-yeah, hey hey hey-yeah - Yeah hey hey hey, hey hey hey-yeah
Whoa oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh - Whoa oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh

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

[Slide Solo]

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


8. 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 you to be true,
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, baby, sad and blue,
I just wanna make love to you.

Tell by the way that you switch and walk,
I can see by the way that you baby talk,
I can tell by the way that you treat your man,
I could love you baby 'til I cry in shame.

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

[Solo]

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

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

Baby I need your, got ta' have all your,
Honey I need your, baby I need your, yes, I need your, baby I need your love.

I need your love,
I don't need your money, no, I need your love,
I don't need your money, no, I need your love.
'Cause it feels so good, making love to you,
Making love to you, making love to you.
Ya know, I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah-ee-yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah-ee-yeah,
yeah, yeah, yow, yow, yeah yeah-ee-yeah
yeah, yeah, yow, yow, yeah yeah-ee-yeah
I feel alright, I feel so good now baby,
Cause I just wanna make love - I just wanna make love to you

Hey hey-ee-hey hey, hey yeah yeah yeah
yeah-ee-yeah-ee-hey, yeah-ee-yeah-ee-hey
yeah-ee-yeah-heh-heh, yeah-ee-yeah-heh-heh
yeah-ee-yeah-ee-hey, yeah-ee-yeah-ee-hey
yeah-ee-yeah hey hey hey, yeah-ee-yeah hey hey hey
yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah yeah, yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah yeah
Whoa whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa
yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah, yeah-ee-yeah-ee-yeah

I can tell by the way that you switch and walk,
See by the way that you baby talk,
Know by the way that you treat your man,
I can love you baby 'til I cry in shame.

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

Whoa yeah, yeah-yeah,
I just wanna make love, love, love, whoa.


9. 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,
Fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city.

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

I'm tired of layin' back and hangin' around,
I'm gonna catch that train, whoo! And I'll be citybound, yeah!

[Solo - verse, chorus]

I ain't no country boy, just a homesick man,
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, whoa,
When I see my Inner City child, I'll be walkin' on a cloud, whoa yeah.

'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.
I'm a fool, (fool for the city)
A fool for the city, (fool for the city)
A crazy fool, (fool for the city)
A fool for the city, (fool for the city)
Alright!

[Solo - 5 choruses]


10. 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, yeah.
Oooh, slow ride - 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! Uh

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

[Slide Solo - 2 verses]

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

(Slow ride, take it easy) - (Slow ride, take it easy)
(Slow down, go down) - Go down, all the way - (Slow down),Come on baby - (Go down).
Uh.
You know the rhythm is right, you know the rhythm is right, yeah,
We're gonna rock all night, yeah, we're gonna rock all night, yeah
You know the rhythm is right, you know the rhythm is right,
We're gonna rock all night, yeah, we're gonna rock all night, whoo! Rock me baby!

Elevate me mama, elevate me mama, elevate me mama, elevate me mama,
Whoa!

[Slide Solo]

Slow ride! yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-ee-yeah, yeah-ee-yeah!

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