A Fine Day To Exit

Don't put no headstone on my grave, All my life I've been a slave, I want the whole wide world to know, Here lies this man that loved you so Mama, mama, don't you cry, I'm gonna meet you in the by and by, Tell papa I'm comin' home, God, it can't be very long Don't put no headstone on my grave, All my life I've been a slave, Want the whole wide world to know, Here lies the stud that loved you so Don't put no headstone on my grave, All my life I've been a slave. I want the whole wide world to know, Here lies a man that loved you so Mama, mama don't you cry, I'm gonna meet you in the by and by, Tell 'em, I'm coming home, Oh God, it can't be very long Don't put no headstone on my grave All my life I've been a slave, Want the whole wide world to know, Here lies a man that loved you so. A blues version of the song by Rose Q (from the film "Consenting Adults")

Wait a minute baby... Stay with me awhile Said you'd give me light But you never told be about the fire Drowning in the sea of love Where everyone would love to drown And now it's gone It doesn't matter anymore When you build your house Call me home And he was just like a great dark wing Within the wings of a storm I think I had met my match, he was singing And undoing the laces Undoing the laces Drowning in the sea of love Where everyone would love to drown And now it's gone It doesn't matter anymore When you build your house Call me home Hold on The night is coming and the starling flew for days I'd stay home at night all the time I'd go anywhere, anywhere Ask me and I'm there because I care Sara, you're the poet in my heart Never change, never stop And now it's gone It doesn't matter what for When you build your house I'll come by Drowning in the sea of love Where everyone would love to drown And...

Oh when the sun beats down And melts the tar up on the roof And the streets get so hot You wish your tired feet were fireproof Under the boardwalk Down by the sea On a blanket with my baby Is where I'll be (Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun (Under the boardwalk) We'll be having some fun (Under the boardwalk) People walking above (Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love (Under the boardwalk, boardwalk) Now from the sand you'll hear The happy sound of a carousel You can almost taste the hot dogs And French fries they sell Under the boardwalk Down by the sea, yeah On a blanket with my baby Is where I'll be (Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun (Under the boardwalk) We'll be having some fun (Under the boardwalk) People walking above (Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love (Under the boardwalk, boardwalk) Oh, under the boardwalk Down by the sea On a blanket with my baby Is where I'll be (Under the boardwal...

I am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises All lies and jests Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy In the company of strangers In the quiet of the railway station running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters Where the ragged people go Looking for the places only they would know Lai luh lai... Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job But I get no offers, Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin' even me I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same After changes we are more or less the same Lai ...