Delbert Mcclinton

After my baby quit me
I wouldn't even go outside
And when my friends tried to fix me up
I'd crawl up underneath the bed and hide

I knew I was never gonna change my luck
Till I got my courage up enough to try
And when I went ahead and spread my wings
I found out I could fly

Sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith, oh yes it is baby
Baby sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith

I had no way of knowin'
What would come from our first kiss
It scares me now just to think about
The good love I might have missed

Now I was just tryin' to find some help
I was tryin' to see myself as a survivor
I had to rise on up on the ashes of love
And jump back into the fire

Sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith, I know you know it baby
Baby sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith

Sometimes you've got to believe
Before you see the proof
You can wait a lifetime for a moment of truth
Sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith

Sometimes you've got to believe before you see the proof
You can wait a lifetime for a moment of truth

Sometimes all it takes, baby sometimes all it takes
Sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith, oh yeah

Here comes the weekend, honey.
What's going on?
Do we put our feet up, honey,
Or call it all night long?
Oh, baby, whatever... I'm With You
Are we staying home, are we going downtown?
Are we dressing up baby, or dressing down?
Oh, whatever... Baby, I'm With you

[CHORUS:]
You're my sunshine in the morning,
You're my stars at night.
You're all I ever dream about.
Anything you want,

Well, baby, that's alright.
Anything you don't,
I can learn to live without as long as...
I'm with you, till the Sun stops burning.
I'm with you, till the world stops turning.
Till the end of time, Oh, I'm with you.

[Chorus:]

I'm with you, till the Sun stops burning.
I'm with you, till the world stops turning.
Till the end of time, baby, I'm with you.
Till the end of time, Oh, baby, I'm with you

I can help you get to heaven, right here on channel seven
Put your hands on the TV and pray
Check out that hot line on channel thirty-nine
Might be your lucky day
Just send a small donation directly to the station
Get it in right away

Don't let the smooth talk fool you
Don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let small minds out there on prime time
Make a chump out of you
Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you

Hold on tight to your money, they're out to get you, honey
They got a million ways
They'll look into your eyes and tell you sweet lies
And put your mind in a daze
Just like them bad rhymes on drugstore valentines
They ain't got nothin' to say

Don't let the smooth talk fool you
Honey, don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let some slow walkin', good lookin', fast talkin' man
Make a chump out of you
Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you

You know I've been around awhile
I got some information you can use
With their eyes on the prize
They'll fill you full of lies and baby that's the truth, oh, yeah

You got to be careful, baby

Don't let the smooth talk fool you
Don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let some slow dancing Ricochet romancin' man
Make a chump out of you

Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you
Don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let some slow walkin', good lookin', fast talkin' man
Make a chump out of you
Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you

Oh, yeah
Come on now
Alright

Don't want to love you anymore
If i could I'd close that door
it's not the way it was
and it hurts me way to much
Don't want to love you anymore

Don't want to love you anymore
it's uncertain that's for sure
it's time to face the facts that you don't love me back
I don't want to love you anymore

I don't want to need you like I need you tonight
I don't want to want you and live this kind of life
you give me just enough of what I want to keep me hanging on
Don't want to love you anymore

Don't want to love you anymore
don't want to fight a losing war
no need to try again
cause there's no way I can win
Don't want to love you anymore
Don't want to love you anymore

Been down in the dumps for a day or two
Thinkin' baby, it was time for me to make a move
Late night skyline that's when it hit me
Well, I got to have me some of that New York City

Now, I was leaving San Diego in a Chevrolet van
I, out across the desert into no man's land
I just love the west you know, sure it's pretty
But I got to have me some of that New York City

I've been away too long and I got the itch
To do a little time in the east coast nitch
Down on Broadway and do a little diddy
Smack dab in the middle of New York City, oh yeah

I've been away too long and I got the itch
To do a little time in the east coast nitch
Down on Broadway and do a little diddy
Smack dab in the middle of New York City, oh yeah

Now, I was leaving California on a warm summer night
The ocean on my left and the mountains on my right
To leave it all behind sure seemed like a pity
But I got to have me some of that New York City, oh yeah, oh yeah

Saw you, that was all I had to see
Wanted you, had to have you next to me
From that moment, I knew that you'd be all that I'd ever need
And there's a place inside my heart, nobody's touched before
And when I found you, I found all that I've been searching for
You turned my world around

