Lyr Req: Down the Road a Piece (Raye)

Subject: Lyric search: Down the Road Apiece
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Date: 18 Dec 98 - 10:02 AM

Performed by Amos Milburn, Freddie Slack and The Rolling Stones

Subject: Lyr Add: DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE
From: Mike Billo
Date: 18 Dec 98 - 10:46 AM

From the record by Freddie Slack and Ella Mae Morse,

If you want to hear some boogie then I know the place.
It's just an old piano and a knocked-out bass.
The drummer is a cat they call Eight-Beat Mack.
You remember Sam and old Spider-Legged Jack.
Mama cookin' chicken fried in bacon grease,
It's just down the road, down the road a piece.

There's a place you really get your kicks.
It's open every night about 12 to 6.
If you want to hear some boogie, you can get your fill,
'Cause, man, they put it to you like an old steam drill.
Come on along before they lose their lease.
It's just down the road down the road a piece.

You get a little touch of old Basin Street,
And now and then a Kansas City beat.
You might get old as the night goes by.
You may get to thinking that you're back in Chi'.
Keeps on goin' till I'm about done,
You're all knocked out and your top is gone.

It's just down the road, down the road a piece,
Down the road, down the road a piece.
No cover charge put to get a smile,
Throw some change in the kitty every once in a while.
Man, those cats really try to please.
It's just down the road, down the road a piece.