Song | The I'm-Too-White-To-Sing-The-Blues Blues |
Artist | Ann Hampton Callaway |
Album | Blues in the Night |
作曲 : Callaway | |
Disregard the name | |
"Ann Hampton Callaway" | |
English, Scottish, Irish | |
A honky all the way | |
Lionel wasn't pappy | |
Neither was ol' Cab | |
Ev'ry day I curse the way | |
My life is dull and drab | |
Go on and spread the news | |
I've got the I'm-too-white-to-sing-the-blues blues! | |
Got a payin' job | |
A man who's good and true | |
A spacious flat in New York City | |
How could I be blue? | |
My credit cards are paid up | |
Except for MasterCard | |
If my life is such a piece of cake | |
Tell me why is it so hard? | |
I ought to hit the booze | |
I've got the I'm-too-white-to-sing-the-blues blues! | |
BRIDGE | |
Well, I dig my Ethel Waters | |
Bessie Smith takes my breath away | |
And I live for ev'ry word of pain | |
From Billie Holiday | |
Sometimes when I'm lonely | |
I think I have my chance | |
I try to sing St. Louis Blues | |
To my cat and my houseplants | |
But my cat gets catatonic | |
My violets start to shrink | |
When the ivy starts to climb the walls | |
It's time to pour a drink | |
Each time I try, I los | |
e I've got the I'm-too-white-to-sing-the-blues blues! | |
INSTRUMENTAL | |
BRIDGE | |
3rd VERSE REPEAT | |
CODA | |
Each time I try I lose | |
Spoken "Come to me Patti LaBelle" | |
Ah huh! | |
Spoken "Oh, that was pathetic!" | |
I know you feel that way, too, sometimes, don't ya | |
You listen to the radio and say | |
"Hey, I wanna sing like that" | |
But first you make sure that no one is spying on you | |
And then you let it out in your shower | |
And you feel so fantastic | |
Until you find out | |
Your girlfriend or your boyfriend | |
Or your husband or your wife | |
Or your cat or your dog | |
Is making fun of you | |
You, too, have the I'm-too-white-to-sing-the-blues blues! |
zuò qǔ : Callaway | |
Disregard the name | |
" Ann Hampton Callaway" | |
English, Scottish, Irish | |
A honky all the way | |
Lionel wasn' t pappy | |
Neither was ol' Cab | |
Ev' ry day I curse the way | |
My life is dull and drab | |
Go on and spread the news | |
I' ve got the I' mtoowhitetosingtheblues blues! | |
Got a payin' job | |
A man who' s good and true | |
A spacious flat in New York City | |
How could I be blue? | |
My credit cards are paid up | |
Except for MasterCard | |
If my life is such a piece of cake | |
Tell me why is it so hard? | |
I ought to hit the booze | |
I' ve got the I' mtoowhitetosingtheblues blues! | |
BRIDGE | |
Well, I dig my Ethel Waters | |
Bessie Smith takes my breath away | |
And I live for ev' ry word of pain | |
From Billie Holiday | |
Sometimes when I' m lonely | |
I think I have my chance | |
I try to sing St. Louis Blues | |
To my cat and my houseplants | |
But my cat gets catatonic | |
My violets start to shrink | |
When the ivy starts to climb the walls | |
It' s time to pour a drink | |
Each time I try, I los | |
e I' ve got the I' mtoowhitetosingtheblues blues! | |
INSTRUMENTAL | |
BRIDGE | |
3rd VERSE REPEAT | |
CODA | |
Each time I try I lose | |
Spoken " Come to me Patti LaBelle" | |
Ah huh! | |
Spoken " Oh, that was pathetic!" | |
I know you feel that way, too, sometimes, don' t ya | |
You listen to the radio and say | |
" Hey, I wanna sing like that" | |
But first you make sure that no one is spying on you | |
And then you let it out in your shower | |
And you feel so fantastic | |
Until you find out | |
Your girlfriend or your boyfriend | |
Or your husband or your wife | |
Or your cat or your dog | |
Is making fun of you | |
You, too, have the I' mtoowhitetosingtheblues blues! |