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Lyr Req: Wake Me, Shake Me (Al Kooper)

cblih@its.msstate.edu 18 Dec 98 - 10:04 AM
Joe Offer 07 Oct 24 - 06:23 PM
GerryM 08 Oct 24 - 02:12 AM
Mrrzy 09 Oct 24 - 02:57 PM
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Subject: Lyrice search: Wake Me, Shake Me
From: cblih@its.msstate.edu
Date: 18 Dec 98 - 10:04 AM

Written by Al Kooper. Performed by the Blues Project. Thanks, CB


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wake Me, Shake Me (Al Kooper)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 Oct 24 - 06:23 PM

Refresh. I hope Gerry Myerson posts lyrics.


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Subject: ADD: Wake Me, Shake Me (Al Kooper)
From: GerryM
Date: 08 Oct 24 - 02:12 AM

I took down the lyrics from the Blues Project recording in preparation for singing it at today's Mudcat Worldwide Zoom singaround, but I also made a few small changes, and I left out all the interjections and exclamations they made during the jam in the middle of the song. I suspect that Al Kooper et al made more than a few changes themselves – the song long predates their recording, and the recordings available by various artists on Youtube differ wildly. Here goes:


WAKE ME, SHAKE ME
(from Al Kooper)

I saw my mother this morning
Walkin' down that lonesome road
She was tryin' to make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close
Tryin' to make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close

Thought I heard her say

Chorus:
Wake me, shake me,
Don't let me sleep too long
Try to make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close
Try to make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close

Well I saw my sister this morning
Walkin' down that lonesome road
Tryin' to make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close
Tryin' to make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close

Thought I heard her say

Chorus

I was walkin' by the river this morning
I was thinkin' about that lonesome road
Gotta make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close
I'm trying to make it in due time
Before the heaven doors close

Let me hear you say

Chorus x2

[On a personal note, for decades I thought they were singing, "Trying to make it in two-time." I'm pretty sure now that what I heard all those years as "two-time" was really "due time".]


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wake Me, Shake Me (Al Kooper)
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Oct 24 - 02:57 PM

Hmmm I am reminded of Johnny comes down to Hilo (poor old man)...

Oh, wake me, oh shake me oh wake that gal with the blue deess on?


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