Hooker [Box Set] lyrics

(John Lee Hooker)

When I first thought to hobo'in, hobo'in,
I took a freight train to be my friend, oh Lord
You know I hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd,
Hobo'd a long, long way from home, oh Lord

Yes, my mother followed me that mornin', me that mornin'
She followed me down to the yard, oh yeah
She said my son he'd gone, he'd gone, he'd gone
Yes he's gone in a, poorsome wear*, oh yeah

(John Lee Hooker)

Let's make it, let's make it baby
Let's make it, oh right now, oh yeah
Let's make it, oh baby, me and you

I don't care, what the world may say
Let's make it, let's make it
Let's make it, oh babe, oho
Oh yeah, not your mother, or you,
Not your sister, or me and you
Let's make it, right now
Let's get it, while gettin' it, it's good, ooh

I'm bad
I'm bad
Like Jesse James, uh-huh

I had a friend one time
Least I thought I did
He come to me
Said, 'Johnny?'
Said, 'What man?'
'I'm outdoor'
I say, 'Yeah?'

I taken the cat in
Get him a place to stay
And I found out
He goin' 'round town
Tellin' ev'rybody that he
He got my wife

Then I gets mad
I goes to the cat
Like a good guy should
I said, 'Look man

I used to have a gal, she was little and low
She used to love me but she don't no mo' she just....

[Chorus:]
Bottle up and go, just bottle up and go
Listen to me tell ya, tell ya, ya Bottle up and go.

I went downtown to have a little fun,
Up stepped a sheriff with a big shotgun he said, "Ya Bottle up...

[Chorus]

I know a woman she lives way upstairs

(John Lee Hooker)

Well my mama she didn't 'low me, just to stay out all night long, oh Lord
Well my mama didn't 'low me, just to stay out all night long
I didn't care what she didn't 'low, I would boogie-woogie anyhow

When I first came to town people, I was walkin' down Hastings Street
Everybody was talkin' about, the Henry Swing Club
I decided I drop in there that night

John Lee Hooker)

Sally Mae, Sally Mae
Lord, you know you ain't treat'n me right
Sally Mae, Sally Mae
Lord, you know you ain't treat'n me right
You stay out all night long,
Lord, you know you ain't treat'n me right

You're a no good weed1
Lord, the cows, won't mow you down
You're a no good weed
Lord, the cows, won't mow you down
I was chief of police, I would drive you out of town

(John Lee Hooker / Bernard Besman)

Well, my baby she long and she tall and she weep like a willow tree
Well, my baby long and she's tall and she weep like a willow tree
Ev'ry time she love me, she make my love come down

I seen my baby this mornin', she was weepin' to herself
I seen my baby this mornin', she was weepin' to herself

You know I'm a crawlin' kingsnake baby, and I rules my den
You know I'm a crawlin' kingsnake baby, and I rules my den
I don't want you hangin' around my mate, wanna use her for myself
You know you caught me crawlin' baby when the, when the grass was very high
I'm just gonna keep on crawlin' now baby until the day I die,
because I'm a crawlin' kingsnake baby, and I rules my den

Well I wish, I was a catfish
Swimin in the, the deep blue sea
I have all you pretty women
Fishin after me
Showin up after me
Oh well
Ow well
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Well I went down
To my girlfriends house
And I sat alone on her front step
And she said a come in outcha man and just your love
I just now left
I just now left
And I say
Who yeah
She said sure enough you did
Who yeah

(John Lee Hooker)

Every night I wander all by myself
Every night I wander all by myself
Thinkin' about the woman I love, lovin' someone else

Boo-hoo, I just can't keep from cryin'
Boo-hoo, I just can't keep from cryin'
I'm worried about my baby, she's on my mind

Sometimes I wonder, do she think of me?
Sometimes I wonder, do she think of me?

(John Lee Hooker / Bernard Besman)

Hello, baby and baby don't you remember me?
Hello, baby and baby don't you remember me?
Yes, I'm the guy, Lord that travel both land and sea

Lord, I come to see you, baby, Lord 'bout our love affair
Lord, I come to see you, Lord 'bout our love affair
Lord, what a path you weave and Lord your love ain't been nowhere

(John Lee Hooker / Bernard Besman)

[Spoken:]
Hey!
It's the house rent boogie

I come home last Friday, talk to the woman that I lost my job
She says don't confront me an' so I have my rent next Friday
An' next Friday come, I didn't have the rent an' out the door I went
Yes, yes!

Hmm, hmm
Yes, yes!

Come here now y'all, right 'cross the street here
Help me get this rent together

(John Lee Hooker / Bernard Bessman)

I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love
I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, baby, I'm in the mood for love

I said night time is the right time, to be with the one you love
You know when night come baby, God know, you're so far away
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love

Yes I'm a stut-stut-stutterin' man
And I can't ta-ta-ta-talk worth a damn
And I can't ta-ta-ta-talk worth a damn
Sometimes I wanta cry cry
Sometimes I wanta die

Yes, my fr-fr-friends all laugh at me
And they don' don't even have a friendly
Yea-Yea-Yea-Yes my fr-friends all laugh at me
And they don't even have a friendly word

Listen down child, please take a fool's advice
Listen down child, please take a fool's advice
Don't ever let no one woman, Man misuse you twice

Every time she smiles, says she don't love no one but you
Everytime she smiles, says she don't love no one but you
You better watch out buddy boy,
Little girl love to drop a chunk on you

I tried so hard to not even think about my past life

(John Lee Hooker / Jimmy Bracken)

I love the way you walk
I love the way you walk
I'm crazy 'bout your walk
I love the way you walk
You my babe, I got my eyes on you

I like the way you switch
I like the way you switch
I like the way you switch
I like the way you switch
You my babe, I got my eyes on you

You got dimples in your jaw
You got dimples in your jaw

Down in Dallas, near the Palace
I met a boy who was so cute
I loved his huggin', I loved his kissin'
As we sat in his little red coupe.
He said, tell me, confidentially
How much do you love me
Well, I thought awhile and then I smiled
And this is what I told him, don'tcha see.

