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Thread #21086   Message #3137073
Posted By: Joe_F
17-Apr-11 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hesitation Blues
Subject: Lyr Add: HESITATION BLUES (Mitch Greenwood)
The Coffee House Songbook (collected by Jay Edwards, Oak Publ., 1966; OOP, like many good things) has the following, attributed to one Mitch Greenman (the dashes are in the book):


HESITATION BLUES

Well, standing on the corner with a dollar in my hand,
Lookin' for a woman who's looking for a man,
   Tell me how long, do I have to wait,
   Can I get you now, or must I hesitate?

Well, the eagle on the dollar say, "In God we trust,"
Woman wants a man, she wants to see a dollar first,
   Tell me...

Well, pussy ain't nothin' but meat on the bone,
You can ---- it you can ---- it you can leave it alone,
   Tell me...

Well, you hesitate by one, and you hesitate by two,
Angels up in heaven singing hesitatin' blues,
   Tell me...