Song Lyrics - I Claim Nothing But The Blues


	FRUTELAND JACKSON I Claim Nothing But The Blues
	*– Song Lyrics –*

1. IT'S A BAD NIGHT TO BE A STRAY DOG
(Tom Burke/BMI; Fruteland Jackson/WariMo Music Co., BMI)

I was walking through a train yard lookin' for a ride
I was walkin' through a train yard lookin' side to side
When I see this old stray dog out there all alone
I see this old stray dog out there lookin' for a bone
Now he didn't look good, and he didn't look bad
He just looked hungry, and that made me sad
Then he stopped for a second, and he looked my way
He stopped for a second, could've swore I heard him say:

"It's a bad night to be a stray dog
It's a bad night, bad night, bad night to be a stray dog."

I was walking through a train yard lookin' for a bone
I was walkin' through a train yard feeling all alone
When I see this ol' gray man looking for a ride
I see this old gray man looking side to side
Now he didn't look good, and he didn't look bad
He just looked lonely, and that made me sad
Then he stopped for a second, and he looked my way
He stopped for a second, I could've sworn I heard him say:

"It's a bad night to be a stray dog
It's a bad night, bad night, bad night to be a stray dog
It's a real bad night to be a stray dog."

2. IS THAT YOUR REAL NAME?
(Fruteland Jackson/WariMo Music Co., BMI)

People ask me all the time, "Where'd you get that funny name?
Is it a highway sign, is your daddy's name the same?"
All my life it's been this way, I don't care what the people say
Sounds like apples and oranges, but it just ain't spelled that way.

Growing up in the big city was tough enough, you see
"Is that your real name?" is all people kept asking me
Mississippi is my home, I'm going back to Doddsville where I belong
Where I can walk down the street, and I can be left alone.

They call me Fruteland, they call me Fruteloops
They call me Frute this and Frute that
Frute of the Loom, Frute and Fiber, Frutopia
I'm just a Frute cat
Call me Junior, call me a cab, call me anything you want, you see
As long as you call me, that's good enough for me.

Hey, Fruteland! Oh, Fruteland! Tell me where'd you get that funny name?
And that great big ol' hat, is that your claim to fame?
I claim nothing but the blues, I claim nothing but the blues
You tend to your business, and I will tend to mine
You tend to your business, and I will tend to mine
You tend to your business, and I will tend to mine
You tend to your business, and I will tend to mine.

3. TITANIC BLUES
(Fruteland Jackson/WariMo Music Co., BMI)

It was early in the morning, a minute after 12 o'clock
It was early in the morning, a minute after 12 o'clock
That's when the old Titanic ran into a frozen rock.

Captain Smith stared dead ahead as he walked out on the bow
Captain Smith stared dead ahead as he walked out on the bow
He then cried, "Oh, ship! Some gonna be lucky and some gonna drown
Some gonna drown, some gonna drown, some gonna drown."

There was dancin' and prancin' on the poop deck, gamblin' and drinkin' down below
That's when the old Titanic began to shake and rock to and fro
None of them had a clue that they would have the Titanic Blues
Titanic Blues, Titanic Blues, Titanic Blues.

The engine room took on water, and the crew did its best
The water rose so quickly, they couldn't pass the test
So they passed out life jackets and sent out an SOS.

Captain Smith pulled out his big gun, and he yelled, "Women and children first!"
He pulled out his big gun, and he yelled, "Women and children first!"
He said, "There's one thing for sure, we ain't none of us gonna die of thirst
We won't die of thirst, we won't die of thirst."

A man cried out loud that the water was so cold
It was so cold, it was so cold
Some waited quietly and faced it brave and bold
Everyone was scramblin' when old Titanic began to fold.

The Titanic was a sinkin' in the cold North Atlantic Sea
The Titanic was a sinkin' in the cold Atlantic Sea
And the band played on "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"
And the band played on "Just A Closer Walk With Thee."

4. WHERE'S MY DADDY?
(Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

I've got a tough love for my baby girl
I can't see her, You know it makes me want to cry
Tough love, tough love for my baby girl
It makes me want to cry
Baby said, "Where's my daddy?"
Mama said, "Daddy go bye-bye."

Little cryin' eyes they haunt me
I can see the reflections of a man on the run
Little brown baby's eyes they haunt me
I can see the reflections of a man on the run
Baby said, "Where's my daddy?"
Mama said, "Somewhere busy having fun."

