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Blues in the Night Lyrics


My mama done tol' me when I was in pigtails
My mama done tol' me, "Son
A man'll sweet talk and give ya the big eye
But when the sweet talkin's done

A man's a two-face
A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
The blues in the night"

Now the rain's a-fallin'
Hear the train's a callin', whooee
My mama done tol' me
Hear dat lonesome whistle
Blowin' 'cross the trestle, whooee!

My mama done tol' me, a-whooee-ah-whooee
Ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin'
Back th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
And the moon'll hide it's light
When you get the blues in the night

Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing
The saddest kind o' song
He knows things are wrong
And he's right

From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe
Wherever the four winds blow
I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk
But there is one thing I know

A man's a two-face
A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
The blues in the night

The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
And the moon'll hide it's light
When you get the blues
Blues in the night

Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing
The saddest kind o' song
He knows things are wrong
And he's right

From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe
Wherever the four winds blow, winds blow
I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk
But there is one thing I know

A man's a two-face
A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
The blues in the night
Yes, babe, only, only blues in the night
Last Update: February, 12th 2014

Swing! Lyrics

  1. Act 1
  2. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  3. Airmail Special
  4. Jersey Bounce
  5. Opus One
  6. Jumpin at the Woodside
  7. Bounce Me, Brother (with a Solid Four)
  8. Two and Four Lyrics 
  9. Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce
  10. Rhythm Lyrics 
  11. Throw That Girl Around Lyrics 
  12. Show Me What You Got Lyrics 
  13. Bli-Blip
  14. Billy-A-Dick
  15. Harlem Nocturne
  16. Kitchen Mechanics' Night Out
  17. Shout and Feel It
  18. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B)
  19. G.I. Jive
  20. A String of Pearls
  21. I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
  22. Candy
  23. I'm Gonna Love You Tonight
  24. I'll Be Seeing You
  25. In the Mood
  26. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
  27. Act 2
  28. Swing, Brother, Swing
  29. Caravan
  30. Dancers in Love
  31. Cry Me a River
  32. Blues in the Night
  33. Take Me Back To Tulsa
  34. Boogie Woogie Country Girl
  35. All of Me
  36. I Won't Dance
  37. Bill's Bounce
  38. Stay A Little Longer
  39. Stompin' at the Savoy
  40. Swing, Brother, Swing (Reprise) Lyrics 
  41. Sing, Sing, Sing
  42. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Reprise) Lyrics 

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