The Blues Brothers : The Definitive Collection

Blues Rock / USA
(1992 - Atlantic Records)
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1. OPENING: I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Universal Amphitheatre.
Well here it is, the late 1970s, going on 1985.

You know so much of the music we hear today is pre-programmed,
Electronic disco we never get a chance to hear master bluesmen practicing their craft anymore.

By the year 2006 the music known today as the blues will exist only
In the classical records department of your local public libraries.

So tonight, ladies and gentlemen, while we still can,
Let us welcome from Rock Island,
Illinois the blues band of Joliet Jake and Elwood blues.
The Blues Brothers.


2. HEY BARTENDER

I went balling the other night
I started drinking and got real tight
I blew each and all my friends
I felt so good I had to blow it again

I said Hey bartender
Hey man, looka here
A draw one, draw two, draw three, four glasses of beer

Well I saw a chick sitting on the end
I said Baby can't we be friends
You're looking sweet as you can be
Well come on down and drink with me

I said Hey bartender
Hey man looka here
Draw one, draw two, draw three, four glasses of beer
Elwood!

Well we was having so much fun
I didn't know it was half past one
I turned around to have on more
I looked at the clock and it was half past four

Hey bartender
Hey man look a here
A draw one, draw two, draw three, four glasses of beer

Well jukebox girl is everything
All the cats began to sing
I heard somebody called and said
Last round for alcohol

I said Hey bartender
Hey bartender
Hey bartender
Hey bartender
Draw one, two, three, four glasses of beer


3. MESSIN' WITH THE KID

What's this I hear
There's a whole lotta talk
The people say you try to quit the kid

Hey yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
But I call it messin' with the kid

Now the kid plays hot
And hot don't pay
I say what I mean, I mean what I say

Yeah, yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
But I call it messin' with the kid

Well tell me you love me
You tell me a lie
But I know I love ya baby, 'til the day I die

Hey yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
But I call it messing with the kid

Elwood, Elwood!
-Yeah?
You wanna mess with the kid?
-Nah Jake, I don't wanna mess with the kid...
Yeah I know, I know that. How about you guys back here? You wanna mess with the kid? Any of you guys? How about you people out there you wanna mess with the kid?

Gonna take the kid's car
Drive around town
Tell everybody trying to put him down

Hey yeah
Tell me what you did
You can call it what you want
I call it messin' with the kid


4. ALMOST (I GOT EVERYTHING I NEED)

I got everything I need, almost
I got everything I need, almost
But I don't got you
And you're the thing I need the most

I got a car that I bought
Won't get me far
I gotta wish on a star
Tell me mama

I got everything I need, almost
I got everything I need, almost
But I don't got you
And you're the thing I need the most

I got friends who like me
Cause I got lots of dough
The people recognize me
Wherever I go
I don't got trouble gettin' high
But if I don't get you I believe I will die

I got everything I need, almost
I got everything I need, almost
But I don't got you
And you're the thing I need the most

I got everything I need, almost
I got everything I need, almost

I got everything I need, almost
I got everything I need, almost
But I don't got you
And you're the thing I need the most


5. RUBBER BISCUIT

Bow bow bow...

Um, do that again

Bow bow bow...

Have you ever heard
Of a wish sandwich?
A wish sandwich
Is the kind of a sandwich
Where you have two slices of bread
And you wish you had some meat

Bow bow bow...

The other day
I had a ricochet biscuit
A ricochet biscuit
Is the kind of a biscuit
That's supposed to bounce back
Off the wall into your mouth
If it dont bounce back
You go hungry

Bow bow bow...

The other day
I had a cool water sandwich
And a Sunday go to meeting bun

Bow bow bow...

