Quiet Money

Blues got blues for the music

They’re callin’ it blues no matter what they play

You can’t draw a crowd

unless you play it too damn loud

Blues got blues today

Blues got blues for the business

It keeps on gettin’ harder to make it pay

Clubs are givin’ up the fight

Cause older people ain’t goin’ out at night

Aw, Blues got blues today

Blues got blues for the players

They got bills, they all got debts to repay

When you got a mortgage and a family

why do people think you oughta to play for free?

Aw, Blues got blues today

Blues got blues for the future

Looks like more blues on the way

Seems that we’re bound to lose

no matter who we choose

Blues got blues today

When life gets complicated

it's hard to muddle through

but that don't mean the simple things

are easier to do

Simple ain't easy

Simple ain't easy

If simple was that easy

We'd do it every time

When you see your good friend

come out your baby's door

it's simple to say hold on a minute

Let’s wait until I’m sure 

But simple ain't easy

Sometimes easy ain't right

If simple was that easy

We'd do it all the time

It simply isn't good for you 

gettin’ up for that midnight snack

but that don't make it easy

to put that Death by Chocolate back

Simple ain't easy  

Even if it's right 

If simple was that easy

We'd do it all the time

It's simple to tell a woman

you want to call it a day

but she won't make it easy

if she wants you to stay

Simple ain't easy

Oh, simple ain't easy

If simple was that easy

We'd do it every time

You're a thousand miles of road work, baby

I can't get anywhere with you

Always talking about your past

I don't believe a word is true

You can't keep your stories straight

You don't even try

Do you even know 

when you're telling a lie?

You say you were born in the eighties

and you just got out of school

I seen your driver's license, honey

Do you take me for a fool? 

When I add up the numbers

they come out to forty-five

Do you even know 

when you're telling a lie? 

You say you had a few husbands

that is, three or four 

the way I see it, honey

you ought to be a little more sure

Seem like every time I ask you

you remember another guy  

Do you even know 

when you're telling a lie?

When it comes to you and me baby

we're together more or less 

When we’re in a store you love me more, 

otherwise I have to guess  

It seems how much you love me 

depends on what I buy

Do you even know 

when you're telling a lie?

Sometimes it's wrong to be right

like when you've been fightin' all night

It don't make no difference which side you're on

if you don't shut your mouth then she'll be gone

Sometimes it's wrong to be right

Sometimes it's better to back down

you may have to pay to stay around

Try to remember what you're fightin' for

you might win the battle and lose the war

Sometimes it's better to back down

Sometimes it's better to sing small

sometimes you might not sing at all

Getting' your way feels good it's true

she might need the feelin' even more than you

Sometimes it's better to sing small

Sometimes it's smarter not to win

if you want to have a chance to play again

The game's a lot bigger than either side

gotta do what it takes to keep the game alive

Sometimes it's smarter not to win

Money talks, what they say is true

but you got to get money to talk to you

It's been a long time since I've been around

and money don't know me from a hole in the ground

Follow the money, see where the money goes

Follow the money, see what the money knows

I tried talking to the Prez, just the other day

he said I'd like to chat son but I can't stay

It's too lonesome here, and I'm sure you see

I'm going where the faces all look like me.

Follow the money, see where the money goes

Follow the money, see what the money knows

I said wait a minute Prez, that's what I want to know

just where is this place where all you Presidents go?

Prez just smiled in his executive way,

said I'd like to help you son but I'm not s'posed to say

Follow the money, see where the money goes

Follow the money, see what the money knows

I'm no closer to solving that mystery 

why none of that money ever sticks to me.

