J. J. Cale Lyrics

Boilin' Pot Now she don't know where she is, how sexy she can be She don't realise what her eyes do to me She ke...

Don't Cry Sister Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright in the morning Don't cry sister cry, everything'll be just fi...

Fate Of A Fool Spending my life in a cold hard bar-room Drinking that long black whisky down I play the guitar, for...

Friday Monday morning comes too early Work my back to the bone All day Monday I keep thinking "Weekend...

I'll Make Love To You I can't read and I can't write And I don't know my left from right I can't tell if the sun's gonna s...

Katy Kool Lady Sure do miss you babe You know it's been a while Way too long, since you been gone I'm almost out of...

Let's Go To Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Let's go to Tahiti Well, the man been working in the shop all year He said "...

Lou-Easy-Ann Lou-Easy-Ann, I hear you calling back to me Lou-Easy-Ann, I hear you calling back to me Lord, I'm go...

Mona Mona, she comes in the morning She brings me a bottle of wine She comes to my bed, soothes up my hea...

Sensitive Kind Don't take her for granted, she has a hard time Don't misunderstand her or play with her mind Treat ...

Thirteen Days Thirteen days on a gig in the south Thirteen days on a gig...

Too Much For Me Somebody touched me late last night Had this woman and I still feel right Some kind of feeling up an...

After Midnight After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout We'...

Bringing It Back Saturday, past September In the jailhouse, I remember I got caught with too much soul Bringing it ba...

Call Me The Breeze They call me the breeze, I keep blowing down the road They call me the breeze, I keep blowing down t...

Call The Doctor Somebody call for the doctor, I think I'm sick Ain't had my medicine in over a week My mind's fine b...

Clyde Clyde plays electric bass Plays it with finesse and grace Sit on the porch without no shoes A-pickin...

Crazy Mama Crazy mama, where you been so long Crazy mama, where you been so long You've been hiding out, I know...

Crying Eyes It ain't easy drying these crying eyes of mine It ain't easy drying these crying eyes of mine I get ...

Don't Go To Strangers If I'm standing in a crowd, call my name, call it loud Don't go to strangers, woman, call on me Wave...

Magnolia Whippoorwill's singing Soft summer breeze Makes me think of my baby I left down in New Orleans I lef...

Nowhere To Run Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide No way to relieve this feeling inside You done gave me them blues an...

River Runs Deep Well, the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice The river runs deep and the water is cold as ...

Woman I Love Woman I love ain't much more than skin and bone Woman I love ain't much more than skin and bone If s...

Hard Times Hard times is about to get me Hard times, they hurt my hands Hard times, it took my woman Hard times...

Livin' Here Too Don't ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies I was born in a freight train passin' by My mother w...

Losers Losers, we're just losers Exclusive club that we're in Losers, we're just losers Why don't losers ev...

Money Talks Money talks, it'll tell you a story Money talks, says strange things Money talks very loudly You'd b...

People Lie Well, you can talk to the governor, talk to a prince Talk to a preacher or the president Some people...

Reality One drink of whisky, one drink of gin One drink of vodka and I told my friends Things don't seem qui...

Takin' Care Of Business I got myself together, got my tie on straight Downtown, takin' care of business on the street Glen D...

Teardrops In My Tequila I've got teardrops in my tequila I've got teardrops in my tequila Got Colorado, not enchiladas, on m...

Trouble In The City Heard the one about your woman Lord, she's been messing 'round She's been stepping out on the street...

Unemployment Beating down the pavement, looking for a job I'll do anything except steal and rob Unemployment is s...

Days Go By When you light that funny cigarette Would you pass it back to me I'm feeling a little down and out A...

Death In The Wilderness Death in the wilderness It's a hopeless case I guess Who's looking out for the wilder side It will s...

Doctor Told Me Well my heart ain't in it My mind is blank Can't seem to function Can't seem to think Doctor told me...