All I know, is it feels like forever
All I know, is I love the way it feels
All I see, is how good we are together
And I never want to see you slip away
I'll never let you go, it's all I know

Hold me, love is you've rushed to me
It's telling me, let's put our hearts in the hands of fate
Time will tell, if what we've got was worth the wait
And there's a fire, that's been burning deep inside of me
And I don't need nobody else
'Cause now you're here with me, you turned my world around

All I know, is it feels like forever
All I know, is I love the way it feels
All I see, is how good we are together
And I never want to see you slip away
I'll never let you go, it's all I know

I might of never met you, in another time and place
Now I never could forget you, I can never walk away
It's all I know

Cause there's a place inside my heart, nobody's ever touched before
And when I found you, I found love the love that I was searching for
You turned, my world around

All I know, is it feels like forever
All I know, is I love the way it feels
All I see, is how good we are together
And I never want to see you slip away
I'll never let you go, it's all I know

Well it's three o'clock in the morning' ya'll
Oh, and I'm biding my time
Give me two more Mr. Waiter
You know I got a whole lot on my mind
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl left behind

I been to Memphis baby, I been to Kansas City too
Never met a woman who could love me like you do
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind

Yeah, she's my kind of woman ya'll
She's just my size
Knocks me out the way she looks me in the eyes
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind

She used to live in Shreveport,
But then she moved
Bet you ten to one she's going to Baton Rouge
I'm gonna look her up, if you know what I mean
If I have to go as far as New Orleans

Been fine talking to ya honey but,
You know that I
Got to find my baby, got to move on down the line
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind

She used to live in Shreveport,
But then she moved
Bet you ten to one she's going to Baton Rouge
I'm gonna look her up, if you know what I mean
If I have to go as far as New Orleans

Been fine talking to ya honey but,
You know that I
Got to find my baby, got to move on down the line
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind
Oh, yeah, I'm going back to Louisiana
To that girl I left behind

She left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor
All I could put back together was never see me no more
Took all her clothes but one red dress, the one she knows I like the best
All I could do was clean up the mess and wonder where she'd gone

I had a sky-blue, rag top Mustang, a 1964
She drove it off into the night till it just wouldn't go no more
She caught a ride on into town, bought some gas and laid the top down
Then she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in new Mexico

When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
She gave me every chance a man could want
I've never known a love so strong
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

I put a call into her mamasita back in El Paso
She said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico
Her mama knew I was takin' it hard, said she was sorry about my car
She said, "You're lucky all she broke was your heart
You better just let her go"

When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
She gave me every chance a man could want
I've never known a love so strong
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

She never gave me a chance to explain
Well I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

My ship came in and she sunk it
I was the toast of the town and she drunk it
I had a run of good luck and she ran it right into the ground
And now she's puttin' on a show and I get to play the clown

I had the wind in my sails and she took it
I had the world by the tail and she shook it
I reached out for a life line and she threw me a noose
I got the short end of the chicken and she got the golden goose

[Chorus: ]

She's living it up,and I'm tryin' to live it down
Just when I got it all together , it's all about to come unwound
Everybody laughin' behind my back, baby sure is a sad old sound
She's out there livin it up and I'm trying to live it down

I had my ducks in a row and she shot 'em
I had my eggs in a basket she dropped 'em
I threw her outta the house but she was back like a boomarang
Sometimes you get the honey, sometime all you get is the stang

[Chorus: ]

She's living it up, and I'm tryin' to live it down
Just when I got it all together , it's all about to come unwound
Everybody laughin' behind my back, baby sure is a sad old sound
She's out there livin it up and I'm trying to live it down

She's a livin it up and I may never live it down

I can help you get to heaven, right here on channel seven
Put your hands on the TV and pray
Check out that hot line on channel thirty-nine
Might be your lucky day
Just send a small donation directly to the station
Get it in right away

Don't let the smooth talk fool you
Don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let small minds out there on prime time
Make a chump out of you
Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you

Hold on tight to your money, they're out to get you, honey
They got a million ways
They'll look into your eyes and tell you sweet lies
And put your mind in a daze
Just like them bad rhymes on drugstore valentines
They ain't got nothin' to say

