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lyrics

Big old words, little meaning in a song
Fortunate for me, not being blessed with many
Seems I know how to rhyme and do it in time
But that’s not how we get round everyday life
And I can’t find the right words to use with you

So I turn my manners on the way my mumma taught me I
Stick to my guns the only way my daddy’s ever fought me
But nothing that I try can catch let alone keep your eye from travelling
Everyone’s direction but mine

So I got to find a way to make you stay
Just long enough to hear me play
Cause I don’t got the moves to get you other ways
Excuse the things I do but
Hear me when I sing the blues to you
Oh lord oh oh oh
Don’t go oh oh oh
No no oh oh oh

When I’m lucky
You’re not watching and you accidently sit next to me
But I can’t improvise to save my life
When I have to look straight in your eyes
Tell me what can I say, what can I be
What’s gonna getcha come home with me
And before I’ve time to think about those very words come out my mouth
Without me even being slightly drunk

So I turn my manners on the way my mumma taught me I
Stick to my guns the only way my daddy’s ever fought me
But nothing that I try can catch let alone keep your eye from travelling
Everyone’s direction but mine

So I got to find a way to make you stay
Just long enough to hear me play
Cause I don’t got the moves to get you other ways
Excuse the things I do but
Hear me when I sing the blues to you
Oh lord oh oh oh
Don’t go oh oh oh
No no oh oh oh

I will sing you any tune you like
I’ll fill your days with melody and syncopate your nights
Just don’t go not yet my baby please don’t go not yet oh baby
You don’t have to go, before my last song

Big old words, I don’t miss them when they’re gone
Seems I’ve nothing to say that notes can’t play
When a beat like yours comes along
So give me a break, tell me you’ll wait
Oh you know I want a spot on your stage
And I might find the right words to sing to you

So I turn my manners on the way my mumma taught me I
Stick to my guns the only way my daddy’s ever fought me
But nothing that I try can catch let alone keep your eye from travelling
Everyone’s direction but mine

So I got to find a way to make you stay
Just long enough to hear me play
Cause I don’t got the moves to get you other ways
Excuse the things I do but
Hear me when I sing the blues to you
Hear me when I sing the blues
Hear me when I sing the blues to you

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from Baggage Claim Live at the Street Theatre - Beth n Ben (Back Catalogue), released April 17, 2015

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East Row Rabble Canberra, Australia

East Row Rabble delivers a slick mix of funk, ska, blues and soul with heavenly horn lines that will get your booty shakin' and your feet shuffling. Addressing a mixture of world issues and daily curiosities, Ben Drysdale’s songs explore the many, varied, and often conflicting elements of any situation with honesty, hope, and a little cheekiness. ... more

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