: (Mose Allison) Let's talk it over, let's get get it straight Don't let th' situation escalate You know there's always problems when a man is wrapped
: (Mose Allison) If you live your time will come I say if you live your time will come So child don't mess with that cotton sack It will scratch your
you wish that things could be 'Cause I don't have no trouble livin' It's jus' dyin that bothers me Don't offer me no sad stories or Tell me that you
: (Mose Allison) I'm thinkin' 'bout a place I'm waitin' for the day When I will make my get away Because as any fool can see There's nothin' here for
: (Mose Allison) I'm back on th' corner I'm right back on th' corner I've been in this condition so many times before Back by my lonesome I'm right
: (Mose Allison) My message this evenin' Is simple indeed Wherever you wander Whatever your breed There's just one thing baby That comes from above
: (Mose Allison) I don't want much in this world It's th' simple things I treasure 'Till I die I would get by on fame, riches and sensual pleasure
: (Mose Allison) One of these days I've got to get things right I'm gonna do my business in th' daylight One of these days you know I've got to get
: (Mose Allison) Sunset glow from a hill Let it flow take your fill Such a perfect moment Mona Lisa smile One such perfect moment Makes it all worthwhile
magic in the moonglow You're on a one way street Your life is incomplete Well, tell me something that I don't know You're uptight It ain't right Well, tell me something
: (Mose Allison) Been workin' in nightclubs so long, can hardly stand the break of day Been workin' in nightclubs so long, can hardly stand the break
: (Mose Allison) When I become was and we become were Will there be any sign or a trace of th' lovely contour of your face And will there be someone
: (Mose Allison) Look here, what you think you gon' be doin' next year No lie, how you know you no gon' up and die No doubt, soon enough your friends
(Mose Allison) I'm back on th' corner I'm right back on th' corner I've been in this condition so many times before Back by my lonesome I'm right back
(Mose Allison) My message this evenin' Is simple indeed Wherever you wander Whatever your breed There's just one thing baby That comes from above When
Mose Allison) I'm thinkin' 'bout a place I'm waitin' for the day When I will make my get away Because as any fool can see There's nothin' here for me
(Mose Allison) I don't want much in this world It's th' simple things I treasure 'Till I die I would get by on fame, riches and sensual pleasure I
(Mose Allison) If you live your time will come I say if you live your time will come So child don't mess with that cotton sack It will scratch your