Eric Burdon
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Spill The Wine
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take
that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that
pearl
I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day
When I
thought I'd lay myself down to rest
in a big field of tall grass
I lay
there in the sun and felt it caressing my face
And I fell asleep and dreamed
I dreamed I was in a
Hollywood movie
And that I was the star of the movie
This really blew my
mind, the fact that me,
an overfed, long-haired leaping gnome
should be
the star of a Hollywood movie
But there I was, I was taken to a place, the hall of the
mountain kings
I stood high upon a mountain top, naked to the world
In
front of every kind of girl, there was
black ones, round ones, big ones,
crazy ones...
Out of the middle came a lady
She whispered in my ear
something crazy
She said:
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take
that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that
pearl
I thought to myself what could that mean
Am I going crazy
or is this just a dream
Now, wait a minute
I know I'm lying in a field of
grass somewhere
so it's all in my head
and then.. I heard her say one more
time:
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take
that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that
pearl
I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back
As she
disappeared, but soon she returned
In her hand was a bottle of wine, in the
other, a glass
She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass
And raised it to her lips
And just before she drank it, she said:
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take
that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that
pearl
Help Me Girl
Girl have you ever been hungry
So hungry that you had no
pride?
Well I got that feeling
That biting, gnawing deep inside
It's a
funny pain
One I can't explain
You gotta help me girl
Help me girl
'Cause I'm going insane
I know about all the good things
And what that long green
stuff can buy
Right or wrong it's a groove girl
Yet somehow I'm not
satisfied
You gotta show me the way
Turn my night into day
You gotta
help me girl
Help me girl
'Cause I'm going insane
Oh, I need someone
Someone to comfort me
Be my someone
Be my reality girl
You gotta show me the way
And turn my night into day
Help me girl
Help me girl
'Cause I'm going insane
Oh, Help me girl
Help me
Baby
Help me girl
In need your love
I need your love so bad
Help m.... (fade)
Soul Of A Man
Won't somebody tell me, answer if you can!
Want somebody
tell me, what is the soul of a man
I'm going to ask the question, answer if
you can
If anybody here can tell me, what is the soul of a man?
I've traveled in different countries, I've traveled foreign lands
I've found
nobody to tell me, what is the soul of a man
I saw a crowd stand talking, I came up right on time
Were
hearing the doctor and the lawyer, say a man ain't nothing but his mind
I
read the bible often, I tries to read it right
As far as I can understand, a man is more than his mind
When Christ stood in the temple, the people stood amazed
Was showing the
doctors and the lawyers, how to raise a body from the grave
Spoonful
Red Cross Store
I told her no!
Baby you know I don't wanna go
Justine
I ain't goin'
Down to no Red Cross store
She come down Justine, tell me I wanna talk with you in just a
little while
Ain't you goin' down and fight for your wife and child?
I
told her no!
Baby you know I don't wanna go
Justine I ain't goin'
Down to no Red Cross store
She come down here and she shook my hand
She said, 'Daddy
I want you to go down there and fight for me like a man'
I told her no!
Baby you know I don't wanna go
Justine I ain't goin'
Down to no Red
Cross store
She said the Red Cross people they treat you mighty fine
They mixing everything up with whiskey and wine
I told her no!
Baby you
know I don't wanna go
Justine I ain't goin'
Down to no Red Cross store
She come down here talkin' to me about the war
I told her
baby I ain't done nothing to go there for
I told her no!
Baby you know I
don't wanna go
Justine I ain't goin'
Down to no Red Cross store
She come down here and she fell down on her knees
I said
baby I have to look somewhere for your butter and cheese
I told her no!
Baby you know I don't wanna go
Justine I ain't goin'
Down to no Red
Cross store
She said Daddy I just come down here to tell you so
You
better go running down to that Red Cross store
I told her no!
