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Blue Dragon

by Bill Scobie

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1.
There’s a thing you can do To stop yourself feeling down It’s growing in size Gonna take on the whole damn town You gotta move your feet And shake yourself around And do the blues house boogie And boogie down to the ground You do the Blues House boogie Boogie your blues away You do the Blues House boogie Boogie your blues away Cos the blues house boogie better than words can say
2.
You see them in the morning trying to get that final fix before they reach the office and they just can’t light those sticks they’re needy and they’re hungry like little crawling snakes But when life starts getting better And the boss decides to go when you find a better job and your ducks are in a row and you can quit the habit got a hold on you Happy people don’t smoke Happy people don’t smoke Happy people don’t smoke Happy people don’t smoke You know it ain’t no joke Happy people don’t smoke Smoke it! So you’re get free of nicotine and spending all that cash which ends up as butt and a stinky pile of ash when your clothes don’t smell so nasty cos you don’t need to smoke Happy people don’t smoke Happy people don’t smoke Happy people don’t smoke Happy people don’t smoke You know it ain’t no joke Happy people don’t smoke
3.
Blue Dragon 04:23
There’s a place to go when you’re feeling low and life has brought you down It’s an old hotel with a musty smell over on the edge of town Just go and take a seat your blues will be complete though the colour scheme is brown Down in the bar it’s the best place by far to claim your lonely crown Drinking beer you ain’t lonely here and you don’t even speak Cos there’s others there whose souls are bear, but please don’t think they're weak There’s a band that plays in a country way and they think they’re unique They won’t let you jam cos they’re the big I AM and you are just a freak Go to The Blue Dragon, when you need a home Cos at The Blue Dragon, you can be alone And at The Blue Dragon, everyone’s the same They have been hurt by love and need a gentle shove To learn to live life with the pain So you’ve been there now and you take a bow, you’re out there in the cold If and if you want to stay this is the only way, you stay and just grow old Or you could walk away before your hair turns grey before your soul is sold So don’t be a miser, go tell Trip Adviser, to keep others from the fold
4.
I used to wonder what would happen when the future is now I need more definition but we don’t know how If I wanted more certain, should have been a civil servant Getting paid a certain wage until I reach a certain age Can’t get that definition, cost I took a different mission and the journey was unknown Maybe shoulda acted bolder before I got to being older And done the things I shoulda – that I really, really coulda But I am the man I am and done the things I can to play the music that I love, that maybe comes from up above And now that time has come to do it just like I always knew But… Depends on loads of things Depends on loads of things Life ain’t no certain thing It keeps on varying Just what the future brings Depends on loads of things
5.
I'd rather work in the city - in a pinstriped suit and bowler hat If you break my arm I'll join the union, you know how I feel about that Put me in a uniform - if it comes to blows But you'll never get me up Never get me up No you’ll ever get me up in one of those things I'd rather spend time in the Foreign Legion Or risk my neck travelling on the Southern Region Put me in a uniform if it comes to blows But you'll never get me up Never gonna get me up No you’ll ever get me up in one of those things I can stay – way down here and get high I don’t need no uniform to fly If the good Lord had meant us to get up in one of those things He'd have given us the tickets as well as the pair of wings So if you don't mind I'll take my chances crossing the street 'Cause I need to the ground beneath my feet Put me in a uniform if it comes to blows But you'll never get me up Never get me up Never gonna get me up in one of those things
6.
Fire & Rain 04:13
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Lady the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can't remember who to send it to I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Won't you look down upon me, Jesus You've got to help me make a stand You've just got to see me through another day My body's aching and my time is at hand And I won't make it any other way Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
7.
You don’t love me baby You don’t love me this I know You don’t love me baby You don’t love me this I know If you leave me baby I won’t have no place to go I’m gonna tell my mother I’m gonna talk to my father too I’m gonna tell my mother I’m gonna talk to my father too I gotta tell the old man What these wild girls do to you. I’m gonna leave in the morning You know crying won’t make me stay I’m gonna leave in the morning You know crying won’t make me stay The more you cry baby You know the further you drive me away Goodbye now pretty baby If I never see you no more Goodbye now pretty baby If I never see you no more Lord, you think I’m a fool
8.
If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck I would swim to the bottom, and drink my way back up The sun gonna shine on my back door someday The sun gonna shine on my back door someday A big wind gonna come up And blow my blues away If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck I would swim to the bottom, and I’d drink my way back up
9.
He cut his first hit record back in ‘55 that had a certain something kept the folks alive He had a square guitar that looked like outa space And Maraca man Jerome just kept it on the pace His glasses gave him style His check jacket was wild There’s never been another like him ever, ever, ever… (He’s a) King of Rock’n’Roll (He’s a) King of Rock’n’Roll Got a crazy rhythm with a crazy beat He’s a King of Rock’n’Roll Everybody tried to copy him but few can do it right His chugging boogie-woogie gets it every night His voice is like a siren, calling all to move Cos once he starts that playing your whole body gotta groove His beat it was so driving His rhythm is still thriving There’s never been another like him ever, ever, ever… When he passed away and joined that great band in the sky They all must be rejoicing but left us down here to cry That chugga chugga throbbing comes from high up in the clouds But we can still all hear it laying loud loud loud His influence goes for Buddy Holly, Johnny Marr There’s never been another like him ever, ever, ever…
10.
Ten o’clock Sunday morning I’m lying in my room I hear the church bells ringing but they don’t lift my gloom Lookin’ out the window I see the people going down to pray They’re looking for salvation no matter what they say But we just… Need somebody to hold me tight Tell me everything’s gonna be alright Need somebody to hold me tight Tell me everything’s gonna be alright I feel alone/so alone (That’s why I) need somebody to hold me tight There’s a man across the water Says he wants to build a wall Bring back jobs from China Make things great for all Spends weekend in Florida Got high rise building and a private plane Says he stands for the people But we got fooled again That’s why I… You know the whole worlds crazy Torn apart with rage and pain “my God’s not your God “so we must kill again” There’s one God or no God The differences are all by men Why can’t we love our neighbours Peace and Love to them That’s why I…

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This is a solo album from blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Scobie. He will be going on the road with a full band once COVID restrictions mean we can all get out and go again - the sooner the better as the fingers are getting very itchy.

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released September 6, 2020

This was recorded over a two year period from 2017-2019 at Big Boys Studio in Oxfordshire, UK. Steve White did the recording, production and engineering. He also played drums on everything except Fire & Rain (there are no drums on that). Bill Scobie played all guitars as well as bass and keyboards.

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