Crushing Thirties (feat. Johnny Gioeli) - The Chalkeaters

Hey, get rhythm! When you get the blues! C'mon get rhythm! When you get the blues! Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones Put taps on your toes, and get goin Get rhythm! When you get the blues! A little shoe-shine boy he never gets low-down But he's got the dirtiest job in town! Bending low at the peoples' feet On a windy corner of a dirty street Well, I asked him while she shined my shoes How'd he keep from getting the blues He grinned as he raised his little head He popped a shoe-shine rag, and he said Get rhythm! When you get the blues! C'mon get rhythm! When you get the blues! A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine It'll shake all your troubles from your worried mind Get rhythm! When you get the blues! Get rhythm! When you get the blues! C'mon get rhythm! When you get the blues! Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones Put taps on your toes, and get goin Get rhythm! When you get the blues! Well, I had to listen to the shoe-shine boy And I thought I was gonna jump for joy! Slapped on the shoe polish left and right He took a shoe-shine rag and he held it tight He stopped once to wipe the sweat away I said, you're a mighty little boy to be a-workin' that way! He said I like it, with a big wide grin Kept on a-poppin' and he said again Get rhythm! When you get the blues! C'mon get rhythm! When you get the blues! It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe It does a million dollars worth of good for you Get rhythm! When you get the blues!

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die. I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota). And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl. Then I heard my dream was back Downstream cavortin' in Davenport, And I followed you, Big River, when you called. Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river). A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone. I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff. She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone. Now, won't you bat it down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans. Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf. She loves you, Big River, more than me. Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.

Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down I think you only live to see the lights of town I wasted my time when I would try, try, try 'Cause when the lights have lost their glow you'll cry, cry, cry Soon your sugar-daddies will all be gone You wake up some cold day and find you're alone You'll call for me but I'm gonna tell you bye, bye, bye When I turn around and walk away you'll cry, cry, cry You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own You're gonna cry, cry, cry I lie awake at night to wait till you come in You stay a little while and then you're gone again Every question that I ask I get a lie, lie, lie For every lie you tell you're gonna cry, cry, cry When your fickle love gets old, no one will care for you Then you'll come back for me for a little love that's true I'll tell you no and you're gonna ask me why, why, why When I remind you of all of this you'll cry, cry, cry You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll want me then It'll hurt when you think of all the fool you've been You're gonna cry, cry, cry

I dedicate this song to the workin' man For every man that puts in Eight or ten hard hours a day Of work and toil and sweat That's always got somebody lookin' down his neck Tryin' to get more out of him Than he really oughtta have to put in After 29 long years of workin' In this shop with Oney standin' over me Today when that old whistle blows I'll check in all my gear and I'll retire The superintendent just dropped by And said they'd planned my little get together Then he said I'd never made it If old Oney hadn't a-held me to the fire I've seen him in my dreams at night And woke up in the mornin' feelin' tired And old Oney don't remember, when I came here How he tried to get me fired With his folded hands behind him Every mornin' Oney waited at the gate Where he'd rant and rave like I committed murder Clockin' in five minutes late But today they'll gather 'round me Like I've seen 'em do when any man retires Then old Oney's gonna tell me From now on I'm free to do what I desire He'll present me with that little ol' gold watch They give a man at times like this But there's one thing he's not countin' on Today's the day I give old Oney his Hahaha! I've been workin', buildin' muscles Oney's just been standin' 'round a-gettin' soft And today about 4:30 I'll make up for every good night's sleep I've lost When I'm gone I'll be remembered As a workin' man that put his point across With a right hand full of knuckles 'Cause today I show old Oney who's the boss Hmmmm. What time is it? 4:30? Hey, Oney? Oney? Hahaha!

I've wept for those who suffer long But how I weep for those who've gone In rooms of grief and questioned wrong But keep on killing It's in the soul to feel such things But weak to watch without speaking Oh, what mercy sadness bring If God be willing There is a train that's headin' straight To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate And on the way child and man and woman wait Watch and wait for redemption day Fire rages in the streets And swallows everything it meets It's just an image often seen, on television Come leaders, come ye men of great Let us hear you pontificate Your many virtues laid to waste And we aren't listening There is a train that's heading straight To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate And on the way child and man and woman wait Watch and wait, for redemption day What do you have for us today? Throw us a bone but save the plate Oh, why we waited 'til so late Was there no oil to excavate? No riches in trade for the fate Of every person who died in hate Throw us a bone, you men of great There is a train that's heading straight To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate And on the way child and man and woman wait Watch and wait for redemption day It's buried inn the countryside Exploding in the shells of night It's everywhere a baby cries Freedom, freedom, freedom

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَا قَمَرْ، يَا قَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا، يَا رُوحِي حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَا، يا قَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا، يَا رُوحِي حِلِفِ الْقَمَرْ لُونِ الْوُرُودْ لُونِ الزّهِرْ فُوقِ الْخُدُودْ زَاد الْحَلا جَدايِلْ سُودْ جَدايِلْ سُودْ حِلِي الْكَرَزْ فَوْقْ شْفافِكْ آه يَا قَمَرْ حِلِفِ الْقَمَرْ لُونِ الْوُرُودْ لُونِ الزّهِرْ فُوقِ الْخُدُودْ زَاد الْحَلا جَدايِلْ سُودْ جَدايِلْ سُودْ حِلِي الْكَرَزْ فَوْقْ شْفافِكْ آه يَا قَمَرْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا يَا رُوحِي طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّوا بِينِ الْجُفُونْ طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّوا بِينِ الْجُفُونْ السّحْرِ هامْ بِألْفِ لُونْ والشّعْرِ غافِي عاكْتافِكْ عِينِي، عِينِي، عِينِي عَالهَوى السّحْرِ هامْ بِألْفِ لُونْ والشّعْرِ غافِي عاكْتافِكْ عِينِي، عِينِي، عِينِي عَالهَوى طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّواء بِينِ الْجُفُونْ طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّواء بِينِ الْجُفُونْ السّحْرِ هامْ بِألْفِ لُونْ والشّعْرِ غافِي عاكْتافِكْ عِينِي، عِينِي، عِينِي عَالهَوى فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا، يَا رُوحِي حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَا قَمَرْ، يَا قَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ يا، يَا رُوحِي