Baby you
know I don't wanna go
Justine I ain't goin'
Down to no Red Cross store
Forty Days And Forty Nights
Forty days and forty nights
Since my baby left this town
Sunshinin' all day long
But the rain keep comin' down
She's my life
I need her so
Why she left I just don't know
Forty days and forty nights
Since I set right down and
cried
Keep rainin' all the time
But the river is runnin' dry
Lord
help me it just ain't right
I love that girl with all-a my might
Forty days and forty nights
Since my baby broke my heart
Searchin' for her in a while
Like a blind man in the dark
Love can
make a poor man rich
Or break his heart I don't know which
Forty days and forty nights
Like a ship out on the sea
Prayin' for her each night
That she would come back-a home to me
Life is
love and love is right
I hope she come back home tonight
Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
You might slide
You might tumble and fall by the road side
Don't you ever let nobody
Drag your spirit down
Remember you're
walkin' up to heaven
Don't let nobody turn you round
Walk with the rich
Walk with the poor
Learn from
everybody that's what life is for
Don't you ever let nobody
Drag your
spirit down
Remember you're walkin' up to heaven
Don't let nobody turn
you round
Some say yes
Some say no
Some wait and see which way
the wind blow
Don't you ever let nobody
Drag your spirit down
Well
we're walkin' up to heaven
Don't let nobody turn you round
Well I might say things
Sound strange to you
And I
might preach the gospel I believe it's true
I won't let nobody
Drag your
spirit down
Yes I'm walkin' up to heaven
Won't let nobody turn me round
You might slip
You might slide
You might tumble and
fall by the road side
Don't you ever let nobody
Drag your spirit down
Remember you're walkin' up to heaven
Don't let nobody turn you round
I Used To Be An Animal
I want to tell you a story
Once upon a time
There were
five young guys
Hanging in and out of Newcastle,
Playing Rhythm and Blues
They had nothing to lose
They didn't need that tin-pan hassle
Over the
Reeperbahn where the beat was born
Shocking the heart of the nation
Sign
of the times
A new search in life
Start of a new rock generation
From
day one to kingdom come
I'd do it all again
I used to be an animal (he
used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I
used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But I'm all right now
All right now, baby
Twenty years ago we were children of war
But we danced to the Bo Diddley beat
There were rockers and mods,
We didn't take it too hard
We had blue suede
shoes on our feet
A revolution in France and James Brown's dance
A new
world coming our way
We'd talk that talk in the streets of New York
And
never looked back to this day
From day one to the risin' sun
I'll do it
all again
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an
animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But I'm
all right now
All right, all right, all right
Yeah, yeah, all right, whoa
baby
We were flippin' and trippin'
And rockin' and rollin'
And
generally havin' a ball
For the price of a drink
There was no time to
think about the morality of it all
There was freaks and queens and love-ins
and has-beens
Whisky-a-gogos and all night flamingos
A psychedelic
explosion in slow motion,
Dr Strangelove's bomb
From day one to the risin'
sun
I'll do it all again (whoa, oh, oh)
I used to be an animal (he used to
be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to
be an animal (whoa, oh)
But I'm all right now
All right, all right,
Yeah, yeah,
All right, all right,
I'm all right now...
Bird On The Beach
'Stood with my kid on the lonely windswept beach
The winter
sun was on the horizon
And we were both out of reach
She ran ahead of me
looking for the next surprise
Our souls were wet, yes Lord
From the
incoming tide
She stopped and turned and looked at me
Lord, tears in her
eyes
It's only a dead bird
And its soul has gone to the sky, yeah, yeah
Don't you know he's free
Not like you and me
That bird is free
Not like
you and me
I never ever thought you would be so out of reach
And the
lonely times have been like poison, child
I wish I could practise what I
preach
Then I can release these feelings that I've been
Holding deep
inside
I been missing you so much, baby
We only hear, there can be time
By then you will have forgotten
The little dead bird on the beach
But
please don't forget your father, child
Because he's out of reach
I got a
dream, baby
And my dream is
To be free
Freedom for you and me
I'm
talking about freedom
Freedom for you and me
You hear my music in the wind
Heartbeat like the rolling tide
One thing you can be sure of my love
Wherever you go, I'll hold your love inside
And I told her, look baby
Even
if he was living
And you could hold him in your hands
You'd still have to
open up one of these days
And let that bird fly, free
She stopped and
turned and looked at me,
Lord, with tears in her eyes
It's only a dead
bird and its soul has gone to the sky
Don't you know he's free
Freedom for
you and me
I'm talking about freedom, freedom
Freedom for you and me
To
be free
It's all I need baby
It's all I dream about baby
To be free
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