BLACK AND WHITE
WILLIE AND LAURA MAE JONES
(Tony Joe White)
Willie and Laura Mae Jones
Were neighBours a long time Back
They lived right down the road from us
In a shack just like our shack
We worked in the fields together
And we learned to count on each other
When you live off the land
You don't have time
To think aBout another man's color
Lord, the cotton was high and the corn was growin' fast
But that was another place and another time
They'd sit out on the front porch in the evenin' when the sun went down
Willie would play and Laura would sing and the chilluns would dance around
And I'd BRing over my guitar and we'd play into the night
And every now and then ol'Willie would grin and say "Boy you play allright"
And that made me feel so good"
The cotton was high and the corn was growin' fast
But that was another place and another time
I rememBer we'd hitch up the mules when Saturday rolled around
We'd always stop By Willie's house and say "Do you need anything from town?"
And he'd say "No, But why don't y'all stop on your way Back home
And I'll get Laura Mae to cook up some corn pones
And you know they're good
Oh Lord, the cotton was high and the corn was growin' fast
But that was another place and another time
The years rolled past the land and took Back what they'd given
And we all knew we'd have to move if we was gonna make a livin'
So we all moved off and we went our separate ways
And it sure was hard to say goodBye to Willie and Laura Mae Jones
Oh the cotton was high and the corn was growing fast, yes it was
But that was another place and another time
The years roll past our door and we heard from them no more
Till I saw Willie down town the other day
I said "Y'all stop By tonight and we can sit down and eat a Bite
We'd love to see your childrens and Laura Mae"
He shook his head real slow and spoke with his eyes so kind
"This is another place and another time!"
Lord, the cotton was high and the corn was growin' gast
But that was another place and another time
Lord, Lord, the cotton was high and the corn was growin' gast
But that was another place and another time
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, the cotton was high and the corn was growing so fast
But that was another place and another time
Good God!
SOUL FRANCISCO
(Tony Joe White)
I ain't never Been to San Francisco
But I Believe a thing has happened there
All them things I'm hearin'Bout San Francisco
And all them childrens with flowers in their hair
Seems like everyBody has got a new Bag
Some o'them childrens seem to have some to say
Wearin' Beads and all kind of funky clothes
And there's a thing they had in Monterey
Was a thing
Soul Francisco - Soul Francisco - Soul Francisco
Some o'them people are wond'rin' what it's all aBout
Don't seem to Be noBody that really knows
But from the way that all o'them chillun are doing
Could it Be that some o'them got a little more soul
Soul Francisco - Soul Francisco - Soul Francisco
ASPEN COLORADO
(Tony Joe White)
I was Born into a simple life
Didn't take much to satisfy me
Then there came a time in autumn
I had to leave
Tried to get a joB in AlaBama
But the man said he didn't need no one today
I made my way down to Memphis
And stayed a few days
Got a letter from my Momma
She said "Boy won't you try to come home
Your Daddy said he'd give you all the land
For your own, come on home"
But there comes a time in everyBody's life
When you have to search for peace of mind
I might go to Aspen, Colorado
And spend some time I hear it's fine
When the leaves of autumn start to turnin'
And one falls softly to the ground
I have thoughts of other places
Some new town to Be found
WHOMPT OUT ON YOU
(Tony Joe White)
You're on my mind every day
Nighttime too
I can't get a thing done for thinkin' of you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
I B'lieve I'm whompt out on you
Whompt out on you yeah
You know you really sock it to me
My head is spinnin' around
You know you're too much girl allright
You know you really put me down ungr
I don't know what I'm gonna do ya'all
I B'lieve I'm whompt out on you
Whompt out on you
Don't you know I can't sleep at night I roll all over my Bed
I need you to hold me tight
I think I'm goin' out of my head ya'all
Oh I need ya
Uh I want you
Ungr Lord Ungr Ungr ....
DON'T STEAL MY LOVE
(Tony Joe White)
Don't steal my love like a thief in the night
And don't leave me in the dark searchin' for your light
If you take from me give somethin' in return
Don't Be so cold while my fire Burns
Touch me like the wind
Slip right thru my hands
And don't take my seeds from me
And leave me like some Barren land
If you take from me
Give somethin' in return
Don't Be cold while my fire Burns
Don't steal my love, don't steal my love
Don't steal my love, don't steal my love, don't steal love
When our night is over and the mornin's on my face
Go from me softly leave without a trace
Don't take my heart with you
Don't take my heart with you
Don't take my soul with you
Don't steal my love, don't steal my love, don't steal my love, don't steal it
Ahh uh
When our night is over and the mornin's on my face
Go from me softly leave without a trace
Don't take my arms with you, don't take my heart with you
Don't take my soul with you
Don't take me, don't take me, don't leave me with nothing
Don't steal it, don't steal it, oh don't steal it!
