Advice Blues

by Big Bill Broonzy recording of 19 from , Everybody please take my advice, I ain't gonna tell you nothin' wrong Everybody please take my advice, I ain't gonna tell you nothin' wrong Boy, don't let whiskey and them women make you brake up your happy home Why you always sayin', "Boy, your woman ain't no good" Why you always sayin', "Boy, your woman ain't no good" You know a woman wants a man to 'tend to business, not to clown all over the neighborhood Boy, I've been talkin' to you and talkin' but talkin' don't do no good Yes, I've been talkin' to you and talkin' but talkin' don't do no good Yes, you take my advice, buddy, if you just understood Yeah, you work part-time, every two weeks you get your pay Yeah, you work part-time, every two weeks you get your pay Boy, why don't you stop drinkin', and throwin' your money away

 

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