RUNAWAY SHOES

YOU CRUSHED MY HEART LIKE A HURRICANE

WHEN YOU PUT ON YOUR RUNAWAY SHOES

NO ONE KNOWS WHICH WAY YOU WENT

BUT YOU LEFT ME WITH THOSE

ROBERT JOHNSON BLUES

MUDDY WATERS  WAS A  MOJO  MAN

HE SAID `DON`T  YOU  BE  A  ROLLING  STONE

MEET ME AT THE CROSSROADS TONIGHT

AND WE`LL  BE  ROLLIN` AND A TUMBLIN`

OUR WAY HOME`

WHAT`S LEFT TO LOSE

STILL GOT THOSE BLUES

HOWLING WOLF IS CALLING ME

WITH A SPOONFULL OF THE FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES

WOODY GUTHRIE IS LEAVING TOWN

WITH  MY  BABY  , MY COCAINE

AND MY BOTTLE OF BOOZE

WHAT`S LEFT TO LOSE

I STILL GOT THOSE BLUES.

C  2005    P GARDNER

IT DOESN`T HAVE TO BE A 12 BAR

TO BE BAD NEWS

IT DOESN`T HAVE TO BE A 12 BAR

TO CALL IT THE BLUES

WHEN YOU`RE WAITING FOR THE SHADOWS

TO CREEP ROUND THE BEND

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE REAPER

HE`LL BE THERE IN THE END

IT DOESN`T HAVE TO BE A 12 BAR

TO BE BAD NEWS

IT DOESN`T HAVE TO BE A 12 BAR

TO CALL IT THE BLUES

IF YOU`RE LOOKING FOR A BLACK CROW

TO LAY DOWN THE LAW

PAY THE DUES TO THE BLUESMAN

AS HE CLOSES THE DOOR

AND YOU CAN

PULL THE DARKNESS DOWN

SHOUT LIKE THUNDER

SO THE SENSES CAN DROWN

`CAUSE IF I

HAD THE WISDOM THEN

TO STOP THE MADNESS

WOULD YOU CALL ME YOUR FRIEND ?

IT DOESN`T HAVE TO BE A 12 BAR

TO BE BAD NEWS

IT DOESN`T HAVE TO BE A 12 BAR

TO CALL IT THE BLUES

CAN YOU SEE A RAY OF SUNLIGHT

WHEN YOU ARE HOLDING THE NOOSE

COME THE TIME THE REVELATOR

WILL BE BEARING THE TRUTH

C 2007     P GARDNER