1. *Monkey Time
(Boz Scaggs / C. Arrowsmith)
Back in '64 I was feeling 63
The strangest sort of feeling
Started creeping over me
It's not the kind of feeling
You would easily forget
My head started burning
And my knees began to sweat
I figured I was crazy
So I went back to my chair
But I looked into my mirror
And I just wasn't there
Just then the window shattered
And a monkey hit the floor
Looked like it was time for me
To make it to the door
But the monkey grabbed my coat
And took away my hat
And I don't remember
What happened after that
Except my friends hear the story
About how I left it all behind
Seems ever since that day
I've had that monkey on my mind
Tried to do my best
And make something of my life
So I cut off all my relatives
And then I left my wife
I've tried a hundred cures
Anything that I could find
But you know life ain't easy
With a monkey on your mind
Every time I make my mind up
I'm really gonna try
Well that monkey starts jumping
And looks me in the eye
Oh dig the monkey
Well something exploded
When the monkey got loaded
And we went out on the town
The monkey got so drunk
He started getting funky
It was hard to hold the poor boy down
He did the boogaloo the shoogaloo
The Eskimo the Hindu
He even made the teenage queen
Oh the joint started leaping
Everybody was a-freaking
The greatest show they'd ever seen
Then someone started screaming
And I woke up from my dreaming
Tried to get myself realigned
But it's all right
And it all comes easy
When you got a monkey on your mind
Dig the monkey
Oh one more time
Dig the monkey
2. *Runnin Blue
(Boz Scaggs / Patrick O'Hara)
Listen to me lady
So it's understood
This runnin' round life
Ain't doing me no good
I get tired
Get so tired of paying dues
But it seems there ain't no way around it
No end to runnin' blue
But I like to have my fun
Like to run around
And I ain't no stranger
In nobody's town
But I get tired
Get so tired of changing views
And the road don't get no shorter
Runnin' round and runnin' blue
Well this runnin' round life
Might seem nice and easy
But when you're blowing with the wind
Sometimes it gets real breezy
A man gets tired
I feel like I was born to lose
And there ain't no way around it
No way round runnin' blue
Got no holes in my pockets
No holes in my shoes
But I don't know if I'm leaving Detroit
Or coming into Baton Rouge
I get tired
So tired of changing views
And there ain't no way around it
No way round runnin' blue
Left my billfold at the airport
My suitcase on a train
Now I can't find my umbrella
And it sure looks like rain
I get tired
So tired of playing to lose
And the road don't get no shorter
When you got the runnin' blues
Well the night life ain't a good life
But it's my life too
Once you're bound to this highway
Ain't nothing you can do
Except get tired
Oh get tired of paying dues
And there ain't no way around it
No way round runnin' blue
3. *Up To You
(Boz Scaggs / C. Arrowsmith)
Got your midnight invitation
Wrote it different from before
Somehow I just don't get excited like I used to
Just to stand before your door
Even though you broke my dreams
And destroyed my will to give
I cannot wait I won't refuse
I'll not forget but I'll forgive
Put it back the way it was
Put it back that way because
You have broke a faithful heart
And you've torn it all apart
You let me down
When it was up to you
Once you gave me sunny mornings
We were happy then that way
You were warm and sweet and loving
I wanted nothing but to stay
Now I ain't coming back forever
But I'm coming back for more
Keep your grieving invitations
Go on eat your heart outside your door
Put it back the way it was
Put it back that way because
You have broke a faithful heart
And you've torn it all apart
You let me down
When it was up to you
Put it back the way it was
Put it back that way because
You have broke a faithful heart
And you've torn it all apart
You let me down
When it was up to you
Oh you let me down
Oh and its up to you
Oh I'm feeling down
Oh and its up to you
4. *Love Anyway
(Boz Scaggs)
Lover here is something
To last you through the night
I'll make it clear
I'll make you hear
And I'll make it.. all right
Lover.. lover lover
Love her all the time
Some love burns
And some returns
But love come what may
All our sorrows pass away
Its all tomorrow anyway
All that's wrong
Makes loves sad song
Love anyway hey
Hmmmmmm
All our sorrows pass away
Its all tomorrow anyway
All that´s wrong
Makes loves sad song
Gone tomorrow and here today
And nothing ever comes to stay
Love.. love love anyway
Hmmmmmm
Gone tomorrow here today
Nothing ever comes to stay
Take love come what may
Take it everyday
Love.. love.. love
Love.. anyway
5. *Flames of Love
(Boz Scaggs / C. Arrowsmith)
I've tried to run I've tried to hide
It just don't do no good
Nights grow long and love grows strong
I'd leave you if I could
Can't believe this power of love
This hold you've got on me
It's been so strong it seems so long
It just won't let me be
Help me love my hearts a burning
Tell me why I keep returning
Set me up and turn me around
Flames of love keep burning me down
Put me off put me down
I won't die away
Love that's hotter than the sun
You know I'm here to stay
