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Originally released on the 'Bruises' EP - 18th November 2018

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Can't play the blues like Johnson,
Or sing like B.B. does.
I'm less Deep South, more Wisconsin,
But my struggle is real, because...
Outside my porch it ain't rainin',
And my dog, she's still alive,
The time that I was born in was under no bad sign.
My baby didn't leave me,
The sky above don't cry,
And my broom, it don't need cleanin'
Please inspire me Buddy Guy.

Went down to the crossroads,
And the lights just made me blind.
That smokestack lightnin' is some where,
It's somewhere I can't find.
...And I ain't no hoochie-coochie man,
I ain't got no mojo hand.
I can't play the blues like Johnson,
Or sing like B.B does.

Where do I go for inspiration?
Muddy help me please!
Hopped on down to the railroad station,
But I was asked to leave.
The road life takes me ain't too hard on my shoes,
And I ain't struggled for, or cried none.
To confess, I sing those blues.

Went down to the crossroads,
And the lights just made me blind.
That smokestack lightnin' is some where,
It's somewhere I can't find.
...And I ain't no hoochie-coochie man,
I ain't got no mojo hand.
I can't play the blues like Johnson,
Or sing like B.B does.

Went down to the crossroads,
And the lights just made me blind.
That smokestack lightnin' is some where,
It's somewhere I can't find.
...And I ain't no hoochie-coochie man,
I ain't got no mojo hand.
I can't play the blues like Johnson,
Or sing like B.B does.

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from Can't Sing The Blues Like Johnson (EPs, Singles & Demos 2018​-​2020), released March 21, 2021
Music by B.Leese, J.Leese, R.Gwynne
Lyrics by R. Gwynne

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