ZZ Top’s First Album
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1
(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree
02 : 35
2
Brown Sugar
05 : 26
3
Squank
02 : 48
4
Goin’ Down to Mexico
03 : 23
5
Old Man
03 : 26
6
Neighbor, Neighbor
02 : 21
7
Certified Blues
03 : 28
8
Bedroom Thang
04 : 39
9
Just Got Back From Baby’s
04 : 10
10
Backdoor Love Affair
03 : 18
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Track Lyrics
(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, I'm trying
Yes, I'm trying just to get a line on you
Where you been? Where you been?
But I'm having trouble putting a find on you
I'm wearing thin, wearing thin
[Chorus]
Somebody else been shaking your tree
Supposed to be saving all that stuff for me
[Verse 2]
You been hiding yes, you're hiding
You've been staying out on me
Sneaking around, sneaking around
Me and you ain't working out
Just like we ought to be
You've got me down, got me down
[Chorus]
Somebody else been shaking your tree
Supposed to be saving all that stuff for me
[Instrumental Break 1:15-1:44]
[Verse 3]
I'm tired of fooling around with you
And sitting here alone
It's on my mind, it's on my mind
I think it's time for me to find
A new tree of my own
It's planting time, it's planting time
[Outro]
Anything you want to do is cool with me
I don't care who shakes your tree
Brown Sugar Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My friends, they all told me
Man, there's something
Gonna change your life
My friends, they all told me
Man, there's something
Gonna change your life
Got to have that brown sugar
Man, it's just gonna change my life
Man, I got to have that brown sugar
Man, it's just gonna make me feel so right
[Instrumental Break 1:14-1:51]
[Verse 2]
There's something make me feel good
And it's gonna change my life
There's something make me feel good
And it's gonna change my life
I got to have some of that brown sugar
Got to try it before I die
[Verse 3]
Man, it sure does save me
When there's no place left for me
Man, it sure do save me
When there's no place else for me
Got to have some of that brown sugar
Cause it's just gonna set me free
[Instrumental Break 2:42-4:19]
[Outro]
Well, there's something make me feel good
And it's gonna change my life
There's something make me feel good
And it's gonna change my life
Oh, I got to have that brown sugar
Got to try it before I die
Squank Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Woman, grab your children, run and hide
Don't let it catch up with you
You got to fight it to stay alive
If it gets you man, you're through
It smells so rotten and rank
Well, everybody calls it the squank
[Verse 2]
It's sick, depressive
Getting bigger all the time
Don't help it any way if you can
It's grey and brown and sometimes lime
And it's spreading all over the land
Soon we'll all be breathing out of tanks
If something ain't done about the squank
[Instrumental Break 1:08-1:52]
[Outro]
The meanest thing the world's ever bred
By me and you and my kinfolk too
A monster can't live unless it's fed
And it's being fed by me and by you
Soon it's going to leave the world blank
And we'll all be erased by the squank
Goin’ Down to Mexico Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was on my way down to Mexico
There was trouble on the rise
It was nothing more than I'd left behind
Which was much to my surprise
I turned around and lit a cigarette
Wiped the dust off of my boots
When up ahead I saw the crowd
I knew it was no use
It's been the same way for oh, so long
It looks like I'm singing the same old song
[Verse 2]
A fine and fancy man was he
Doing good things for the poor
Giving rides in his rocking
Eighty-Eight for free
They could not hope for more
When it came my turn he said to me
"Have I seen your face before?"
I said, "Oh no, you must be wrong
I'm from a distant shore"
So, if you don't mind, I'll just move along
But it looks like I'm singing the same old song
[Instrumental Break 1:19-2:32]
[Outro]
A nineteen-forty movie star
With a long forgotten name
She was a sexy mess in her pleated dress
Still hanging on to fame
With forgotten lines she missed her cue
And left a glass of wine at home
She was singing the same song that I was
Could we both be wrong?