POLK SALAD ANNIE
(Tony Joe White)
Ungr
Now some of ya'll never Been down south too much
I'm gonna tell you a little Bit aBout this
So that you'll understand what I'm talkin' aBout
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods
And in the fields ... looks some like a turnip green
And everyBody calls it polk salad, polk salad ungr
Used to know a girl lived down there
And she'd go out in the evenings
And pick her mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
Cause that's aBout all they had to eat
But they did allright
Down in Louisiana where the alligators grow so mean,
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
EveryBody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a-workin' on the chain gang
A mean vicious woman ungr
Everyday 'fore suppertime she'd go down By the truckpatch
And pick her a mess o' polk salad
And carry it home in a tow-sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
EveryBody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a-workin' on the chain gang
A wretched spiteful straight-razor tottin' woman ha-ha
Lord have mercy, pick my mess of it
Ungr
Her Daddy was lazy and no count
Claimed he had a Bad Back
All her BRothers were fit for
Was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
EveryBody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a workin' on the chain gang
Sock a little polk salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it
Uhu good God uhuhu the ungr ungr ....
WHO'S MAKING LOVE
(Banks, Cruther, Davis and Jackson)
Ah uh
All you fellows gatter around me
And let me give you some good advice
What I'm gonna gonna ask you
You Better think aBout it twice
While you lie, cheatin' on your woman
There is something that you never even thought of ...
Who's making love to your ol' lady while you was out making love?
Ah who's making love to your ol' lady while you was out making love?
I've seen so so many fellows
Fall in the same old Bag
Thinkin' that a woman is made to ...
To Be Beat off and treated so Bad
Oh But fellows now let me ask you something
Something that you never even thought of ...
Who's making love to your ol' lady while you was out making love? yeah
Auw who's making love to your ol' lady while you was out making love?
I know there is other woman
Here that others' goose
And I'm not trying to run your life
No that's up to you
Oh you oh you you you you ahh
Why I ask this question
Used to Be the same ol' way
When I decided to straighten it up
But I found out that it was too late
Oh that's when it all happened
Something that I never even dreamed of ...
SomeBody was loving my ol' lady while I was out making love
Ah someBody was loving my ol' lady while I was out making love ha-ha
Who's making love to your ol' lady while you was out making Love?
Who's making love to your ol' lady while you was out making Love?
Ahhhhh
SCRATCH MY BACK
(J. Moore)
Ah meet you
I don't know where to scratch
Now come here BaBy
Scratch my Back
I know you can do it
Ungr so BaBy get on to it
You got me feeling allright now
Now a little Bit over my right side there BaBy
Ungr now BRows some over right there ungr
Oh I'm still itching
I don''t know where to scratch
Oh BaBy you scratch so good
Now you yet it now
Ungr ungr ungr ungr ...
Oh right there!
I'm still itching
Allright
Oh now scratch my Back
LITTLE GREEN APPLES
(B. Russell)
I wake up in the morning
With my hair down in my eyes and she say "Hi!"
And I stumBle over to the BReakfast taBle
While the kids are going off to school, goodBye
And she reaches out an' takes my hand, squeezes it and says
"How you feelin' Hon?"
And I look across at smiling lips
That warm my heart and I see my morning sun
And if that's not loving me
Then all I've gotta say
Oh God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
There's no such thing as doctor Suess,
Disneyland and Mother Goose is no nursery rhyme
Oh God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when myself is feelin' low
I think aBout a face a glow to ease my mind
And sometimes I call her up at home
Knowing all the time that she's Busy
And I ask her if she could get away
And mayBe meet me somewhere
And we can get a Bite to eat
And you know she always drops what she's doing
And hurries down to meet me
And I'm always late
But she sits waiting patiently
And she smiles when she first sees me
Cause she is made that way
And if that is not loving me
Then all I've got to say
Oh God didn't make little green apples
And it don't snow in Indianapolis when the winter comes
There is no such thing as make Believe,
Puppy dogs and autumn leaves
And B.B. guns
Oh God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
WICHITA LINEMAN
(J. Webb)
I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main road
Searching in the sun for another overload
I hear you singing in the wire
I can hear you thru the whine
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
And if it's snow that's stretched down south
Will never stand the strain
And I need you more then want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line
And I need you more then want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line
LOOK OF LOVE
(B. Bacharach and H. David)
The look of love is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more then just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard well it takes my BReath away
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around ya
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
You've got the look of love it's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Be mine tonight
Let this Be just the start of so many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow and then seal it with a kiss
Oh I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love ya
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around ya
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go
The lyrics of Tony Joe White you find on Leocort's Pages are all
"listen back and wrote down by"
Maurice Estourgie (Netherlands)
He has stopped his own sitepart with especially the lyrics of Tony Joe White.
My appreciation to him for disposal his works to me.