Don't let the smooth talk fool you
Honey, don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let some slow walkin', good lookin', fast talkin' man
Make a chump out of you
Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you

You know I've been around awhile
I got some information you can use
With their eyes on the prize
They'll fill you full of lies and baby that's the truth, oh, yeah

You got to be careful, baby

Don't let the smooth talk fool you
Don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let some slow dancing Ricochet romancin' man
Make a chump out of you

Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you
Don't let the sharks get to you
Don't let some slow walkin', good lookin', fast talkin' man
Make a chump out of you
Baby, don't let the smooth talk fool you

Oh, yeah
Come on now
Alright

I learned to swim when daddy threw me in the river
The army taught me how to shine my shoes
The years have shown me that nothin' lasts forever
But everything I know about the blues
I learned from you

I thought I'd seen my share of bad luck and hard times
But nothin' set me up for what you put me through
I learned a lesson that will hurt me for a lifetime
'Cause everything I know about the blues
I learned from you

I know that promises are things that just get broken
And you can't trust a woman's tears
And if love is what you place your hope in
All your hope may disappear

In certain circles I've acquired a reputation
But I give credit where credit is due
Yes it's true I've got a first rate education
'Cause everything I know about the blues
Everything I know about the blues
Everything I know about the blues
I learned from you

Well, it's finally sinkin' in, you ain't comin' back
I'll get my old guitar down off the rack
And sing the blues about you, baby, sing the blues about you, baby
It's really bringin' me down, I'm just mopin' around
I got the blues about you, baby

Well, the hardest thing honey 'bout havin' the blues
Like walkin' the floor in a dead man's shoes
I got the blues about you, baby, I got the blues about you, baby
Maybe this homemade wine will wash you outta my mind
I got the blues about you, baby

I keep knockin' at the door but you won't let me in
I'll be back tomorrow night a knockin' again
I got the blues about you, baby, I got the blues about you, baby
I'm a fool for you, I got nothin' to lose
I got the blues about you, baby, alright

Well, now honey, if we had a little heart to heart
Maybe we could find us a brand new start
I got the blues about you, baby, I got the blues about you, baby
Well, I'm a fool for you, I ain't got nothin' to lose
I'm a fool about you, baby

Well, now I can't sleep but just lay in bed
Starin' at the ceiling, going outta my head
I got the blues about you, baby, I got the blues about you, baby
It's really bringin' me down, I'm just a mopin' around
I got the blues about you, baby, alright kid

You know you really oughta be ashamed of yourself
For breakin' my heart and ruinin' my health
I got the blues about you, baby, I got the blues about you, baby
Well, you committed the crime but I'm doin' the time
I got the blues about you, baby

I got the blues about you baby, I got the blues about you, baby
I'm a fool for you, I ain't got nothin' to lose
I got the blues about you, baby

At a truck stop in San Angelo
I saw a billboard 'bout this rodeo
Last weekend out in El Paso
So I signed up to ride

I drew a bull called Original Sin
Heard he'd killed a couple of men
Figured this was somethin' I could win
'Cause the devil's on my side

I was havin' myself one hell of a ride
When I, I ended up disqualified
'Cause that danged old bull just up and died
Before they blew the whistle

When I got them North Texas blues
Thought, I'd paid all my dues
Then them South Texas blues
Told me, son you ain't through

Had them East Texas blues
And them West Texas too
I've done all I know to do
Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues

I got laid off at Brown and Root
On my way back to Cut and Shoot
I lost my wristwatch and my boots
Shootin' dice with a dude from Houston

There ain't no jobs here workin' cattle
So I got on part time haulin' gravel
With some outfit from Seattle
Down here buildin' custom homes

When I got them North Texas blues
Thought, I'd paid all my dues
And then them South Texas blues
Told me son you ain't through

Had them East Texas blues
And them West Texas too
I've done all I know to do
Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues, alright

I gassed up my truck and packed my clothes
Turned in my key and hit the road
I said, Cowtown's where I'll go
You never know I might get lucky

I got a friend there turning knobs
At this place called Billy Bob's
Said he could get me a job
There workin' as a bouncer

First night on the job was just insane
Some ol' boy got all deranged
Hit me in the head with a Harley chain
To this day my ears still ring

I got them North Texas blues
Thought, I'd paid all my dues
And them South Texas blues
Told me son you ain't through

Had them East Texas blues
And them West Texas too
I've done all I know to do
Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues

I've done all I know to do
Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues

I know how much you hate to get up in the mornin'
But somebody's gotta make a move.
There's a parking lot full of Po-lice outside
And they all 'axed' of you.

