Last Time Around

by Aaron Carthen Reed recording of 19 from Junk Food (Delmark 3970) Been playin' blues all-a my life Always have been that way But I've a got tired of these bills comin' in And I don't have the money to pay That is why, I gotta put it down So I'm gonna tell ya again It's gonna be my last time around Well please don't try to tell me 'Bout all the money I made Last night I went out an' I played all night When it was over I didn't get paid That is why, I gotta put it down So I'm gonna tell ya again This gonna be my last time around Well I know I'm in the wrong business That don't bother me I'm gonna take my saxophone an' sell it I'm goin' down in Tennessee That is why, I gotta put it down So I'm gonna tell ya again This gonna be my last time around

 

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