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Blue Ink

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Blue Ink

In the thirty years since he was Roomful of Blues' first trumpet player, Al has written and performed across many musical genres. On Blue Ink, his fourth solo project, Al sticks close to his blues roots. Blues greats Duke Robillard and Jerry Portnoy help form a dream backup band for Al's new songs - acoustic and electric, in classic blues styles from Chicago to Texas to New Orleans.

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"An original voice in the Blues! Al Basile has his own take on the classic themes. 'Blue Ink' adds another stone to the wall of Blues tradition."


Jerry Portnoy


"Heeeeeeeeere's Basile!!! On 'Blue Ink,' Al Basile demonstrates his flair for the Blues. His songs, which range from lowdown and dirty, to witty blues ballads, to rockin' modern style Blues and funky down home rhythms, show a unique understanding of the Blues language."


Duke Robillard

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1 I Got To Love And Be Loved

2 The Catch Up

3 Just A Heartache

4 Stop Knockin'

5 Hooray For Me (And To Hell With You)

6 Full Time Job

7 Annie Get Your Thing On

8 Hurt Me

9 Lonesome Sun

10 School In Hell

11 Sugar Shock

12 Fifth Of Never

13 Say Your Prayers

Lyrics

1. I Got to Love and Be Loved

Now when the women are willing

then the men are weak

there's always one that kisses

and one that offers the cheek

but don't you be surprised

I don't do either one

it takes a whole lot more

for me to have my fun

I got to love and be loved

I got to love and be loved

it's got to come from up above

hoo, I got to love and be loved


Now there's the ones you want

right off the bat

you try to make a little deal

but they don't go for that

now you can spin your wheels

and hope they change their mind

but as for me my friend

I never waste my time


I got to love and be loved

I got to love and be loved

it's got to come from up above

hoo, I got to love and be loved


Now there's women want to give you

what you wish they would

the little thing they got

you know they all feel good

I might be thinking about it

each and every night

but I don't do nothing

'til I know that it's right


I got to love and be loved

I got to love and be loved

it's got to come from up above

hoo, I got to love and be loved

2. The Catch Up

Now you don't know what you're doing

but you'll sure know what you've done

you think you've got it all together

but the catch-up's gonna come


You're taking me for granted

like I was born to be your slave

you're gonna wear my love down baby

until there's nothing left to save


Now you don't know what you're doing

but you sure know what you've done

you think you're living high and happy

but the catch-up's gonna come


You're spending all my money

like it was going out of style

you got Mr. B to make you honey

but you'll be sorry after awhile


'Cause you don't know what you're doing

but you'll sure know what you've done

you think I'm just too dumb to notice

but the catch-up's gonna come


Now the catch-up's gonna come

and you'll be back down on the ground

you'll be lying on that anvil

when they bring the hammer down


Now your friends all try to read you

like your mind was writ in code

but the answer's clear as daylight

when you get further up the road


Now you don't know what you're doing

but you'll sure know what you've done

a pretty face won't last forever

and the catch-up's gonna come

3. Just A Heartache

I don't smoke - hardly even drink

it might seem funny but it's not what you think


it's just a heartache, yeah

just a heartache

a little thing that I can't get straight

just a heartache


Went to my doctor, nothing he could do

my doctor told me I should talk to you


about this heartache, yeah

about this heartache

a little thing that I can't get straight

just a heartache


I know another woman, said she would try

loved me so hard 'til she just broke down and cried


couldn't fix this heartache, no

not this heartache

a little thing that I can't get straight

just a heartache


So I went to see you, asked you what I could do

you said "I put it on you, and you're keeping it too



you're keeping that heartache

you're keeping that heartache

a little thing that you'll never get straight,

'cause that's your heartache."

4. Stop Knockin'

Stop coming around with your black dress on

stop leaving notes at my house whenever I'm gone

you've been coming on strong, but I've got to say when

stop knockin' at the door to my heart

'cause you just got in


Now you know that you're fine, and you can get your way

you can run down a man like me most any old day

but do you think I could be satisfied just being your whim?

stop knockin' at the door to my heart

'cause you just got in


Make yourself at home, baby

stay for a long long time

it's for sure that I'm gonna be yours

just as long as you're gonna be mine


I know I swore when it happened before

I'd never let it happen again

stop knockin' at the door to my heart

'cause you just got in

5. Hooray for Me (And the Hell with You)

My mother used to tell me

back when she could be seen

there's people in this world

who love to treat you mean

it seems like all

they ever really want to do

is say hooray for me

and to hell with you


Well she knew what she was saying

'cause when all is said and done

a lot of people walkin' round

are lookin' out for number one

and guess what every number one

says to every number two?

