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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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in the dressing room with Brownie McGee
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He was drinkin' that milk,
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with that Dewar's Whiskey
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Said John, there's nothin'
written anywhere
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Suggests the blues will set you free
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Old days are comin' back to me
Verse 2
ridin' in the back seat,
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Little harmonica player used
to drive him around
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I think his name was Harry
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Tried to get him to eat tofu,
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raw vegetables, nuts, and berries
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But Sonny wasn't havin' any of it
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He let me share a room with 'em
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for a couple of weeks
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Sonny slept with his good eye open
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staring out from under the sheets
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I was young and uncomfortable, I don't mind tellin',
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ya kinda gave me the creeps
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are comin' back to me
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Old days are comin' back to me
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Don't know what was so great about 'em
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I played practically free
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I had nothin' to live up to
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Everywhere to be
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Old days are comin? back to me
Verse 5
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On some dates with Mose Allison,
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somewhere out in the Midwest
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Said some of my lyrics reminded
him of the poet Kenneth Patchen
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I took it as a compliment
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He was referring to the line about
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wearin' neon signs on your wounds
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Later on I knew what he meant
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Old days are comin' back to me
Verse 6
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On a date with John Lee Hooker at
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a packed joint up in Washington
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He came in with a gorgeous woman on
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each arm as I was singing my song
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Walked 'em right up and sat 'em on the edge
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of the stage as I went singing along
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And that's called "evenin' son,
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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[Chorus: ] Played a gig
with John Hammond
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Jr. up in Vancouver BC
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Exotic dancer came in my dressing room,
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started dancing exotically
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They were smoking something in the audience that night,
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smelled ex actly like cat pee
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Old days are comin' back to me
Opened up a gig for Gatemouth Brown
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down in Baton Rouge
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He was playing that hillbilly, jazz, cajun,
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country, zydeco, and blues
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Throwin' it out past the walls like some kind
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of musical centrifuge
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Verse 9
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Old days are comin' back to me
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Old days are comin' back
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to me
Outro 1
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