04 May 16 - 01:54 PM (#3788597) Subject: Lyr Add: UGLY MAN BLUES (Ora Alexander) From: Jim Dixon UGLY MAN BLUES As recorded by Ora Alexander, 1931. My man is ugly, ugly as can be. Lord, my man is ugly, ugly as can be, But, Lord, he knows a thousand good things, what to do to me When my medicines(?) is over and I don't know what to do, (2x) He just shakes my ashes, put his ice(?) right up in my flue. Ev'ry mornin' when I wake up, I'm happy as I can be, (2x) 'Cause my sweet rockin' stepdaddy done put that thing on me, [scat verse] With a man like my man, ain't no woman can't go wrong. Lord, with a man like my man, no woman can't go wrong. Because his feet is thin and bony and …. Lord, Lord, Lord, my walls must be mighty thin. (2x) Last night a woman heard me groanin', now my man she tried to win. If anyone tries to win my man at all, (2x) I'll cut out her ambition and nail it on the wall. |
04 May 16 - 02:57 PM (#3788618) Subject: Lyr Add: UGLY MAN BLUES (Marcy Levy) From: Jim Dixon UGLY MAN BLUES Written by Marcy Levy As recorded by the Marcy Levy Band, on "The Upside of Being Down" (2006). CHORUS: If ever love again, Lord, let it be an ugly man. Can't be nothin' sweeter than the love of an ugly man. Listen: a good-lookin' man's always lookin' in a mirror, Ain't but one thing he holds dearer, You put on your best dress, he says: "What's wrong with your hair?" An ugly man gonna love you no matter what you wear. CHORUS He'll worship and adore you, treat you like a queen, Shower you with flowers, gold and diamond rings. It really doesn't matter; pay no mind to his face. What's inside his heart is all the difference that it makes. CHORUS When you're with an ugly man, all he sees is you. A good-lookin' man be with every woman in the room. [An] ugly man will love you, never think about himself. To that good-lookin' man, you're just one more notch on his belt. CHORUS Make him uglier than sin, If I ever love again. Make him look like a mangy dog, With a face only a mother could love. If I ever love again, Lord, let it be an ugly man. If I ever love again, Lord, let it be an ugly man. If I ever love again, Lord, let it be an ugly man. [Also recorded by Shaun Murphy on "Ask for the Moon" (2012).] |
04 May 16 - 07:03 PM (#3788662) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ugly Man Blues From: Joe Offer Here's the Ora Alexander recording: And Marcy Levy: What a great song! Somehow, it doesn't seem as sexist as "Never Make a Pretty Woman Your Wife." -Joe- |