What do you want for nothing
A rubber biscuit

Bow bow, ooh ooh ooh


6. I DON'T KNOW

Sick and tired by the way you do
Good time papa gonna poison you
Sprinkle goofer dust all around your bed
Wake up one of these days, find your own self dead
She said you shouldn't say that
I said What did I say to make you mad this time baby?
She said Umm...
I don't know
My oh my oh my
She said I don't know but my baby's holding down

The woman I love has got devil in her jaw
Clothes she's wearing made out of the best of cloth
She can take 'em and wash 'em, put 'em upside a wall
She can throw 'em out a window, pick 'em up a little before the fall
Sometimes I think you got your habits on
She said You shouldn't say that
I said What did I say to piss you off this time baby?
She said Umm...
I don't know, my oh my, I don't know
But my baby's holding down

My momma told me, my momma sat down and cried
She said you're too young to have as many woman as you got
I looked at my mother dear, didn't even crack a smile
Said If woman don't kill me I don't mind dying
The woman I love, I want to wait for last
The woman I love, I have all class
Thought I warned you baby, a long time ago
Better watch your step or I'm going to have to let you go
She said you shouldn't say that

I said Baby
You know when you bend over I see every bit of Christmas
And when you bend back I'm looking right into the new year
She said Honey, you know I gave up cigarettes for my new year's resolution
But I didn't give up smoking
I said Woman, you going to walk a mile for a Camel
Or are you going to make like Mr Chesterfield and satisfy?
She said That all depends on what your packing
Regular or kingsize
Then she pulled out my Jim Beam, and to her surprise
It was every bit as hard as my Canadian Club
I said What now you got to say baby?
She said Umm...

I don't know
My oh my oh my
I don't know
But my baby's holding down


7. SOUL MAN

Comin' to ya on a dusty road
Good lovin' I got a truck load
And when you get it you got something
So don't worry cause I'm coming

I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man

Got what I got the hard way
And I'll make it better each and every day
So honey don't you fret
Cause you ain't seen nothing yet

I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
Play it Steve!
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man

Listen
I was brought up on a side street
I learned how to love before I could eat
I was educated from good stock
When I start lovin' I just can't stop

I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man

Well grab the rope and I'll pull you in
Give you hope and be your only boyfriend
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
You're a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man


8. WHO'S MAKING LOVE

All you fellas, gather 'round me
And let me give you some good advice
What i'm gonna, gonna ask you now
You'd better think about it twice
While you're out cheatin' on your woman
There is something i never ever dreamed of and that is

Who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love
Who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love

I've known so, so many fellows
All in that same old bag
Thinkin' that a woman was made to
To be beat on and treated so bad
Well now fellows, let me tell you something
Something i never ever dreamed of

Who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love
Who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love

I know there are some women guilty of this too
I'm not trying to run you life boy, the choice is up to you
Yeah you, you you

Reason why i ask this question
I used to be the same old way
'til i started to straighten up
I found out it was a bit too late
Oh yeah, that's when it all started
Something i never ever dreamed of

Somebody was a lovin' my old lady
While i was out making love
Somebody was a lovin' my old lady
While i was out making love

Now who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love
Who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love

Somebody was a lovin' my old lady
While i was out making love


9. DO YOU LOVE ME

You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance
You didn't even want me around
But now I'm back
To show you I can really shake 'em down

Do you love me (I can really move)
Do you love me (I'm in the groove)
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance
Watch me now

(Work, work) Now work it out baby
(Work, work) Oh, you're driving me crazy
(Work, work) With a little bit of soul now

Well I can mash potato (I can mash potato)
I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Well do the funky funky chicken (Do the funky funky chicken)
Well do you like it like this (Do you like it like this)
Tell me (Tell me)
Tell me

Do you love me (I can really move)
Do you love me (I'm in the groove)
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance
Watch me now

Do you love me (I can really move)
Do you love me baby (I'm in the groove)
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance
Watch me now

(Work, work) Now work it out baby
(Work, work) I'm gonna drive you crazy
(Work, work) Shake it up shake it up now

Now do you love me (I can really move)
Do you love me (I'm in the groove)
Do you love me (Do you love me)


10. GUILTY

Yeah baby, yeah I've been drinkin'
And I, I shouldn't come by, no
But I found myself in trouble
And I had nowhere else to go

Got some whiskey from the barman
I got some cocaine from my friends
I gotta keep on movin'
Til I'm back in your arms again

Guilty, yes I'm guilty
And I'll be guilty for the rest of my life
How come baby, how come I never do what I'm supposed to do
How come everything I try never turns out right?

