ripe to be a blues man

i done had my heartaches
had em fifty years and more
ummh, i done had my heartaches
had em fifty years and plenty more
time makes me ripe to be a blues man
too old to be a hard rock star

some folk say day think i’m crazy
to be da dreamer dat i am
yeah, some folk say i’m looney crazy
to be da all day dreamer dat i am
dreamin fu a pretty lovely woman
and a long red shiny roadster car

i’d drive her round da city
all thugh the country too
we’d stop down by da lakeside
and catch a fish or two
we’d ride on long down 5th avenue
and do all da thangs happy peoples do

yeah, i kin be a dreamer dreaming dreams
of lovely women an a long pretty shiny car
lord, i kin be a dreamer dreaming dreams
of lovely women and a long pretty shiny car
ah, i kin sang dis heah blues song
but i’m too old to be a hard rock star

i got one foot in heaven
got da other one way down in hell
done had my share of good times
fell on bad times just as well
sho hope I kin change direction
before ol death ring dat final bell

so, I’m gon tho way dis ol saxophone
git me a brand new twelve strang guitar
yeah, I’m gon tho way dis ol sax
git me a redwood twelve string blues guitar
cause I’m ripe to be a bluesman
and I’m too old to be a hard rock star