Guitar Man Guitar man, tell me what your secret am Tell me please, can you put my mind at ease When you're stan...

If I Had A Rocket If I had me a rocket I'd fly off to the moon If I had me a rocket, boy I'd fly off to the moon It's ...

It's Hard To Tell It's hard to tell With a casual look Can you read his mind Like an open book When you cross the room...

Low Down Low down, low down dirty shame Low down, low down dirty shame I've had nothing but the blues Since I...

Miss Ol' St. Louie Miss ol' St. Louie, wish I was back Picking my guitar by the railroad track All them pretty womens, ...

Nobody Knows Words that we say could all be lies someday Scattered to the wind, I don't know Things that we trust...

Old Blue I had an old dog, and his name was Blue Bet your life he was a good dog too Blue chased a possum up ...

Perfect Woman Got me a woman, boy she's fine Love me in the morning, love me at night One thing about her I think ...

This Town This town I live in ain't fit for man or beast This town I live in ain't fit for man or beast There'...

Ain't Love Funny She brings me flowers from the waterwell She keeps me laughing all day We ride on a horse to the riv...

Borrowed Time Well we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another day Yes we're living on borrowed ti...

Brown Dirt Brown dirt, stickin' to my fingers Brown dirt, clingin' to my feet Brown dirt, Mississippi bottom la...

Closer To You Wish I was a stocking clanging to your thigh Everytime you'd move around I'd view you walking by Wis...

Devil's Nurse Down along the palm trees, in a south kind of bay There was a young woman, walked the beach every da...

Hard Love Shirley down the street she gets so lonesome She calls around to men on the phone, some Hopin' one w...

Like You Used To Cry me a tune in the morning, sing me the blues every night Tell me that you really love me baby, an...

Long Way Home Early in the morning, about a quarter to four Me and my girlfriend walkin' out the door We're headin...

Rose In The Garden I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden I'll find my way back to her sweet arms I'll find my...

Sho-Biz Blues Tried busking down in Frisco, tried dancin' in LA I played the blues in Chicago, boy I ran home in S...

Slower Baby Slower baby wind it down Go slower baby, when you move around It's the rule of not to lead It's the ...

Steve's Song (Instrumental) ...

Artificial Paradise Many loves in a lifetime, they seem to go astray Many people come and go, they never seem to stay So...

Digital Blues I got the digital blues, my soul is just another number I got the digital blues, my soul is just ano...

Feeling In Love Feeling in love, I want to testify Little time it will take me Feeling in love, I'm so satisfied Fro...

Jailer Low-light moonlight comes through my window But these steel bars spoil the view You know that jailer...

Lonesome Train Lonesome train, ride all day Lonesome train, ride all day Since I lost my woman, I lost my way Mr Co...

Low Rider She is my low rider She is my low rider Some say she's bad, but she's better than no rider She carri...

Passion Whatever happened to ole what's-her-name She used to be the big part of my game Now she's gone, but ...

Roll On Mama Jump in woman, now the jumpin' is right I'm the kind of man don't sleep at night Heart gets a-beatin...

Shady Groove Down the road, and up the hill Round the bend, and behind the mill When just a kid I used to go To a...

She's In Love She hangs around with another guy I met only yesterday He's a hard cold cooker, a fine looker He too...

Take Out Some Insurance A man knocked upon my door said "Don't you know you're gonna die some day And I got a plan for ...

Traces Traces of loving a life I remember Already grown by December By spring it was gone Traces of people ...

Anyway The Wind Blows Some like this and some like that And some don't know where it's at If you don't get loose, if you d...

Cajun Moon Cajun moon, where does your power lie As you move across the southern sky You took my babe way too s...

Crying Every time I see you, all that you do Crying, crying, crying You've been shedding them tears for too...

Everlovin' Woman I've got a woman, I love her, lordy-lord She cooks my breakfast on Sunday, just like my Ma I hang m...

