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Another catchy Willie Dixon tune, that Koko recorded in 1971 for Chess; originally on Chess LP 50018, re-issued on the CD "What it takes", in the Chess Years Series.
BILLS, BILLS, & MORE BILLS I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Bills, bills, bills and more bills And when you think your bills are through Uncle Sam is right there waitin' on you I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Bills for my car, I got bills for my clothes If I don't pay soon I'm gonna be outdoors Bills for my min, I got bills for my shoes So many bills, I don't know what to do I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Bills, bills, bills and more bills And when you think your bill sare through Uncle Sam is right there waitin' on you I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Went to my friend the other day I said I can't do a thing, I got bills to pay A bill for my furniture, I got a bill for my gas A bill for my light, how long can it last? I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Bills, bills, bills and more bills And when you think your bill sare through Uncle Sam is right there waitin' on you I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Bill for my watch, I got bill for my ring So many bills I can't do a thing A bill for my man, I got bills for my honey I can't get income upon my alimony I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Bills, bills, bills and more bills And when you think your bill sare through Uncle Sam is right there waitin' on you I got bills, bills, bills and more bills Bills, bills, bills and more bills I got bills Bills I got bills, bills, bills...
This song, made famous by Howlin' Wolf, was recorded in 1985 and is included on Alligator album "Queen of the Blues" and the Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection.
EVIL (Willie Dixon) Long way from home Can't sleep at night Grab your telephone 'Cause something just ain't right (chorus:) That's evil Evil is going on Well I'm warning you girls You better watch your happy home Long way from home Can't sleep at all 'Cause there's another Mule kickin' in your stall (chorus) Yes you make it to your house Knock on the front door Run around to the back Catch her before she go (chorus) Well if you call on the telephone The answer's awfully slow Grab the first train smokin' Even if you have to hobo (chorus)
This is actually a duet by Koko Taylor and composer Willie Dixon, who lent his deep dark voice to the spoken part and also sang most of the rest alongside Koko. It was recorded in 1967 for Chess (originally on Chess LP 1532); you can also find it on Koko Taylor's "The Chess Years" CD "What it takes" (MCA/Chess).
INSANE ASYLUM (Dixon, sp.:) I went out to the insane asylum And I found my baby out there I said please come back to me darlin' What in the world are you doin' here? Then the little girl raised up her head Tears was streamin' down from her eyes And these are the things That the little girl said (sung:) When your love has ceased to be (Lord, have mercy) There's no other place for me (Mmmm) If you don't hold me in your arms (Oh child oh child) I'd rather be here from now on Some people have an halfway fare Without your love I ain't nowhere Oh I can't eat and I can't sleep (oh child oh child) Lord I can't even live in peace (Mmmm) Please take me baby for your slave (Oooh) And save me from that early grave Some people have an halfway fare Without your love I ain't nowhere (Dixon, sp.:) And then sorrow struck my heart Tears began to stream down from my eyes The only woman that I ever loved in whole my life Out here in a place in a condition like this And I began to thinkin' about what my mama told me when I was a little boy She told me when I couldn't help myself, to get down on my knees and pray Then I fell down on my knees And these are the words that I said (sung, both) Save me save me save me babe, Save me save me save me dear, Whoa I don't know just how we made it But I'm so glad our love is here But I'm so glad our love is here But I'm so glad our love is here...
Another Willie Dixon song; recorded April 23, 1969 for Chess. Also on the CD "What it takes: the Chess Years".
I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door And if he need me bad I can find about two or three more I got a way through the window, I got a way down the hall, and if the goin' get rough I got a hole in the wall I got 29 ways to get to my baby's door And when he need me bad I can find about two or three more I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door And when he need me bad I can find about two or three more Now I got ways that I never have said I got a trapdoor right under his bed I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door And when he need me bad I can find about two or three more I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door And if he need me bad I can find about two or three more I got a way through the front, I got a way through the back, I got a loose hole and I can ease through the crack I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door And if he need me bad I can find about two or three more I got 29 ways now I got 29 ways y'all I got 29 ways yeah I got 29 ways now I got 29 ways just to get to my baby's door
Koko Taylor recorded this Willie Dixon song in 1966 for Chess; it was issued on Checker single 1166. Willie Dixon sang along on the chorus. It's on the CD "Koko Taylor: the Chess Years"
Hey you may be a hater, you may be a lover You can bet your life one destroys the other I don't know how it all began Which come first, the egg or the hen Now tell me which come first, the egg or the hen? Like fire puts out the water, you know water puts out the fire Like a lie destroy the truth, you know the truth destroys the lie Like white covers the black, you know the black it covers the white Like night covers the day, you know the day it covers the night You may be a hater, you may be a lover I bet your life one destroys the other I don't know how it all began Which come first, the egg or the hen Now tell me which come first, the egg or the hen? Like the bad destroys the good, you know the good destroys the bad Like the glad destroys the mad, you know the mad destroys the glad Like cold destroys the hot, you know the hot destroys the cold Like the old are smarter than young, you know the young overpower the old You may be a hater, you may be a lover I bet your life one destroys the other I don't know how it all began Which come first, the egg or the hen You tell me which come first, the egg or the hen? You tell me which come first, the egg or the hen?
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