I have to wave goodbye soon as I get some

and money might know, but it just stays mum

Follow the money, see where the money goes

Follow the money, see what the money knows

I tried good cookin' for miles around

got to say that yours is the best I've found

but put some salt on it

put some salt on it

put some salt on it baby, cause it don't taste right

You use the best ingredients without a doubt

but something in the recipe done got left out

so put some salt on it

put some salt on it

put some salt on it baby, cause it don't taste right

You won't hear me complainin' about your kissing

but when it comes to cookin' there's just something missing

put some salt on it

put some salt on it

put some salt on it baby, cause it don't taste right

I'm glad that we're together and the future's bright

but if I'm gonna have your cooking every night

put some salt on it

put some salt on it

put some salt on it baby, cause it don't taste right

First time you squeezed my hand and said “yes, let's go,”

I was happy to be going, where I didn't have to know

Little things we'd talk about, I'd never said before,

and every day I'd find a new way to love you just a little more

Tomorrow was an empty book we'd fill in time

And so we wrote our story line by line

Came a day we couldn't say what was on our minds

the ordinary words we tried came out unkind

That made us mad, it got so bad eventually

any time we tried to talk, we could only disagree

You saw things all your way, I could only see ‘em mine

We were crossing out our story line by line

We lost touch years ago, I thought of you today

tried to call you up, just to see what you had to say

“I might have loved you once,” you said, “there's not much I recall.

Pretty soon, they tell me, I won't remember it at all.”

Our story's disappearing into time

as though we never wrote a single line

I’ve had a lot of luck

said a lot of prayers

Never could have got here

without climbing a lot of stairs

A helping hand along the way

I never could allow

But there comes a time in every man’s life

and I believe that time is now

I’m not in any hurry

taken my sweet time

let you mind your business

while I’ve been minding mine

It’s not like I can’t get along

without some kind of vow

But there comes a time in every man’s life 

and I believe that time is now

I’ve stood behind the door

looked behind there too

when it comes to acting like a dog

I know what a dog’ll do

If I don’t treat you bad, baby

it’s not cause I don’t know how    

But there comes a time in every man’s life

and I believe that time is now 

When I heard you say you'd never let me go

and if I needed you you'd never turn me from your door

I woulda thought you loved me, woulda thought you cared

Woulda thought you loved me, but I woulda been wrong

And when your tender kisses were driving me insane

I saw you get excited at the mention of my name

I woulda thought you loved me, woulda thought you cared

Woulda thought you loved me, but I woulda been wrong

When I saw you foolin round with another man

you said you lost your head but it would never happen again

I wanted to believe you and take you at your word

wanted to believe you, but I woulda been wrong

When I heard you braggin that I was just your fool

and there was nothin in this world you couldn't make me do

I woulda thought you was the Devil, and you been lyin all along

woulda thought you was the Devil, and I would'na been wrong

I’m getting up in years

the time is flying by

age may be just a number

but the number’s getting high

exactly when my number’s up

no one can really say

but not today – please lord, not today

I know it’s getting late

there’s still so much to do

I’ve got a lot to give before

my giving time is through

I know that in a minute

it can all be taken away

but not today – oh lord, please – not today

There will come a day

when time is gonna win

I’m falling down

and staying down

not getting up again

no matter what I say or do

time’s gonna have its way

but not today – please lord, not today

I'm on time – and you're late

I get ready and you hesitate

I get left when you're right

I have to pay when you spend the night

but you're so sure when we disagree

it must be something wrong with me

True to form

you're running true to form

You ain't changed your ways since the day after you was born

You were the same as a kid

you made a face at everything I did

If I complained you'd run and tell

then someone else would come and give me hell

I shoulda learned before we turned ten

I couldn't play your game and win

But I'm true to form

I'm running true to form

I keep coming back cause you still got it going on

What we got – is hard to say

It keeps changing from day to day   

When it's right we get along  

but shortly after things go wrong

When you point the finger at all I do

one two three are pointing back at you

True to form

we're running true to form

We can't predict whether we're gonna be together for long

I got no woman, you got two

what's gonna happen to me and you

I'll die lonely, you'll die lonely too

I got no woman, you got two

I got no woman, that's no joke

you got fire, I only got smoke

I'll die with a dollar, you'll die broke

but I got no woman, and that's no joke

Your two women are perfect strangers

if ever they meet, you'll be in danger

they both love you now, but that can change

then you and your women can all be strangers

I once had two women the same as you 

tried to keep 'em both, the way you do

not much difference between me and you

I got no woman, you got two