Do me right do me wrong
You're about to do me in
The way you move's a doggone crime
The way you loves a sin
Help me love my hearts a burning
Tell me why I keep returning
Set me up set me down
These flames of love are turning me around
My tongue gets tied my eyes go blind
The truth is plain to see
I'm hooked my friend it's near the end
And you won't let me be
I can't eat I can't sleep
You've got me in your spell
If this goes on I won't last long
Darling you know darn well
Help me love my hearts a burning
Tell me why I keep returning
I've tried to run I've tried to hide
It just don't do no good
The nights grow longer love grows stronger
I'd leave you if I could
Can't believe the power of love
This hold you've got on me
It's been so strong it seems so long
You just won't let me be
Do me right do me wrong
You're about to do me in
6. *Here To Stay
(Boz Scaggs)
I never put much behind no smiles
Never felt this way for more than a little while
Loving you makes more sense
Than keeping up or paying rent
Anytime.. anytime
You walked by you got my eye
You bring on the blue blue sky
Make my day blow my blues away
I'm gonna let the four winds blow
Aint gonna worry which way they go
I'm here to stay
Na na na na na na na
Oh.. oh I'm here to stay.. alright
Never stayed long with no country dreams
Never take much from no city schemes
No I never did.. no I never did
You came along I forgot about the past
Loves gonna grow I know it's gonna last
All the time.. all the time
Like the moon comes creeping on a summer night
Sometimes things come on just right
Make my day.. blow my blues away
I'm gonna let the four winds blow
Aint gonna worry which way they go
No I'm here to stay.. here to stay
Hmmmmm
Oh I'm here to stay.. alright
Never put much behind no smiles
Never felt this way for more than a little while
Hmmmmm
Loving you makes more sense
7. *Nothing Will Take Your Place
(Boz Scaggs)
Maybe you've got your mind made up
Don't know where to start
Or maybe you hold your painted cup
Too close to your heart
What about what you said today
That was all you ever had to say
No one else ever made it sound just that way
Take your places
Show your faces
Days break with out takes and accidents
Your baby cries your lovers lie
You must make sense
But all you ever had to do
Is do what you have to do
And you're the only one who knows
Just exactly what that is
Take your places
Show your faces
Without you dear there's nothing here
It's all a mystery
So stay right there and take good care
Just for me
Nothing will ever take your place
Nothing will ever take your place
Thoughts and day dreams fill the air
They fly around like birds
And I can sing you melodies
And they just sound like words
Wanna know what they say
You overhear it everyday
You're the one we've been hearing all about
Take your places
Show your faces
Without you dear there's nothing here
It's all a mystery
So stay right there and take good care
Just for me
Nothing will ever take your place
Nothing will ever take your place
8. *Why Why
(Boz Scaggs / T. Davis)
I drank up all the bottle
But my thirst won't go away
Called you on the phone girl
But there ain't much I could say
Do I get some consolation
Seems there's nothing to be had
I wonder why why why
I wonder why why why why
Must a good love go bad
Time wise I'd find someone else
But now it ain't no good
God I can't get over you
But when your here I could
No it just don't stand to reason
And it's about to drive me mad
I wonder why why why
I wonder why why why why
Must a good love go bad
I can't get used to leaving you
It's hard to face the fact
It's over now you're gone for good
Aint no turning back
Can I find some consolation
Seems there's nothing to be had
I wonder why why why
I wonder why why why why
Must a good love go bad
Its cold and dark in here tonight
Its like some kind of curse
I thought things were bad enough
Couldn't get much worse
No it just don't stand to reason
And its about to drive me mad
I wonder why why why
I wonder why why why why
Must a good love go bad
9. *You're So Good
(Boz Scaggs)
First time we met
What a thrill
Moved me then
Always will
Changed my life for the better
From day to day
You've made me so happy
I'm gonna stay.. for good
You're so good mamma
Dream maker come by here
Says he's got a fast trick
I said oh man go on by here
I'm gonna stick
Cos you're good
Ooohee you're so good
Oh the river roars
Outside my door
Midnight Special calls my name
Was a time that I had to go
Oh but not anymore
Seems like nothing feels the same
Since you called my name
Oooh
You're so good hmmmmm
Oh sweetie you've made me
A satisfied man
Nothin' on my mind
Money in my hand
Hard times and worry
Don't matter much to me
Long as we're together
Oooh I'll let it be
Cos you're good
Oooh you're so good
I can hear the rivers roar
Outside my door
Midnight Special calls my name
Was a time I had to go
Oh but not anymore
Seems like nothin feels the same
Since you called my name
Oooh.. so good
Mmmmm ma ma ma ma mamma
Oooh so good.. so good
Oooh you're so good.. so good
Mmmmm oooh
Oooh you're so good
So so so good
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
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