Crazy Mama - J.J. Cale

Well, you're crazy Mama With your ball and chain And your sawn off shotgun Blown out brains, yeah You can scandalize me Scorn my name You can steal my money And that don't mean a doggone thing Cause if you really think you can push it I'm going to bust your knees with a bullet Your crazy mama, ah yeah Well, your old time religion Is just a superstition You going to pay high prices For your sacrificises Well, your blood and thunder Sure can't faze me none If your going to keep on coming I'm gonna take it all head on If you don't believe I'm going to do it Just wait till you get hit by that bullet Don't think I ain't thought about it But it sure makes my shackles rise And cold blood murder Make me want to draw the line Well, you're crazy mama With your ball and chain Plain psychotic Plain insane If you don't think I'm gonna do it Just wait for the thud of the bullet

Well you're crazy Mama With your ball and chain And your sawn off shotgun Your blown out brains You can talk about me Scorn my name You can steal my women And that don't mean a doggone thing If you don't believe I won't do it Away from the sea out of wit You're crazy mama, ah yeah Well your old times religion Is just as superstition You gonna pay high prices For your sacrifices, yes you will child Well your blood and thunder Sure can't faze me none If your gonna keep on coming I got to take it all head on If you don't believe I won't do it I walk out of steal of wit Your crazy mama, oh yeah I don't think I ain't though about it Sure makes my shackles rise And cold blood murder Make me want to draw the line Well you're crazy Mama With your ball and chain You're plain psychotic Plain insane If you don't believe I won't do it Oh, wait for the speed of the bullet You're crazy Mama You're crazy Mama, oh yeah Yeah, you're crazy Mama Woo-ho Ay-yo Thank you very much lovelies You're all beautiful You're lookin' lovely Yeah, yeah, you can do You can do what you like You can stand on your head And you know you can throw things at each other Yeah just sit down If you wanna dance We'll bring the other piano you can

Cherry, I'd like to love you Cherry, will you love me too? Someday I will take you away That's all I want to do I'll love you forever, Cherry Will you love me too? Sweet as a morning sunrise Fresh as a mountain dew Someday I will love you Cherry, will you love me too? I need you forever Cherry, will you need me too? I'll love you forever Cherry, will you love me too? Cherry, will you love me too?

Just below San Diego Tijuana land of broken dreams Senoritas dancing in the moonlight Flashing Spanish dark eyes Everyone, it seems They say, "Hey, gringo! Can you take us across the border Just tell them I'm your daughter Loco, loco" Down the backstreets Through the alleys All the young men Stand with pride They guard the palace To the kingdom Called Tijuana Their heritage they decide They say, "Hey, gringo! Can you take us across the border We'll work for just a quarter On the other side" They say, "Hey, gringo! Can you take us across the border We'll work for just a quarter On the other side"

How can you put me through these changes Why do you do me like you do It ain't no way I love-a-dee love nobody but you Let him go out and get with strangers Don't you turn my love to hate Ain't no man can love you like I can, and I do How can you put me through these changes Why do you do me like you do It ain't no way I love-a-dee love nobody but you How can you put me through these changes Why do you do me like you do

Monday morning comes too early Work my back to the bone All day Monday I keep thinking "Weekend's coming, gonna go home" Tuesday I hate, oh Tuesday Ain't no girls on the streets Tuesday it ain't good for nothing Drinking beer and watching TV Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Wednesday's hump day, hump day's Wednesday Over the hump, the week's half-gone If I had my pay on Wednesday I'd hang out, the hump day's gone Thursday, you know I feel better I can see the end in sight Think I'll write myself a letter Help myself through the night Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, it's been too long Friday, Friday evening Come on Friday, I wanna go home

Low-light moonlight comes through my window But these steel bars spoil the view You know that jailer thinks I'm guilty He don't know that I'm passing through Ain't no service in this prison Ain't no women I can see Doin' my time now, I been waiting For that jailer, set me free Lord that jailer, walks around here Like he owns my very soul You know that jailer's got the key Be so easy, let me go