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18 Dec 98 - 10:04 AM (#50052) Subject: Lyrice search: Wake Me, Shake Me From: cblih@its.msstate.edu Written by Al Kooper. Performed by the Blues Project. Thanks, CB |
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07 Oct 24 - 06:23 PM (#4209405) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wake Me, Shake Me (Al Kooper) From: Joe Offer Refresh. I hope Gerry Myerson posts lyrics. |
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08 Oct 24 - 02:12 AM (#4209416) Subject: ADD: Wake Me, Shake Me (Al Kooper) From: GerryM 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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09 Oct 24 - 02:57 PM (#4209526) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wake Me, Shake Me (Al Kooper) From: Mrrzy 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? |