Riding With The King

Way back yonder in the days of old
The men was workin' but not savin' any dough
Then came a woman lookin' real cool
She said to herself "now, that's my fool"
I'm gonna ball tonight
I'm gonna ball tonight
Well you can't break the rule becauses every man is some woman's fool

Met a girl on the avenue
She was shy and i was blue
Like a teacher and a student in the school
Looked at me and said "you're my fool"
Gonna ball tonight
We're gonna ball tonight
Man i can't break a rule cause every man is some woman's fool

Way back yonder in the days of old
The men was workin' but not savin' any dough
Then came a woman lookin' real cool
She said to herself "now, that's my fool"
I'm gonna ball tonight
I'm gonna ball tonight
Well you can't break the rule becauses every man is some woman's fool

I'm gonna ball tonight
We're gonna ball tonight
We're gonna ball tonight
We're gonna ball tonight
Well i can't break the rule becauses every man is some woman's fool

Well i had a woman
She was nice, kind and loving to me in every way
Oh i had a woman
She was nice, kind and loving to me in every way
Oh she used to love me
And bring my breakfast to my bed every day

For ten long years
She was my pride and joy
Oh for ten long years
She was my pride and joy
And i used to call her my little girl
Oh she used to call me
She used to call me her little boy

Oh it's all over baby
You know i'm all alone
It's all over baby
Damn you know i'm all alone
Well the reason you hear me singing the blues baby
Yeah you know my baby's gone
She's gone she's gone

Help the poor
Won't you help poor me
I need help from you baby
Need it desperately
I need you so much
I need your care
Need all the loving baby you can spare
Help the poor
Oh, baby won't you help poor me

Say you will
Say you'll help me on
I can't make it no longer
In this world alone
Baby i'm beggin' with tears in my eyes
For your love don't you realize
I need help
Oh baby help poor me

You are my inspiration
Baby that's makes be a king
But if you don't come to my rescue
I couldn't ever be anything

Help the poor
Won't you help poor me
Have a heart won't you baby
Listen to my plead
Oh i lost my courage till i found you
You got what it takes baby
To pull me through
Help the poor
Oh baby won't you help poor me

You are my inspiration
Baby that's makes be a king
But if you don't come to my rescue
I couldn't ever be anything

Help the poor
Won't you help poor me
Have a heart won't you baby
Listen to my plead
Oh i lost my courage till i found you
You got what it takes baby
To pull me through
Help the poor
Oh baby won't you help poor me

I've got the key to the highway
Feel i got to go
Gonna leave here running
Walking is both too slow

I'm going back to the border
Baby where i'm better known
Because you haven't done nothing baby
But draw the good man from home

When the moon peeps over the mountain
Little girl i'll be on my way
I'm gonna roll the highway until the break of day

Oh give me one more kiss darling
Just before i go
Cause when i leave this time little girl
I won't be back no more

I've got the key to the highway
Little darling i got to go
I'm gonna leave here running
Walking is both too slow

I dreamt i had a good job
And i got well paid
I blew it all at the penny arcade

A hundred dollars
On the cupid doll
No pretty chic is gonna make me crawl

We're on a twa to the promised land
Every woman, child and man
Gets a cadillac and a great big diamond ring
Don't you know you're ridin' with king

He's on a mission of mercy on a new frontier
He's gonna check us all out of here
Up to the mansion on the hill
Where you can get your prescription filled
Any kind of pills, folks

We're on a twa to the promised land
Everybody clap your hands
Don't you girls love the way that it seems
Don't you know you're ridin' with king
Ridin' with the king
Don't you know you're ridin' with king

Tuxedo and a shiny three thirty five
(that's me)
You can see it in his face
The blues is his life
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings
Don't you know you're ridin' with king

I stepped out of mississippi when i was ten years old
With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
And i'm gonna play this thing until the day i die

Don't you know we're ridin' with king
Don't you know we're ridin' with king
You're ridin' with me eric, you're in good hands
You're ridin' with the blues
Don't you know you're ridin' with king
Yes yes you're ridin' with the king
I wanted to say b.b. king but you know king
Don't you know you're ridin' with king
Yes you're ridin' with king

When my heart starts to beat like a hammer
And my eyes get full of tears
Oh when my heart starts to beat like a hammer
And my eyes get full of tears
You know you've only been gone 24 hours baby
And baby it seems like a million years

Now if i ever mistreated you baby
You know i didn't mean no harm
Oh if i ever mistreated you baby
God knows i didn't mean no harm
You know i'm just a little country boy baby
And i was raised right down on the cotton farm

Oh you give me so much trouble baby
Baby i don't know what to do
Oh you give me so much trouble baby
Baby i don't know i don't know what to do
I ain't got nothing i ain't got nothing now baby
Baby it's all over and it's all on account of you