I Got The Same Old Blues Have you heard that rumour that's going around You got it made, way across town It's the same old st...

I'd Like To Love You Baby I'd like to love you baby and keep my other baby too Put my arms around you, that's all I want to do...

I'll Be There If You Ever Want Me There ain't no chains strong enough to hold me Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me Never have seen...

Okie (Instrumental) ...

Precious Memories Hell, I travel on life's pathways Know not what the years may hold Hell, I've wandered, oh, grows fo...

Rock And Roll Records I make rock 'n' roll records I sell 'em for a dime I make my living and feed my children All in good...

Starbound When you and I are ready, no longer earthly-bound We'll travel through the crystal night, starbound ...

The Old Man And Me The old man he catches the fish in the morning He rides the river every day I sit on the bank and I ...

Change Your Mind I detect a side-effect of a complicated life The edge is on, sharp as a knife Underground tremor, st...

Disadvantage Sometime in the morning, before the break of day I lose my direction, I can't find my way I can't fi...

End Of The Line Trains don't run forever Fire goes out sometime Gotta tell you, baby We've come to the end of the li...

Hold On Baby I've got a fine-looking woman, she's fine and brown She likes to boogie in the kitchen, likes to boo...

Humdinger Humdinger, she loves to lick my finger Humdinger, she loves to lick my finger She rolls it 'round he...

Lady Luck Lady Luck, please just listen to me Mistress of fantasy Send a dream my way Can you come and make my...

Lean On Me Lean on me, baby Lean on me, for a while Lean on me, baby Lean on me, baby child Won't bring you dow...

New Orleans Have you ever been down to New Orleans Fa La, them cajun queens Crying the blues is what they do dow...

No Time No time for making my moves, no time No time for hitting my groove, no time Summer comes and summer ...

River Boat Song I hear a whistle, I hear a moan Must be my baby coming home She's been down in Tupelo, singing that ...

Shanghaid Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore New York, Boston and Baltimore They'll take you right down where you ...

That Kind Of Thing It's that kind of thing babe, no alibis It's that kind of thing babe, shuffle or die Going through t...

Tijuana Just below San Diego Tijuana, land of broken dreams Senoritas dancing in the moonlight Flashing Span...

Who's Talking Who's talking, ain't no friend of mine Who's talking, stirred it up Who's talking, who's lying Hard ...

Carry On If life's little downs they keep coming around Carry on, carry on With darkness all about, you want ...

Cloudy Day (Instrumental) ...

Deep Dark Dungeon I knew a man, made a heavy move He shot his wife, his best friend too They put him away in a deep da...

If You Leave Her You don't love her like I love her You don't treat her like I do You don't tell her the things I tel...

Love Has Been Gone Love has been gone, gone so long there's nothing new I say our love has been gone, gone so long ther...

Mama Don't Yeah, Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here Yeah, Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round...

Pack My Jack Yes, I've been moving to the highway, rambling man keeps rambling on Yes, I've been moving to the hi...

Runaround Yeah, you come home in the morning, your hair's all a mess You've been out all night, you've got wri...

What Do You Expect Well, I quit my high living just for you Made you number one while I was number two Set the weight o...

Wish I Had Not Said That You don't come here too often You make my day when you come around You know I love you something awf...

Cherry Cherry, I'd like to love you Cherry, will you love me too Someday I will take you away, that's all I...

Cocaine If you want to hang out, you've got to take her out, cocaine If you want to get down, get down on th...

Hey Baby Hey baby, it's your time now Hey baby, you made it somehow Don't let nobody come and bring you down ...

Hold On First time I seen you, I knew You had come undone for someone mistreated you The ringing in your ear...

I'm A Gypsy Man I'm a gypsy man on a one-night stand Am I fit to be loved by you I'm with a gypsy van, just travelli...

Let Me Do It To You Let me do it to you Let me do it to you Let me do it to you Let me do it to you ...

