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Bootleg Sessions V

by Bootleg Slim

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1.
Limelight 02:52
I'm prowlin' like the lone wolf I'm cunning like the fox I'll play the card dealt me nevermind the hand you've got I'm a young man of good fortune there's nothing I can't throw away I'm the cause of all my troubles seen many a jealous day I was born in the limelight while a tempest darkened the sky and if the moonshine doesn't kill me I'll live until the day I die! Won't you tell me, brave captain which is the direction home there's a woman there I love from the very marrow of my bones I've been locked in Bessie's gin house for many a long year and for those I leave behind I don't shed a tear I was born in the limelight... So pull a comb through my hair yes, I'm a-gonna turn on my toe before I'm strapped to the electric chair for singing Rock 'n' Roll I'm a young man of good fortune there's nothing I can't throw away I'm the cause of all my troubles seen many a jealous day I'm prowlin' like the lone wolf I'm cunning like the fox I'll play the card dealt me nevermind the hand you've got
2.
Most of the time I’m clear focused all around Most of the time I can keep both feet on the ground I can follow the path, I can read the signs Stay right with it when the road unwinds I can handle what I stumble upon I don’t even notice she’s gone Most of the time Most of the time I'm cool underneath Most of the time I can keep it right between my teeth I can solve any riddle, I can hold my own, deal with the situation right down to the bone I can survive, I can endure And I don’t even think about her Most of the time Most of the time My head is on straight Most of the time I’m strong enough not to hate I've got enough faith, I've got enough strength I keep it all away, way beyond arm's length I can smile in the face of mankind Don’t even remember what her lips felt like on mine Most of the time Most of the time She ain’t even in my mind I wouldn’t know her if I saw her She’s that far behind Most of the time I can’t even be sure If she was ever with me Or if I was with her Most of the time I’m halfway content Most of the time I know exactly where it went I don’t cheat on myself, I don’t run and hide Hide from the feelings that are buried inside I don’t compromise and I don’t pretend I don’t even care if I ever see her again Most of the time
3.
Riding on my pony through a one-horse town a one-way street, the wrong way down I hitched up my pony at an old saloon I went inside I saw the men swoon I ordered a beer; they wouldn't let me pay they said the occasion was a very special day thay hadn't seen a woman in a long long time and never one lookin' so fine I accepted their offer to be polite I had no intention of staying all night the beer was warm and the floor was sticky the men, they weren't so pretty so I went to the jukeboox to pick a tune a man followed me across the room he said, "that thing's been broken for at least a year, but I know a song you'd like to hear." "If you wanna go dancin' I'll shine your shoes If you need some money I'll pay my dues If you're feelin' hungry I'll cook a stew If you want some lovin' I'm right here next to you." The next thing I knew, I was standing on a bar, strummin' these chords on a beat-up guitar I was shakin' my hips I was swingin' my hair I was shouting, "sing up down there!" And every head in that bar was turned they loved the sound of the words they heard they had the devil horns I had the angel wings and they sure loved to sing "If you wanna go dancin'... The rest of the night turned into a fog soon I was drinkin' the "hair of the dog" I hopped on my pony and rode along singin' that same old song "If you wanna go dancin'...
4.
People rave about hard times tell me what it's all about Hard times don't bother me I was broke before that started out If you're a good lookin' girl sit down on my knee the trouble with these good lookn' women is they're so daw-gawn hard to please If you're a single man go out now and have your fun If you ever find yourself a woman your trouble ain't ever done If you want somethin' for nothin' you'd better look away I'm sorry to say there ain't enough luck goin' around these days People rave about hard times I wonder why they should Hard times don't bother me I was broke when times were good
5.
Original lyrics [alterations made are in square brackets]. Judge you want to hear my plea Before you open up your court But I don't need no sympathy 'Cause I cut my good man's throat I caught him with a trifling Jane I warned him 'bout before I had my knife and went insane And the rest you ought to know Judge, judge, please mister judge, Send me to the 'lectric chair Judge, judge, good mister judge, Let me go away from here I want to take a journey To the devil down below I done killed my man I want to reap just what I sow Oh judge, judge, lordy lordy judge Send me to the 'lectric chair Judge, judge, hear me judge Send me to the 'lectric chair I love him so dear I cut him with [my razor] I kicked him in the side I stood [around laughin'] While he wallowed around and died Oh judge,…
6.
Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me Sometimes I can't even see the reason why I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin' It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa He beat her with a belt once cause she cried She told him to take care of me, she headed down to Tennessee It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die A friend said he knew where some easy money was We robbed a man and brother did we fly The posse caught up with me, drug me back to Muskogee It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie [Her] name's codeine, [She's] the nicest thing I've seen Together we're gonna wait around and die

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released September 27, 2016

Vocals, guitar and harmonica: Bootleg Slim
Song 1 - Bootleg Slim
Song 2 - Bob Dylan
Song 3 - Alex Willie Singerman
Song 4 - Bootleg Slim
Song 5 - George Brooks (Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys, 1927)
Song 6 - Townes Van Zandt

All the songs were recorded on the 11th of August, 2016.
All songs performed live by Bootleg Slim.

All songs were recorded and mixed by Marc Bohnké.
Three microphones were used to capture the audio.

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