It took me a long time to see what could have been
Thirteen years that will never pass again
One day I'll find her, and hope I'm not to blame
Hope I'm not the bad man and hope she feels the same.

Sometimes I hear voices calling me, I look around
But I don't know where to go
It's so sad, it's so sad
Wonderin' if my baby girl is callin' some other man Dad
Baby said, "Mama, where's my daddy?"
Mama said, "Somewhere being bad."

I've got a tough love for my baby girl
I can't see her, You know it makes me wanna cry
Not enough love is a rough love
It makes me want to cry
Baby said, "Where's my daddy?"
Mama said, "Daddy go bye-bye."

5. DRAGON LADY BLUES
(Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

Dragon Lady, Dragon Lady, the meanest gal in town
You huffed and you puffed and tried to blow my house down
You tried to trip me up when I was walking out the door
'Cause you didn't want to play by the rules anymore.

Dragon Lady, Dragon Lady, you went after my friend
You tried to get her fired when you knew that you couldn't win
You used the telephone to try to dirty my name
Because you wanted to bury me and rob me of my fame, of my fame.

Life is good when you're happy and it's bad if you're sad
And now you've lost the best thing that you've ever had
I'm all by myself now and I'm payin' the all-by-myself dues
I've got the Dragon Lady Blues, Dragon Lady Blues.

Dragon Lady, Dragon Lady, always breathing fire
Pretending to be something, but you're nothing but a liar
I'm a man on a mission with a two-edged sword
The path I travel is in the name of the Lord.

Dragon Lady, Dragon Lady, I don't want you no more
We've gone as far as we could go
I'd rather be by myself to fly or fail
Or wind up with you in the county jail

6. PEARLIE'S BLUES
(Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

Please come back, Baby, come back to me
Come back and see me, I could use the company
I miss my baby, hope my baby's missin' me too
Hope my baby's missin' me too.

She told me one time, she told me twice
To treat her like she was my sweet lovin' wife
She's gone and left me, Pearlie's gone and left me
Pearlie's gone and left me.

She came home early, it was not fair
She caught me with girlfriend's legs in the air
"Can't take no more, Daddy, I'm walkin' out this door
Daddy, I'm walkin' out this door."

I lie awake nights thinking of you
Ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to
I miss my baby, hope my baby's missin' me too
Hope my baby's missin' me too.

7. MANGO BANGO
(Bernie "Berndog" Kagel/BMI; Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

In the cool Atlantic Ocean
By the Carribean Sea
Floats an island full of monkeys
And groves of mango trees.

The groves are pits of passion
On the Isle of El Mono
That's where monkeys all go
To Mango Bango.

Mango Bango
It's not a monkey's tango
Mango Bango
It's not a monkey mambo
Mango Bango
It's not a monk fandango
It's monkey Mango Bango.

Each male rocks with deep emotion
With both hands up in the air
And the females all bend over
And shake their monkey hair.

One long line of locomotion
Weaves through trees like rivers flow
That's how monkeys rock and roll
When they Mango Bango.

Mango Bango
It's not a monkey rumba
Mango Bango
It's not a monkey samba
Mango Bango
It's not a monk merengue
It's monkey Mango Bango.

Mango Bango
It's not a monkey's tango
Mango Bango
It's not a monkey mambo
Mango Bango
It's not a monk fandango
It's monkey Mango Bango.

In the cool Atlantic Ocean
By the Carribean Sea
Floats an island full of monkeys
And groves of mango trees.

The groves are pits of passion
For young primate Romeos
'Cause their Juliets all go there
To Mango Bango.

Mango Bango
It's not a monkey's tango
Mango Bango
It's not a monkey mambo
Mango Bango
It's not a monk fandango
It's monkey Mango Bango.

Mango Bango
It's not a monkey's tango
Mango Bango
It's not a monkey mambo Mango Bango
It's not a monk fandango It's monkey Mango Bango.

8. JAVA JOSEPHINE
(Bernie "Berndog" Kagel/BMI; Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

Java Jo, Java Josephine
Hey, Java Jo, Java Josephine
I'll never have you, darlin', but at least I've got my caffeine.

I see your face in my coffee, smell your perfume in the steam
I see your face in my coffee, smell your perfume in the steam
I take my java with sugar and a pitcher full of cream.