He said "I might mislead you but I would n't ever lie to ya."
And I said "Well hell, that's the way it ought to be."
And he said "I never shot him. He shot himself,
While he was shootin' at me."

Hey there's a pitchfork sticking through the roof of the car
And both the headlights are busted out."
These people say they saw you runnin' away."
He said, "Hell, I was just going for help."

I hope somebody's writin' this down.
Let's get our story straight, boys, 'fore we get back to town.
My guess is, he just went insane,
tried to swim away with too much change.



The Doctor said I can fix that for ya but it's gonna be awhile.
Just go on an' take a seat.
Try not to bleed on the carpet and
pull the door shut when you leave.

A singer/songwriter/massage therapist friend of mine
said y'all might be needin' a little help.
Now I'll drive your truck but I don't lift nothin'
and I room all by myself!

I hope somebody's writin' this down.
Let's get our story straight, boys, 'fore we get back to town.
Now all y'all witnessed what I said he done.
I hope he makes bail. I love it when they run.

Who's gonna butter your bread for you? Who's gonna fix your tea?
Who's gonna chase away your blues?
For who's gonna let you break their hearts just anytime you please?
Who's gonna pay the price of loving you?

I don't know who it will be
But I can tell you who it won't be

Who's gonna light your Christmas up? Who's gonna rake your leaves?
Who's gonna keep you out of trouble?
Do you really think he's man enough down there on his knees?
Don't you hope that he don't bust your bubble

I don't know who it will be
But I can tell you who it won't be

I've been here for a long time
Till I found out it's the wrong kind of love
Because you're never satisfied, I stay all broke up inside
It matters not how hard I try, I can't do enough

So, who's gonna heat your January, keep your summer cool?
Who's gonna bring you all the things you need?
For who's gonna be the next in line, in your chain of fools?
Better hope that he don't need much room to breath

I don't know who it will be
But I can tell you who it won't be

I've been here for a long time
Till I found out it's the wrong kind of love
Because you're never satisfied, I stay all broke up inside
It matters not how hard I try, I can't do enough

So, who's gonna butter your bread for you? Who's gonna fix your tea?
Or who's gonna chase away your blues?
Or who's gonna let you break their hearts just anytime you please?
Or who's gonna pay the price of loving you?

I don't know who it will be
But I can tell you who it won't be

Don't want to love you anymore
If i could I'd close that door
it's not the way it was
and it hurts me way to much
Don't want to love you anymore

Don't want to love you anymore
it's uncertain that's for sure
it's time to face the facts that you don't love me back
I don't want to love you anymore

I don't want to need you like I need you tonight
I don't want to want you and live this kind of life
you give me just enough of what I want to keep me hanging on
Don't want to love you anymore

Don't want to love you anymore
don't want to fight a losing war
no need to try again
cause there's no way I can win
Don't want to love you anymore
Don't want to love you anymore

Been down in the dumps for a day or two
Thinkin' baby, it was time for me to make a move
Late night skyline that's when it hit me
Well, I got to have me some of that New York City

Now, I was leaving San Diego in a Chevrolet van
I, out across the desert into no man's land
I just love the west you know, sure it's pretty
But I got to have me some of that New York City

I've been away too long and I got the itch
To do a little time in the east coast nitch
Down on Broadway and do a little diddy
Smack dab in the middle of New York City, oh yeah

I've been away too long and I got the itch
To do a little time in the east coast nitch
Down on Broadway and do a little diddy
Smack dab in the middle of New York City, oh yeah

Now, I was leaving California on a warm summer night
The ocean on my left and the mountains on my right
To leave it all behind sure seemed like a pity
But I got to have me some of that New York City, oh yeah, oh yeah

My ship came in and she sunk it
I was the toast of the town and she drunk it
I had a run of good luck and she ran it right into the ground
And now she's puttin' on a show and I get to play the clown

I had the wind in my sails and she took it
I had the world by the tail and she shook it
I reached out for a life line and she threw me a noose
I got the short end of the chicken and she got the golden goose