Ride Me High Low-down way you're feeling, the sexy things you do Baby, baby, baby, let me talk to you I just love...

Super Blue Days are longer By yourself You sold your soul to someone else Now you're paying, can't you see You ...

The Woman That Got Away Well, I've been out on the street since yesterday Been looking for the woman that got away A long-le...

Travelin' Light Travelin' light, is the only way to fly Travelin' light, just you and I One-way ticket to ecstasy Wa...

You Got Me On So Bad Oh Baby, you got me on so bad I think that you're the wickedless woman that I ever had Sometimes you...

You Got Something You don't look like my baby And you don't feel quite the same You don't touch quite like my woman Bu...

A Thing Going On Look here we got a thing going on Never fear we got a thing going on Ain't nothing to it Got to get ...

Can't Live Here Well you can't live here like this anymore No you can't live here like this anymore No you can't liv...

City Girls City girls they're all right They just want you for the night But when the morning comes at dawn Cit...

Devil In Disguise From the California shore to New York City The beat don't never stop You can hear it on the radio an...

Does Your Mama Like To Reggae Does your mama like to reggae Does your mama like to reggae Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Does your m...

Don't Wait Don't wait, don't wait Don't wait for the good times to come We got 'em right here, we're on the run...

Downtown L.A. Downtown L.A. is a depressing place You can see young men with deep lines in their face They could a...

Dr. Jive (Intrumental) ...

Drifters Wife Had me a woman down in Tennessee Boy she used to love me Free fever got me and I had to go I never s...

Grasshopper (Instrumental) ...

Mississippi River Mississippi River railroad track Want to go to Memphis get my baby back Get me a motorcycle take off...

Nobody But You Nobody but you in my dreams at night Nobody but you in my thoughts Nobody but you in my dreams at ni...

One Step Ahead Of The Blues I ain't high on cocaine I don't need the pain It's bad for your brain and that's true I ain't droppi...

You Keep Me Hangin' On Every time I stop awhile and think about your sweet smile I can't do nothing else all day The way th...

Changes How can you put me through these changes Why do you do me like you do It ain't no way I love-a-dee l...

Everything Will Be Alright Same old hassle every night All we do is fuss and fight Ain't no use in talking, might as well start...

Going Down Yeah, I'm going down Going down, down, down, down, down I'm going down Going down, down, down, down,...

I'll Kiss The World Goodbye I've been so lonely in these prison walls Good lord, thinking I would die You've got the time to get...

If You're Ever In Oklahoma If you're ever in Oklahoma You better move around at night 'Cause they don't like no transportation ...

Lies You told me this, you told me that You try to tell me, tell me where it's at You said you loved me, ...

Louisiana Women Had me a gal in Baton Rouge, called her Lou-easy-ann She gave me a little bit of olden dream and a k...

Mo Jo I've got my mojo working but it just don't work on you I've got my mojo working but it just don't wo...

Playing In The Street Hiding in the alley, smoking cigarettes Tippling in the corner, Lord, I can't forget I ain't seen no...

Ridin' Home I'm sittin' on this train and I'm ridin' home, ridin' home I'm sittin' on this train and I'm ridin' ...

Right Down Here My woman, my woman, you know she cryin' She keeps me hanging on a bottle of wine She leaves no roads...

Soulin' I sure like your movin' It's got me to groovin' I can't wait a minute You can't condescending Your s...

My Gal Now my gal don't like them red red roses She don't like perfume Now my gal ain't got no fancy notion...

Santa Cruz Oo-wee how did I lose Talkin' about a night in Santa Cruz Oo-wee how did I lose Talkin' about a nigh...

Things ain't simple It's so sad to say Talking about yesterday All those good times are gone The way we were was fun Alw...

Wish I had me a dollar Wish I had me a dollar To buy me a drink of wine I don't want no trouble Holding up my time I need ...

Woke up this morning I woke up early this morning There wasn't a cloud in the sky I walked up to the window If I had wing...