MEMPHIS BEAT
(Smash SRS-67079)
March/1966
Produced by Shelby Singleton & Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Lee Lewis - vocal/piano
Jerry Kennedy - lead guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Charlie McCoy - trumpet
Recorded:
Sept 22-24/1963 Phillips Studio, Nashville (3,4,6)
May 12/1965, Mirasound Studios, NY City (10,11)
Jan 5-6/1963 Phillips Studio, Memphis (1,2,5,7,8,9,12)
1.
MEMPHIS BEAT
(Dickey Lee - Allen Reynolds - Milton Addington)
« © '66 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
Down the Mississippi where the water gets muddy
Forty-four school where the kids don't study
Well they all hang around at the root of Beale Street
Oh that's where they hear that Memhpis Beat
I'm goin' to Memphis where the beat is tough Memphis I can't get enough
It makes you tremble and it makes you weak gets in your blood that Memphis Beat
Whoo they're hitchhikin' here from California ride on a Honda from Arizona
Houston Boston Kansas City New Orleans and a doo wa diddy
Oh I'm goin' to Memphis...
[ piano - guitar ]
Well people come a ridin' a walkin' a swimmin'
Got a little chance at them good lookin' women
Oh they march on down to the foot of Beale Street
Ah then dance all night to that Memphis Beat
Oh I'm goin' to Memphis......
Oh come on now let's go to Memphis
Where the beat is tough I can't get enough
I gotta get back there I gotta get back there
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2.
MATHILDA
(George Khoury - Huey Thierry)
« © '65 Combine Music, BMI »
My love for you will always be just a faded memory
Guess I'll cry and cry for you yes no matter what you do
You gave me love when there was none you know you're the only one
Yes I'll cry and cry in vain I want my baby back again
Mathilda I'll cry and cry for you Lord no matter what you do
Yes I'll cry and cry in vain I want my baby back again
[ piano ]
Oh Mathilda I'll cry and cry for you...
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3.
DRINKIN' WINE SPO-DEE-O-DEE DRINKIN' WINE
(Granville McGhee - Mayo Williams)
« © '49 MCA Music, ASCAP »
Down in New Orleans where everything's fine all them cats is drinkin' that wine
Drinkin' that mess is their delight when they get drunk start singin' all night
Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee drinkin' wine wine spo-dee-o-dee drinkin' wine
Wine spo-dee-o-dee drinkin' wine pass that bottle to me
Now I've got a nickel have you got a dime let's get together and get a little wine
Some buys a gallon some buys a quart
When you buy black beer now you're doin' things smart
Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee...
[ piano ]
Down on Rempart Street in Willie's den he would sell but a gill of gin
One cat wanted a bottle of wine he hooked that cat for a dollar and a dime
Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee...
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4.
HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO
(Ray Charles)
« © '56 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Let me tell you bout a girl I know she's my baby and she lives next door
Every morning fore the sun comes up she brings me coffee in my favorite cup
That's why I know yes I know hallelujah I just love her so
When I'm in trouble and I need a little friend
That woman she stricks by me to the end
Now you ask me how do I know I smile at you and say she told me so
That's why I know yes I know hallelujah I love her so
Oh now when she call me on the telephone and tell me baby I'm all alone
By the time I count from one to four to hear me knockin' upon her door
In the evening fore the sun goes down ain't nobody else a hangin' around
She kisses me and holds me tight and tells me pretty baby everything's all right
That's why I know yes I know hallelujah I just love her so
[ piano ]
Oh now when she call me on the telephone...
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5.
SHE THINKS I STILL CARE
(Dickey Lee - Steve Duffy)
« © '62 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Just because I asked a friend about her just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today she thinks I still care
Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the mem'ry of her lingers everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be she thinks I still care
Now she's happy thinking I still need her then let that silly notion bring her cheer
Oh how could she ever be so foolish where could she get such an idea
And just because I asked a friend about her just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just bacause I saw her then went all to pieces she thinks I still care
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6.