You know how it is with me baby
You know I just can't stand myself
And it takes a whole lot of medicine darling


11. RIOT IN BLOCK NUMBER NINE

It was December the sixth 1983
I was doin' time for armed robbery
At four in the morning, I was sitting in my cell
I heard a whistle blow, and I heard somebody yell

There's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
Up in cell block number nine

Our warden said Come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot you're all gonna get the chair
And Scarface Jones said It's too late to quit
Pass the dynamite, don't you give me any shit

There's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
Up in cell block number nine

On the 47th hour the nerve gas got our men
We're all back in our cells but every now and then

There's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
Up in cellblock number nine
Up in cellblock number nine
Up in cellblock number nine


12. FROM THE BOTTOM

From the bottom
From the bottom
From the bottom
Oh boys, I'm Hollywood bound
From the bottom
From the bottom
From the bottom
Oh boys, I'm Hollywood bound

She not from the East
She not from the West
I'm so crazy 'bout my baby
I love the way she wears her dress

From the bottom
From the bottom
From the bottom
Oh boys, I'm Hollywood bound

Hmm, she's not my color (Not my color)
She's jus' my style (She's just my style)
Hmm boys, I'm crazy 'bout my baby
All of California's gonna know she's mine

From the bottom
From the bottom
From the bottom

From the bottom
From the bottom
From the bottom
Oh boy, she's Hollywood bound


13. GOING BACK TO MIAMI

Going back to Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl)
I said I'm going back to Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl)

I've got to get back to my baby
And take her in my arms again
I've got to get back to my baby
I ain't seen her since I don't know when
Got to get back now to Florida
Lay out in the morning Sun
Got to get back to Miami
Have a whole lotta fun
Going back to Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl, com on (Going back to my girl)
I said I'm going back to my Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl)
Look out

I'm going back to Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl)
I said I'm going back to Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl)

Gotta gotta gotta get back (Gotta gotta gotta get back)
I gotta gotta gotta get back (Gotta gotta gotta get back)
Gotta gotta gotta get back (Gotta gotta gotta get back)
Gotta gotta gotta get back (Gotta gotta gotta get back)
Look out!

Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Philadelphia P.A.
San Francisco
New York, New York
Atlanta, Georgia
Going back to Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl)
I said I'm going back to Miami (Going back to Miami)
Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl)


14. EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE

We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight,
And we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of illinois law enforcement community who have chosen to join us
In the palace hotel ballroom at this time.
We do sincerely hope you'll all enjoy the show,
And please remember people, that no matter who you are, And what you do to live, thrive and survive,
There still some things that make us all the same.
You, me, them, everybody, everybody.

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody to love (someone to love)
Sweetheart to miss (sweetheart to miss)
Sugar to kiss (sugar to kiss)
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you In the morning
I need you you you When my soul`s on fire

Sometimes I feel
I feel a little sad inside
When my baby mistreats me
I never never never have a place to hide
I need you

Sometimes I feel
I feel a little sad inside
When my baby mistreats me
I never never never have a place to hide
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you

You know people when you do find that somebody
Hold that woman, hold that man
Love him, hold him, squeeze her, please her, hold her
Squeeze and please that person, give `em all your love
Signify your feelings with every gentle caress
Because it`s so important to have that special somebody
to hold, kiss, miss, squeeze and please

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody to love
Someone to love
Sweetheart to miss
Sugar to kiss
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you...


15. EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART

[On the expressway to your heart
That expressway that's the best way
That expressway to your heart
That espressway that's the best way]

I've been trying to get to you for a long time
Cause constantly youve been on my mind
I was thinking bout a short cut that I could take
But I found I made a mistake

(Chorus)
I was wrong
It took too long
I got caught in a rush hour
Fellows started to shower
You with love and affection
Now you won't look at my direction

On the expressway to your heart
That expressway that's the best way

At five o'clock its much too crowded (too crowded)
Much too crowded (too crowded)
Much too crowded (too crowded)
Too crowded for me
Couldn't get through to you baby
Oh, its too crowded