They say hooray for me

and to hell with you


Well I try to go against it

and I hope you're trying too

though it seems like they're so many

and it seems like we're so few

because this world's too cold

when the best a man can do

is say hooray for me

and to hell with you

6. Full Time Job

Wake up baby get ready for work

got a job to do, no time to shirk

no time to put that stuff on your face

you gotta start your runnin' right in place

punch the clock, get ready to rock

'cause lovin' me is a full time job


You and me are gonna work up a sweat

a ten minute break is all you get

you say puttin'in overtime makes you tired

but you wanted a challenge when you got hired

punch the clock, get ready to rock

'cause lovin' me is a full time job


You've tried other jobs baby on the side

turns out you're just overqualified

ain't no point changin' your career

can't beat the benefits you get right here

punch the clock, get ready to rock

'cause lovin' me is a full time job


Don't knock this job, you know it's true

you're just workin' for me and I'm workin' for you

no time to quit, baby don't you know

my five o'clock whistle's gettin' ready to blow

punch the clock, get ready to rock

'cause lovin' me is a full time job

7. Annie Get Your Thing On

Annie get your thing on, and let's go out tonight

Annie get your thing on, and let's go out tonight

'cause when your got your thing on

you make me feel all right


Annie get your thing on, get it on real slow

Annie get your thing, get it on real slow

how we ever did without it, I swear I'll never know


You got that thing, don't ever leave it behind

you got that thing, don't ever leave it behind

If I had to do without it, I think I'd lose my mind


Annie get your thing on, get it on nice and tight

Annie get your thing on, get it on nice and tight

don't let it slip on down, aw if it takes all night

8. Hurt Me

Hurt me darlin'

but don't desert me now

for you know if you should go

I'd be useless anyhow

so go on and hurt me darlin'

but don't desert me now


Hurt me darlin'

if that's what you want to do

tell me you don't love me

but don't ever say we're through

so go on and hurt me darlin'

but don't desert me now


This thing we've got might not be good for you

and it might not be good for me

but let's not speak, you know I'm much too weak

to face reality


So hurt me darlin'

'cause you know I'm gonna stay

do your worst, I'm cursed

I'm gonna love you anyway

so hurt me darlin'

but don't desert me now

9. Lonesome Sun

Do you think the sun gets lonesome

shining by itself all day?

The moon and stars don't come out

'til the sun has gone away

we get the heat, we get the light,

we never have to pay

do you think the sun gets lonesome

shining by itself all day?


Do you s'pose the sun might feel like

a lover that's been spurned?

'cause we all keep our distance

otherwise we might get burned

it gives the heat, it gives the light,

gets nothing in return

do you s'pose the sun might feel like

a lover that's been spurned?


Now the sun was made for shining

and that's enough for it to do

it doesn't go around complaining

that we ought to love it too

it goes away to hide each day,

and comes back just like new

do you think the sun is lonesome

just the same as me and you?

10. School In Hell

No woman can help me forget you

no man alive can tell me what to do

I draw every breath in pain

you still burn me through and through


and each and every day the devil drags me away

and I go to school in hell

to learn how to put you down


My friends don't recognize me

they just hang their heads and moan

whatever this is you put me through

you know I have to go through alone


and each and every day the devil drags me away

and I go to school in hell

to learn how to put you down


There's got to be an answer, I can't afford to fail

I'll either end up dead or in somebody's else's jail

there'll be a test today I know I'm not ready for

and by this time tomorrow

I'll be slipping down some more


Now I learned how to love you

and it didn't take much time

but how to live without you

that's an answer I might never find


and each and every day the devil drags me away

and I go to school in hell

to learn how to put you down

11. Sugar Shock

Sugar shock - my heart is racin'

I know I'm facin' a wild ride ahead

sugar shock - my mind is reelin'

with all I'm feelin' I might end up dead


Sugar shock - you got me jumpin'

it's just somethin' that I can't explain

sugar shock - my head is swimmin'

other women just don't hit me the same


It's a rush from my head to my feet

you're so doggone sweet I gotta get me a taste

it's such a crush that I'm wrigglin' under

is it any wonder I'm a total waste?


It's sugar shock - you got me blinkin'

thinkin' I'm the one that you're focusin' on

sugar shock - when those eyes are flashin'

I know I'll be crashin' before too long

12. Fifth of Never

Well it was on the fifth of never

when my baby come back home

it was on the fifth of never

when my baby come back home

she looked at me real funny,

and said how long have I been gone?


Well I raised my eyes to heaven

and I looked up at the sky

I raised my eyes to heaven

and I looked up at the sky

I said baby don't you remember,

you've been gone since the day I died


She walked right over to me

and she looked me in the face

she walked right over to me

and she looked me in the face

she said I know your name all right,

it's your features I can't place


If you saw me coming baby,

tell me how could you walk away?

if you saw me coming baby,

tell me how could you walk away?

she said I'm neither here nor there,

I got to leave you if I stay


It was on the fifth of never,

and the sun was sinking low

it was on the fifth of never,

and the sun was sinking low

when I set off to find her,

and she sat down to watch me go

13. Say Your Prayers

Say your prayers now darling

don't you know it's time for bed

say your prayers now darling

don't you know it's time for bed

you're right where you're supposed to be baby

and you know just where to lay your head


Say your prayers now darling

ask the Lord your soul to take

say your prayers now darling

and ask the Lord your soul to take

because nobody knows the future

and you might die before you wake


Get down on your knees now darling

and pray the Lord your soul to keep

down on your knees now darling

and pray the Lord your soul to keep

'cause you know anything might happen, mmhm

when you lay yourself down to sleep


It's gonna be a long night darling

and something will be going on

it's gonna be a long night darling

something will sure be going on

prepare to meet your maker

before you see the dawn

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