1. |
Sing the Blues
03:57
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Settle back, settle in
Drink 'til dawn then sleep in
Play your hand, win or lose
and sing the Blues
Take it steady, take it slow
Get yourself high, get yourself low
You can use all you can use
and sing the Blues
Some people try to tell me what is right and what is wrong
Some people try to put their words in my song
Some people have no business messin' with my moves
and that's the reason people, why this woman
sings the Blues
Well people say tow the line
Don't pay those people any mind
Forget the don'ts, forget the do's
and sing the Blues
Phone your woman on the telephone
Tell her straight you is coming home
Take her dancin' in her dancin' shoes
and sing the Blues
Some people try to tell me what is right and what is wrong
Some people try to put their words in my song
Some people have no business messin' with my moves
and that's the reason people, why this woman
sings the Blues
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2. |
Summertime
08:13
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3. |
Shut Down, Hide
05:22
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Shut down, hide
Light or dark, you decide
Smoke, eat, drink, run, sleep now you're tired
Shut down, hide
You've been told, you've been told
a thousand times or more
This I know, this I know
'cause I've been keeping score
Your heart is heavy, your wounds are raw
Only you know what to do
What are you waiting for?
Love, you got love
So much love you can't ignore
Let it in, let love in
Just open up your door
Forget old regret that burns you to your core
Fight, come on fight
'til you can fight no more
Pain, you got pain
and it's ten miles wide
You're rattled and your restless
and you're all wrapped up inside
Tears, salty tears and your weeping red eyes
can't see the truth that you hide inside
your box of convenient lies
Hold tight, hold tight, hold it tight yeah keep it in
Hold tight, knuckles white, it's your strangled ball of string
Go, don't let go, it's as ugly as all sin
Carry on, sing a song
Bear it and grin
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4. |
I Can't Hardly Get Along
03:10
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5. |
Never Look Back
04:36
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6. |
Baby Please Don't Go
02:59
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7. |
Damn This
04:12
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Damn this addictive personality
Handed on down, passed on, hereditary
Papa's always workin' he won't lay down the tools
and Mama's suckin' on her midnight snacks and diet pills
Damn this addictive personality
One day baby, get the better of me
Damn this never ending hunger in my gut
I try to close my mouth but I can't keep it shut
Damn this black doggy being my friend
I run him outta town and he comes waltzing back again
Damn this depression and this gluttony
One day baby, get the better of me
Get the better of me, the better of me
and my precarious grip on my sanity
One day you win, next day you lose
but nothing ever stopped me singing the Blues
I just keep singing the Blues
Damn these faces in the bubble near my head
Bossy, hungry little voices demanding be fed
Damn these voices nagging in my ear
I try to drown 'em out but they're still talking through my beer
Damn these delusions got me down on my knees
One day baby, get the better of me
Damn this uninspired drudgery
Damn this zappin' of my energy
I'm a big legged woman and I drag these legs around
I drag 'em to the dance floor on the other side of town
Damn this uninspired drudgery
One day baby, get the better of me
Get the better of me, the better of me
and my precarious grip on my sanity
One day you win, next day you lose
but nothing ever stopped me singing the Blues
I just keep singing the Blues
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8. |
CC Rider
05:19
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9. |
Love Her With a Feeling
03:15
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10. |
You Gotta Move
04:14
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11. |
Oh You Engineer
03:23
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Dorothy-Jane Canberra, Australia
Australian singer, songwriter, harmonica player. Veteran of the Canberra Blues scene. Performed across Australasia, released
8 albums, 2 EPs.
Her songs draw on her lived experiences, shed light on dark topics.
She's aka KarismaKatz, DJ/DeeJay Gosper, Hot Flush Blues Band, Dorothy-Jane with Richard Steele, Jeff & Deej.
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