So, hand in hand we walk along
Each of us singin' the same old song
Old Man Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Old man sleeping the hot day away
While he dreams about some yesterday
Because he's had so many come his way
All he cares about is somewhere
To lay his head tomorrow
[Verse 2]
Old man sits and thinks about his home
Doesn't matter cause he's all alone
What he'd give to get back on his own
Cursed his body because it's old
And it gives no transportation
He sits in his one room shack
Alone, but it provides no consolation
[Verse 3]
What a shame, his time is nearing
His eyes won't let him
See the skies are clearing
Someone tells him without his hearing
It's no news to those who've been around
While things are changing, no, no
[Instrumental Outro 2:28-3:27]
Neighbor, Neighbor Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Neighbor, neighbor
Why are you messing in my life?
Neighbor, neighbor
You've been talking to my wife
Telling her you seen me
Running wild the other night
Running wild the other night
[Verse 2]
A neighbor, neighbor
There's always one in every crowd
A neighbor, neighbor
Telling lies and talking loud
You better watch your step now
You might fall off your cloud
You might fall off your cloud
[Instrumental Break 0:56-1:47]
[Outro]
Now I was walking down a dusty road
When along came a neighbor of mine
He saw me walking with my head hung down
He just had to stop and pass the time
A neighbor, neighbor, neighbor
Floating in the salty brine
Floating in the salty brine
Certified Blues Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I woke up this morning
With these certified blues
They sure been stalking me round
So down tonight I couldn't tie my shoes
They 'bout to drop me in the ground
[Chorus]
If I could shake loose I would feel so fine
There's one thing for sure and it's on my mind
These certified blues
Are going to take their time
[Verse 2]
I've been living here, way down south
A place that I want to stay
Been working hard just to feed my mouth
Just can't keep them blues away
[Chorus]
There's one thing for sure and it's on my mind
These certified blues
Are going to take their time
If I could shake loose I would feel so fine
[Instrumental break 1:32-2:37]
[Verse 3]
You say you're feeling bad
And you don't know why
You're broke and your woman been lying
And just one thing before I'm fired
The blues have just been certified
[Outro]
If I could shake loose I would feel so fine
There's one thing for sure and it's on my mind
These certified blues
Are gonna take their time
Bedroom Thang Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I know you want to be my bedroom thing
But you're much too young
You're the finest thing I've ever seen
You just want to have fun
[Chorus]
I need someone who can scratch my back
I need someone who can carry my pack
I need someone to be with me at night
You're gonna make me feel alright
[Verse 2]
Don't you bother me with petty lies
I know you ran away from home
This might come to you as some surprise
I wish you'd leave me alone
[Chorus]
I need someone who can scratch my back
I need someone who can carry my pack
I need someone to be with me at night
You're gonna make me feel alright
[Chorus]
I need someone who can, mmm
I need someone who can, yeah
I need someone to be with me at night
If your gonna make me feel alright
[Instrumental Outro 2:32-4:39]
Just Got Back From Baby’s Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Now, I just got back from baby's
We've been rolling all night long
Now, I just got back from baby's
We've been rolling all night long
She come on like she loves me
But I feel like something wrong
[Verse 2]
Now, sometime I go see baby
And sometimes she come see me, mmm
I said, sometime I go see baby
And sometimes baby come see me
I got a funny, funny feeling
I'm not the only man she sees
Mmm-hmm, yeah
[Instrumental Break 1:46-2:52]
[Verse 3]
Now, I just got back from baby's
A big white house on the hill
I said, I just got back from baby's
A big white house on the hill
If her loving don't get me
I know her husband will
Mmm, yeah
[Instrumental Outro 3:28-4:10]
Backdoor Love Affair Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I got to have you, baby
Don't you say that you don't care
Got to have you, baby
Don't you say that you don't care
Any way you want it, baby
I'll settle for a backdoor love affair
[Verse 2]
I call you on the telephone
The party says that you ain't there
I call you on the telephone
The party says that you ain't there
When a man asked who's calling
I said, "Just tell them
It's a backdoor love affair"
[Verse 3]
Got to have you, baby
Don't you say that you don't care
Got to have you, baby
Don't you say that you don't care
Any way you want it, baby
I'll settle for a backdoor love affair
Oh, yes I will
[Instrumental Outro 1:55-3:19]