{"id":53272,"date":"2014-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=53272"},"modified":"2021-08-20T19:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T19:37:53","slug":"lee-dorsey-percy-mayfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=53272","title":{"rendered":"Lee Dorsey + Percy Mayfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1e8t908XhVI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7529\" title=\"L_Dorsey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/L_Dorsey.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/L_Dorsey.gif 197w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/L_Dorsey-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>\u00a4 &nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nnh1MrgJCwo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lee Dorsey<\/a> &nbsp; [1924-1986]<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lee Dorsey<\/strong> epitomized the loose, easygoing charm of New Orleans R&amp;B perhaps more than any other artist of the &#8217;60s. Working with legendary Crescent City producer\/writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/5-allen-toussaint-songs-you-need-to-know-34050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Allen Toussaint<\/strong><\/a>, Dorsey typically offered good-time party tunes with a playful sense of humor and a loping, funky backbeat.<\/p>\n<h6>\u2207 &nbsp; &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EAzAucMOE0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working in the coal mine<\/a>&#8216; &nbsp;\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtM4p7UVGoo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoop, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Five o&#8217;clock in the mornin&#8217;, I&#8217;m all ready up and gone<\/strong><br><strong>Lord I am so tired, how long can this go on?<\/strong><br><strong>That I&#8217;m workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>&#8216;Cause I make all the money, hauling coal by the ton<\/strong><br><strong>But when Saturday goes around I&#8217;m too tired for havin&#8217; fun <\/strong>(Too tired for having\u2026)<br><strong>I&#8217; just workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoop, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord I am so tired, how long can this go on?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>That I&#8217;m workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoop, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Five o&#8217;clock in the mornin&#8217;, I&#8217;m all ready up and gone<\/strong><br><strong>Lord I am so tired, how long can this go on?<\/strong><br><strong>That I&#8217;m workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoop, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>&#8216;Cause I make all the money, hauling coal by the ton<\/strong><br><strong>But when Saturday goes around I&#8217;m too tired for havin&#8217; fun <\/strong>(Too tired for having\u2026)<br><strong>I&#8217;m just workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoop, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, goin&#8217; down, down, down<\/strong><br><strong>Workin&#8217; in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down<\/strong><br><strong>Lord I am so tired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxp0Kfgpft8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get out my life, woman &nbsp;\u2191 &nbsp; you don&#8217;t love me no more &#8230;<\/strong><br>Get out my life, woman; you don&#8217;t love me no more<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get out my eyes, teardrops; I gotta see my way around &#8230;<\/strong><br>Get out my life, heartache; nothin&#8217; but heartache by the pound<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get off the ladder, woman; I&#8217;ve got to climb up to the top &#8230;<\/strong><br>Get off the ladder, woman; there is nothin&#8217; gonna make me stop<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get out my way, woman; I gotta be movin&#8217; on &#8230;<\/strong><br>Get out the way, woman; I gotta be movin&#8217; on<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get out my life, woman; you don&#8217;t love me no more &#8230;<\/strong><br>Get out my life, woman; you don&#8217;t love me no more<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K27V2EFi3co\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh the&nbsp;games people play&nbsp;now&nbsp;every night and every day now<\/strong><br><strong> Never meaning what they say now&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Never saying what they mean<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And they while away the hours&nbsp;in their ivory towers<\/strong><br><strong> Till they&#8217;re covered up with flowers&nbsp;in the back of a black limousine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh we make one another cry&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Break a heart then we say goodbye<\/strong><br><strong> Cross our hearts and we hope to die&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;That the other was to blame<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Neither one will ever give in&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;So we gaze at our eight by ten<\/strong><br><strong> Thinking &#8216;bout the things that might have been&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;It&#8217;s a dirty rotten shame<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>People walking up to you&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Singing glory hallelulia<\/strong><br><strong> And they&#8217;re tryin to sock it to you &nbsp;in the name of the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>They&#8217;re gonna teach you how to meditate&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Read your horoscope and cheat your faith<\/strong><br><strong> And further more to hell with hate&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Come on, get on board<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Look around tell me what you see&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;What&#8217;s happening to&nbsp;you and me<\/strong><br><strong> God grant me the serenity&nbsp; to remember who I am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cause you&#8217;ve given up your sanity&nbsp;for your pride and your vanity<\/strong><br><strong> Turned your back on humanity&nbsp;and you don&#8217;t give a da da da da da<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f9z1SdkQW6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-34821 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Games_People_Play.jpg\" alt=\"Games_People_Play\" width=\"213\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Games_People_Play.jpg 