I love you honey, I love your money
I love your automobile
I love you baby, I don't mean maybe

(John Lee Hooker)

[Spoken:]
Did you read about the flood?
It happened long time ago, in a little country town, way back in Mississippi
It rained and it rained, it rained both night and day
The people got worried, they began to cry,
"lord have mercy, where can we go now?"
There were women and there was children, screaming and crying,

(John Lee Hooker)

The best thing in life is free,
But you can give it to the birds an' bees
I need some money, need some money
Oh, yeah, what I want

Your love gimme such a thrill,
But your lovin' don' t pay my bills
I need some money, need some money
Oh, yeah, what I want

I need some money, honey
I need some money right away
I need some money bad
I need some money

(John Lee Hooker)

Democrat put us on our feet, these crazy women they vote them out
Democrat put us on our feet, these crazy women they voted them out
I don't think they make the same mistake, they won't make the same mistake no more
They told them, "Ah, send your sons home",
They did just that, they send them home to stay without a job
They won't make that same mistake no more

(John Lee Hooker)

Honey, no more doggin', foolin' 'round with you
Honey, no more doggin', foolin' 'round with you
I'm gonna let'cha out baby, and that's what I've got to do

Well, told you all the straights and I made you fine
You spend my money on whiskey, beer and wine
No more doggin', foolin' 'round with you,
I'm gonna let'cha out baby, and that's what I've got to do

(John Lee Hooker)

I'm goin' upstairs, and bring down all of my clothes
I'm goin' upstairs, and bring down all of my clothes
Where I go baby, you will never know

My mother dead and gone, my father don't want me around
My mother dead and gone, my father don't want me around
Don't you know baby, I ain't got no place to go

You know, you know, you don't want me no more

(John Lee Hooker)

When my first wife left me, she left my heart in misery
When my first wife left me, she left my heart in misery
Ever since that day boy, I don't think I'll ever love again

If I can get her back again, I'll never roam no more
If I get her back again, boys, I never roam no more
I had a good wife, but I did not treat her right

It's my fault, only have myself to blame

(John Lee Hooker)

Boom boom boom boom
I'm gonna shoot you right down,
Right offa your feet
Take you home with me,
Put you in my house
Boom boom boom boom
A-haw haw haw haw
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

I love to see you strut,
Up and down the floor
When you talking to me,
That baby talk
I like it like that
Whoa, yeah!
Talk that talk, walk that walk

(John Lee Hooker)

Keep your hand to yourself, she belong to me
Keep your hand to yourself, she belong to me
All mine, she's all mine
Leave her alone!
Hands off!
Hands down!

All mine
She's my baby
I love her
She's gonna love me
Oh baby
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Oh yeah

Now look buddy, keep your hand down, to yourself
It's all mine, all my property
Don't belong to you

I left my heart in San Francisco
I left my heart, people, in San Francisco
High on the hill, at the Golden Gate, 'cross the bay,
in San Francisco, on the hill, the mornin' fog,
and the cool, cool night
That's where, I wanna be, San Francisco
That's where my heart
Up in New York City,
I've been to Chicago,
but found no place, like San Francisco,

Working on the road across this great big world
I've been rolling like a stone, I never get back home
Yes, I've been long-gone
And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.

Been across the ocean to the south sea isles
Yeah, I travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles
And I've been long-gone
And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.

[Chorus:]
Across the world I've seen

(John Lee Hooker)

[Spoken:]
Mini skirts and tight dresses,
You know they're so tight they can hardly wiggle
Ha, and big legs too you know

Everywhere I go, there's a mini skirt there
Everywhere I go, there's a mini skirt there
Tight skirts, tight skirts, everywhere
Oh yeah

I go walkin' in the park, there's a mini skirt there
I go walkin' in the park, there's a mini skirt there

It serves me right to suffer
It serves me right to be alone
It serves me right to suffer
It serves me right to be alone

You see I'm living in the memory
Of a day that has passed and gone

Everytime i see a woman
You know it makes me think about mine
Everytime i see a woman
You know it makes me think about mine

You see I'm living in the memory
Of a woman I've left behind

(John Lee Hooker)

I cover the waterfront, watchin' the ship go by
I could see, everybody's baby, but I couldn't see mine
I could see, the ships pullin' in, to the harbor
I could see the people, meetin' their loved one
Shakin' hand, I sat there,
So all alone, coverin' the waterfront

And after a while, all the people,
Left the harbor, and headed for their destination

(Amos Milburn)

One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
Hey mister bartender come here
I want another drink and I want it now

My baby she gone, she been gone two night
I ain't seen my baby since night before last
One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer

[spoken:]
And then I sit there
Gettin' high
Mellow
Knocked out
Feeling good
And by the time