Java Jo, Java Josephine
Hey, Java Jo, Java Josephine
I'll never have you, darlin', but at least I've got my caffeine.

I taste your lips with a jitter as I'm tippin' my cup
I taste your lips with a jitter as I'm tippin' my cup
I haven't slept for six months 'cause your java keeps me up.

Java Jo, Java Josephine
Hey, Java Jo, Java Josephine
I'll never have you, darlin', but at least I've got my caffeine.
I feel the warmth of your body when I swallow my caffeine
I feel the warmth of your body when I swallow caffeine
Don't want no other woman, so I'll pour me another dream.

Java Jo, Java Josephine
Hey, Java Jo, Java Josephine
I'll never have you, darlin', but at least I've got my caffeine.

9. CAN'T BE YO' MAN
(Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

Can't be yo' man, that's why I ran from you
Can't be yo' man, that's why I ran from you
But I'll be your good friend, if you'll be my good friend too
If you'll be my good friend too.

Come here and sit down, tell me what's wrong with you
You need healin' 'cause you're feelin' so blue
All this fussin' and fightin' and cryin' all night just won't do
No, you know it just won't do.

And now you want to give up 'cause life ain't easy
Life is what you make it, that's my philosophy
You must fight your demons or Jack Daniels will bury you
Jack Daniels will bury you.

Your daddy left you, your mama wanted to
He was ramblin', and she could not love
Yeah, the best part about it, it made you a cut above
It made you a cut above.

Look to the future, not to the past
Look to the future, don't dwell on the past
Learn to love yourself, and let that love last
And let that love last.

Can't be yo' man, that's why I ran from you
Can't be yo' man, that's why I ran from you
But I'll be your good friend, if you'll be my good friend too
If you'll be my good friend too.

10. GOIN' DOWN TO KING BISCUIT
(Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

I'm goin' down to Helena, Arkansas, to the King Biscuit Blues Festival
I'm goin' down to King Biscuit, gonna drive down Highway 61
I'm gonna have myself a heck of a time, lots of thrills and lots of fun
I'm gonna bring my whole family to the land where the blues began.

People come from all over the world to this Mississippi River town
They stay in hotels and motels and on the levee campground
And if you're feeling kind of lucky, then bring some extra dough
You can have a swinging time on the Lady Luck Casino.

You will hear the best of blues and gospel music
Makes you clap your hands, jump and shout
If you want to take some home with you, go to Bubba's Corner Store, check it out
And when you walk down Main Street, Helena, where blues legends came
You'll see the house of Sonny Boy Williamson and where Houston Stackhouse played.

They got great tamales at Pasquales and razorback barbecue
You can eat a great big ol' country breakfast at Laura's or dinner for two
And when you walk down Main Street, Helena, you'll never be the same
It started with a sack of flour, that's how King Biscuit got its name.

I'm goin' down to Helena, Arkansas, to the King Biscuit Blues Festival
I'm goin' down to King Biscuit, gonna drive down Highway 61
To have myself a heck of a time, lots of thrills and lots of fun
I'm gonna bring my whole family to the land where the blues began.

11. ALLIGATOR BLUES
(Fruteland Jackson, WariMo Music Co., BMI)

A man ain't supposed to cry, but look what done happen to me
A man ain't supposed to cry, but look what done happen to me
You know my clothes are all wet, somebody better come and see about me.

I went back to Mississippi, took that ol' bull by the horn
I went back to Mississippi, took that ol' bull by the horn
And when that bull got through with me, I didn't have car fare home.

It's alligators out there, waiting to get the best of you
It's alligators out there, marching two by two
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water
They'll come up and bite you.

My mama and daddy left there, it was a real bad bet
My mama and daddy left there, it was a real bad bet
They wanted fair treatment, but times just wouldn't right yet.

I used to have a family, a bad marriage and bad kids too
I used to have a family, a bad marriage and bad kids too
Now I'm paying child support, it's either that or the boys in blue.

It's alligators out there, waiting to get the best of you
It's alligators out there, oh, marching two by two
You know they bit me hard, people
They'll come up and bite you.

I ain't gonna tell nobody what '99 has done for me
I ain't gonna tell nobody what '99 has done for me
You know I finally got it right, now I'm where I'm supposed to be.

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