Well there're too many in back of me
And they're all tryin' to get in front of me
I was thinking I saw a road up ahead
But I saw a stoplight instead

(Chorus)

On the expressway to your heart
That expressway that's the best way

(Chorus)

On the expressway to your heart
That expressway that's the best way
That expressway to your heart
That espressway that's the best way

At five oclock it's too crowded (too crowded)
Much too crowded (too crowded)
Much too crowded (too crowded)
Too crowded
Too crowded for me
Just couldn't get through baby
Oh, oh, oh, much too crowded
Oh, oh, oh, much too crowded


16. SWEET HOME CHICAGO

Come on
Oh baby don't you wanna go
Come on
Oh baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Hidehey
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Oh sweet home Chicago

Well, one and one is two
Six and two is eight
Come on baby don't ya make me late
Hidehey
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Six and three is nine
Nine and nine is eighteen
Look there brother baby and see what I've seen
Hidehey
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago

Oh come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Come on
Baby don't you wanna go
Back to that same old place
My sweet home Chicago


17. CLOSING: I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE

(Instrumental)


18. SHAKE A TAILFEATHER (ft. Ray Charles)

Well I heard about the fellow you've been dancing with
All over the neighbourhood
So why didn't you ask me baby
Or didn't you think I could?

Well I know that the boogaloo is out of sight
but the shingaling's the thing tonight
But if that was you and me a now baby
I would have shown you how to do it right
Do it right (U-huh)
Do it right (Do it right)
Do it right
Do it right
Do it right
Aaah

Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby
Hey we gonna loop de loop
Shake it out baby
Hey we gonna loop de la
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Aaah

Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby
Hey we gonna loop de loop
Shake it out baby
Hey we gonna loop de la
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Aaah

Come on, come on baby
Come on, yeah, come on babe, alright

Do the twist
Do the fly
Do the swim
And do the bird
Well do the duck
Aaah, and do the monkey
Hey hey, watusi
And a what about the food
Do the mashed potato
What about the boogaloo
Oh, the bony marony
Come on let's do the twist
Aaah

Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby


19. THINK (ft. Aretha Franklin)

(Freedom), freedom, yeah freedom
Freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom), freedom, oh freedom

Hey, think about it
You, think about it

There ain't nothing you could ask I could answer you but I won't (I won't)
I was gonna change, but I'm not, to keep doing things I don't
Hey think about what you're trying to do to me
Baby, think, let your mind go, let yourself be free

People walking around everyday, playing games that they can score
Trying to make other people lose their minds, be careful you don't lose yours

Yeah think (think) think about what you're trying to do to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (think, think), let your mind go, let yourself be free

You need me (need me) and I need you (don't you know)
Without eachother there ain't nothing people can do
Yeah yeah, think about me (what you're trying to do to me)
'Till the fall of the night, think about it right now

Oh freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom), freedom, yeah freedom
Freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom), freedom, freedom

Hey, you, think about it

There ain't nothing you could ask I could answer you but I won't (I won't)
I was gonna change, but I'm not, if you keep doing things I don't

Yeah (think) think about what you're trying to do to me
Baby, think (think, think), let your mind go, let yourself be free

You need me (need me) and I need you (don't you know)
Without eachother there ain't nothing people can do

Yeah yeah, think about me (what you're trying to do to me)
'Till the fall of the night, think about it baby
(Think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about it)
(Think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about it)
(Think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about it)
(Think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about - ah me, think about it)
You had better stop and think before you think
Think!


20. GIMME SOME LOVIN'

Hey!

Well my temperature's rising and my feet on the floor
Twenty people rockin' and there wanna go more
Let me in baby, I don't know what you've got
But you'd better take it easy, this place is hot

So glad we made it
So glad we made it
You gotta

Gimme some lovin' (Gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin' (Gimme gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin'
Everyday
Hey hey

Hey!

Well I feel so good, everything is sellin' high
You'd better take it ease cause the place is on fire
It's been a hard day and I don't know what to do
We made it baby and it happened to you
And I'm

So glad we made it
So glad we made it
You gotta

Gimme some lovin' (Gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin' (Gimme gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin'
Everyday




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