Mary Ann's Walla Walla Woman Blues by Amos
(Words and music by Amos Jessup, dedicated to Mary Ann)
Amos' Comments: This song was commissioned by our own MAG in exchange for some support flow to the Mudcat, as promised on a couple of threads. It is a slow, rolling barrel-house blues reminiscent of Bessie Smith's "Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer", or her "Ain't Done Runnin' Around" blues. Dedicated to Mary Ann, and to women everywhere who wish men could be just a little different... Affectionately, Amos
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You know, flakie cats just want to stone you
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And big cowboys they just want to own you
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For a reg'lar jelly roll
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And the losers want you to roll them
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And beg you to control them
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And grind 'em til they find they souls , oh,
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I 'm not about to start contraction
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From a masculine reaction
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Cuz I'm a real woman right down to my shoes,
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But I'm getting those
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Walla Walla's wasting
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A Walla Walla Woman blues
Big bikers want to play you
And maybe want to flay you
Hey, wouldn't you rather burn a bra?
Then the SNAGS want easy living
Got no-o-o sense of rhythm
And can't figure out just who they really are
Mister big iron pumper
Got a motion, like a bumper
Ain't got enough plain soul to shine my shoes
But I'm gettin' those
Walla Walla's wastin'
A Walla Walla Women blues.
Bridge:
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I like to do that hootchie kootchie thing
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But no-one here to kootchie me
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I like to run a nice strong coffee grinder
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And the men around here drink tea, cold tea, oh
I got three hot kitties
Begging, pretty pretty,
Just to go out on the town at night
Jes' see how they carry on
Hear them whine an' moan
They don' believe its right
Sometimes I turn a my back
And they slip through a crack
And those pussies down town
Get more than I do
Leaves me them
Walla Walla's wastin'
A Walla Walla Women blues.
Bridge:
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I'm not not excessively demanding
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That's no way for a good woman to be
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All I want is some plain understanding
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And some con-geni-ality, Oh,
I don't want a man on booze
They always seem to lose
Except for that one out Chicago way
Cuz I can still recall
He would play that Cannonball
And that was what he did to steal
My heart away
I'm gonna move it, yes move it
Til someone finds that groove,
Go out in whitebread city and cruise
Gonna shake them Walla Walla....
Wasting a Walla Walla....
A Walla Walla Woman Blues....oh, yes.