Brickyard Blues (Play Something Sweet)
Allen Toussaint

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Well, I tried to run my game
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She said "Man, that's the same old thing I've heard before"
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And I'm too tired to go for your show
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So again and again, but she tried to explain
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She said "I ain't sayin' that you don't make it
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But I know I can't take it anymore"

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Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
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Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
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Play something I can understand
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Play me some Brickyard Blues
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Play somethin' sweet now make it funky
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Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
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Play something I can understand
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Play me some Brickyard Blues

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Well, I started to sweat - She said "Don't get upset,
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'Cause you just might break a string
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And that won't do a thing for your show", no
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So I said to myself, I said, "Self, do you see
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What is sailin' through my soul?"
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And I gotta have some more, don't ya know

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Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
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Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
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Play something I can understand
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Play me some Brickyard Blues
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Play somethin' sweet now make it funky
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Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
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Play something I can understand
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Play me some Brickyard Blues

BRIDGE
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It's enough to make a light in the dark
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It's enough to make a bite just a bark
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It's enough to make a body move around
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It's enough to make a rabbit hug a hound

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Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
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Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello
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Play something I can understand
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Play me some Brickyard Blues
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Play somethin' sweet now make it funky
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Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
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Play something I can understand
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Play me some Brickyard Blues

[Outro-Guitar Solo]
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