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Smelodies

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Blues lyrics?
« on: December 11, 2010, 12:54:43 PM »
I want to do a blues, but I have virtually no poetic ability (virtually no singing ability either, but that's at least fun to try).  Can you post some original blues lyrics?

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2010, 01:14:29 PM »
Just improvise about something you're sad about.

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2010, 01:27:24 PM »
How 'bout The No Soundboard Blues?
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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2010, 01:31:01 PM »
You mean like

I woke up this morning
My legs felt like lead
I said, "Good god almighty,"
I might as well be dead."

I've got the blues.
Etc.?

If so, you should be able to come up with something pretty easily.  Hell, years ago, I improvised many verses of "The Underwear Blues" for my young cousin.  She thought she was going to embarrass me by requesting such a naughty composition, but I showed her:  nigh on bored her to death.

To think that same cousin now has five kids.  Now there's the subject of a blues song.

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2010, 01:32:42 PM »
You mean like

I woke up this morning
My legs felt like lead
I said, "Good god almighty,"
I might as well be dead."

I've got the blues.
Etc.?


Well, something a little more outside the box.

Smelodies

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2010, 01:33:20 PM »
How 'bout The No Soundboard Blues?

Do it up!

Sarah

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2010, 03:18:44 PM »
Hey, I was just confirming the basic formula in which you were interested.

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2010, 04:10:51 PM »
I like colors, all their hews.

Sometimes I feel like I'm wearing Eeyore's shoes.

These words aren't meant to confuse.
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Smelodies

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2010, 11:48:40 PM »
Playing a gospel ditty

Playing "El Raton" by Cheo Feliciano

So instead of the blues, I went gospel today.

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2010, 01:18:29 AM »
You have to write what you know. Take a lesson from the masters:

blues hammer
It ain't ego, it's my love for you.

Smelodies

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2010, 01:30:06 AM »
That's funny.  That clip reminds me of Martin Mull's "White Man's Blues":

I woke up this morning
Both my cars were gone
Felt so suicidal
Threw my drink across the lawn

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2010, 04:35:50 AM »
I got the message board confusion blues.

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Re: Blues lyrics?
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2010, 07:02:08 AM »
I always liked this one:

neil innes - short blues