Groaning The Blues - From The Cradle

(by willie dixon) I’m so tired of moaning, trying to groan away my blues. I’m so tired of moaning, trying to groan away my blues. I keep weeping and crying every time i think of you. I would rather die of starvation, perish out in the desert sun, I would rather die of starvation, perish […]

Goin’ Away Baby - From The Cradle

(by james a. lane) Lord, i’m going away just to wear you off my mind. Lord, i’m going away just to wear you off my mind. Well you keep me worrying ’bout it all the time. Well, i ain’t been loved but four womens in my life. Well, i ain’t ever loved but four womens […]

Five Long Years - From The Cradle

(by eddie boyd) Have you ever been mistreated? you know just what i’m talking about. Have you ever been mistreated? you know just what i’m talking about. I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out. I got a job in a steel mill, shucking steel like a […]

Driftin’ - From The Cradle

(by charles brown, johnny moore and eddie williams) I’m drifting and drifting, just like a ship out on the sea. I’m drifting and drifting, just like a ship out on the sea. Well i ain’t got nobody in this world to care for me. If my baby would only take me back again. If my […]

Blues Leave Me Alone - From The Cradle

(by james lane) Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home. Blues, blues trying to drive me away from home. Had the blues so bad, blues followed me all day long. Blues, blues won’t let me take my rest. Blues, blues won’t let me take my rest. My mind is rambling like a wild […]

Blues Before Sunrise - From The Cradle

(by leroy carr) I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes. I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes. It was a miserable feeling, now babe, a feeling i do despise. I have to leave, leave you baby, because you know you done me wrong. I have to leave […]