JUST BECAUSE
(Bob Shelton - Joe Shelton - Sid Robin)
« © '56 MCA Music, ASCAP »
Now just because you think you're so pretty and you ain't pretty
And just because you think you're so hot honey you ain't hot
And just because you think that you got somethin'
Honey you ain't got nothin' but nobody at all ain't got
Honey you may now honey you may spend up all my money
You may call me on the telephone
But I'm tellin' you good gal I'm through with you
Just because baby just because
[ piano ]
Well well well just because you think you're so pretty
And just because your mama thinks you're hot
Well just because you think you've got somethin' that no other girls has got
You've caused me to spend all of my money
You laughed when they called me old Santa Claus
Well I'm tellin' you baby I'm through with you because baby just because
Oh there'll come a day when you'll be lonely
And there'll come a day when you'll be blue
There'll come a day when you gonna want ol' Jerry Lee
Start to play piano and play it around with you
But I got news for you baby ain't gonna play anything heaven knows
I'm tellin' you honey I was through with you
Just because just because just because just because just because
Just because just because just because just because
Just because baby just because
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7.
STICKS AND STONES
(Henry Glover - Titus Turner)
« © '61 Tangerine Music, BMI »
People talkin' tryin' to break us up why won't they let me be
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words don't bother me
I've been abused in my heart I've been abused I've been abused in my heart
People talkin' tryin' to break us up they know I love you so
I don't care what the people may say I'll never never let you go
I've been abused in my heart I've been abused yeah I've been abused in my heart
[ piano - guitar ]
Oh people talkin' tryin' to break us up scandlizin' my name
Say anything to make me feel bad yes anything to make me shame
I've been abused in my heart I've been abused yeah I've been abused in my heart
I've been abused I've been abused I said I've been abused
Honey you make me feel bad and you make me feel so bad
But I'm gonna love you bay in the middle of the night make you feel alright
Just stick with ol' Jerry Lee baby you know what I mean
Honey you know I won't treat you wrong brrr oh yeah brrrr come on baby
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8.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
(Cecil Harrelson)
« © '66 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
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9.
LINCOLN LIMOUSINE
(Jerry Lee Lewis)
« © '66 Jerry Lee Lewis Music, BMI / Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
Well they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine
Was a great brave leader by the name of Kennedy
He fought for right and freedom tried to keep this nation clean
But they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine
Yeah he had ten million dollars had the world right in his hand
But a twenty dollar rifle took a life of this great man
He had a lovely wife and two children seldon seen
But they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine
Well they shot him out in Texas where the long horn cattle roam
Oh Lord it would have been better if he had stayed at home
This nation is a great place but one fact still remains
They shot our President in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine
Yeah they shot him in the back seat...
Now this man he did not die upon a far and distant shore
He died in Dallas Texas a place not known for war
This country is supposed to be the land of brave and free
But they shot him in the back seat of a Lincoln limousine
And the mortal of this story yeah it really has no end
It goes to show you never know who's your enemy or your friend
Yeah they shot him in the back seat...
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10.
BIG BOSS MAN
(Al Smith - Luther Dixon)
« © '62 Conrad Music, BMI / ATV Songs, BMI »
Big boss man can't you hear me when I call
Big boss man can't you hear me when I call
Well you ain't so big oh you're just tall that's all ha ha ha
Yeah you got me workin' boss man a workin' around the clock
I gotta have a little drink of water gonna make you to ball a drop
Big boss man oh can't you hear me when I call
Well you ain't so big oh you're just tall that's all ha ha ha yeah
[ piano ]
Yeah you got me workin' boss...
Well you ain't so big yeah you're just a little bit tall that's all yeah yeah yeah
Big boss man
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11.
TOO YOUNG
(Sylvia Dee - Sidney Lippman)
« © '51 Aria Music, ASCAP / Edward Proffitt Music, ASCAP »
They try to tell us we're too young too young to really be in love
They say that love's a word a word'd be only heard
And can't begin to know the meaning of
And yet we're not too young to know this love will last for years may go
And then someday they may recall we were not too young at all
[ piano ]
They try to tell us...
We were not too young at all
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12.
URGE
(Pee Wee King - Redd Stewart)
« © '64 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
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