[Chorus: ]

She's living it up,and I'm tryin' to live it down
Just when I got it all together , it's all about to come unwound
Everybody laughin' behind my back, baby sure is a sad old sound
She's out there livin it up and I'm trying to live it down

I had my ducks in a row and she shot 'em
I had my eggs in a basket she dropped 'em
I threw her outta the house but she was back like a boomarang
Sometimes you get the honey, sometime all you get is the stang

[Chorus: ]

She's living it up, and I'm tryin' to live it down
Just when I got it all together , it's all about to come unwound
Everybody laughin' behind my back, baby sure is a sad old sound
She's out there livin it up and I'm trying to live it down

She's a livin it up and I may never live it down

When Loretta left me back here in St. Paul
My head started spinning, my heart hit the wall
And I gotta get it worked on, gotta get it worked on
Well, I don't think it's broken but it sure hurts a lot

Like a macho man I said I'll fix it myself
I can tell already I'm gonna need some help
And I gotta get it worked on, I gotta get it worked on
Now I'm gonna have to get me some professional help, yeah

Well now I went to see a doctor and he took one look
He just shook his head and closed his medical books
Said you gotta get it worked on, gotta get it worked on
It ain't gonna kill you, you're not gonna die, no

Maybe I should go ahead and open up and just let it bleed
'Cause if I let it turn to stone, I'll never find the love I need

Maybe I should go ahead and open up and just let it bleed
'Cause if I let it turn to stone, I'll never find the love I need

I went down to New Orleans to see Miss Larue
She said you're too far gone there's ain't a thing I can do
But you better get it worked on, better get it worked on
I can give you a number of someone to call, yeah
Better get it worked on, better get it worked on

She left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor
All I could put back together was never see me no more
Took all her clothes but one red dress, the one she knows I like the best
All I could do was clean up the mess and wonder where she'd gone

I had a sky-blue, rag top Mustang, a 1964
She drove it off into the night till it just wouldn't go no more
She caught a ride on into town, bought some gas and laid the top down
Then she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in new Mexico

When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
She gave me every chance a man could want
I've never known a love so strong
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

I put a call into her mamasita back in El Paso
She said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico
Her mama knew I was takin' it hard, said she was sorry about my car
She said, "You're lucky all she broke was your heart
You better just let her go"

When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
She gave me every chance a man could want
I've never known a love so strong
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

She never gave me a chance to explain
Well I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

She's in a hotel, where, she won't tell
And it's damn well killin' me
If I could find here, I'd be kinder
I'd stand behind her like she used to do for me

My friends say get a grip
But she's just about all there really is for me

She used to hold me, she even told me
I was the only love she'd ever need
Well, I believed her, then I deceived her
Now I need her much more than she needs me

It's so hard to admit
But she's just about all there really is of me

You know it hit me so strong
Knowin' she's gone
And how wrong I've been for so long

Well, I bet she'd be amazed
At all the ways that I've changed
One more last chance is all I really need

She's out there somewhere, Lord only knows where
And the despair has taken hold of me
If you should see her and if she seems bitter
Please plead with her in defense of me

I've got to get her back
'Cause she's just about all there really is of me

Well it's three o'clock in the morning' ya'll
Oh, and I'm biding my time
Give me two more Mr. Waiter
You know I got a whole lot on my mind
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl left behind

I been to Memphis baby, I been to Kansas City too
Never met a woman who could love me like you do
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind

Yeah, she's my kind of woman ya'll
She's just my size
Knocks me out the way she looks me in the eyes
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind

She used to live in Shreveport,
But then she moved
Bet you ten to one she's going to Baton Rouge
I'm gonna look her up, if you know what I mean
If I have to go as far as New Orleans

Been fine talking to ya honey but,
You know that I
Got to find my baby, got to move on down the line
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind

She used to live in Shreveport,
But then she moved
Bet you ten to one she's going to Baton Rouge
I'm gonna look her up, if you know what I mean
If I have to go as far as New Orleans

Been fine talking to ya honey but,
You know that I
Got to find my baby, got to move on down the line
Going back to Louisiana,
To that girl I left behind
Oh, yeah, I'm going back to Louisiana
To that girl I left behind