213w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Games_People_Play-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>\u2207&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sC8is1HUfrg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky&#8217; (from now on)<\/a>&nbsp; \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s2HUW1cSfZA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Everything I do gohn be funky from now on &#8230;<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p>I have to be myself and do my thing<br>A little soul can&#8217;t do no harm, yeah<br><strong>Everything I do gohn be funky from now on &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Some may say I&#8217;ve got no class<br>But I&#8217;m doing what I wanna do<br>So go with me if you can<br>Or just do what you can do<br>Oh, shucks<br>Why you whining<br>I&#8217;m on fire<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc OULBYb\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Yeah, <strong>everything I do gohn be funky from now on &#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc OULBYb\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Never before have I felt so good<br>Just being natural me<br>My little hang up and my little times<br>But deep inside, I&#8217;m free<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc OULBYb\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Let your hair down, get down wings<br>Who&#8217;s to say what&#8217;s right or wrong<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc OULBYb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Everything I do gohn be funky from now on &#8230;<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p>Oh, shucks, do your thing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a4&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=46&amp;v=RVtNn1ibyuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PERCY MAYFIELD<\/a>&nbsp; [1920-1984] &nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FpAY7z3uL-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11155\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hit-the-road-jack.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hit-the-road-jack.gif 179w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hit-the-road-jack-150x135.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8216;Hit the Road Jack&#8217;: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a&nbsp;<\/span>song written by&nbsp;<strong><a title=\"Percy Mayfield\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Percy_Mayfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Percy Mayfield<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and first recorded in 1960 as an&nbsp;<em><a title=\"A cappella\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_cappella\">a cappella<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;demo sent to&nbsp;Art Rupe.&nbsp;It became famous after it was recorded by &nbsp;<strong><a title=\"Ray Charles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x8btj3_ray-charles-hit-the-road-jack-live_music#from=embediframe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ray Charles<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song, which has a strong beat, is a brief, rather comic duet between a fed-up woman and her good-for-nothing man. He tries to wheedle her into letting him stay, but she will have none of it, <em>\u00ab&#8216;cause it&#8217;s understood: you ain&#8217;t got no money, you just ain&#8217;t no good.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i3JxTTT5dAM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.)<br>(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more.)<br>What you say?<br>(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.)<br>(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Woah Woman, oh woman, don&#8217;t treat me so mean,<br>You&#8217;re the meanest old woman that I&#8217;ve ever seen.<br>I guess if you say so<br>I have to pack ma things and go. (That&#8217;s right)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.)<br>(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">now&nbsp;baby, listen baby, don&#8217;t ya treat me this-a way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cause I&#8217;ll be back on my feet some day.<br>(Don&#8217;t care if you do &#8216;cause it&#8217;s understood)<br>(you ain&#8217;t got no money you just ain&#8217;t no good.)<br>Well, I guess if you say so<br>I&#8217;d better pack my things and go. (That&#8217;s right)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.)<br>(Hit the road Jack and don&#8217;t you come back no more.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(don&#8217;t you come back no more . . .)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FW_zaeQjy7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Residents <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FW_zaeQjy7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;[1987_cover]<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca\u2192 &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ure90CHdxyU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Memory Pain&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp; \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uu8PNS0LaHw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everytime I see a woman &#8211; it makes me think about mine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everytime I see a woman &#8211; it make me think of mine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the way she treat me &#8211; Boys I just can&#8217;t keep from cryin&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I used to come home in the evenin&#8217;, that woman would be gone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I come home in the evenin&#8217;, my old lady would be gone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And when I would get up in the mornin&#8217; &#8211; Boy she&#8217;d just be coming home<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I don&#8217;t see well and I&#8217;m absent-minded&nbsp; and I hardly sleep at all<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My [&#8230;?] has put me on a habit &#8211; I nib it too in alcohol<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ohhhh serve me right to suffer &#8211; Serve me right to be alone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;&#8216;cause I&#8217;m still livin&#8217; with a memory&nbsp; of the days that&#8217;s passed and gone<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca &nbsp;&#8216;Stranger in my own Hometown&#8217; &nbsp;\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZygeZcmQXc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;m like a stranger &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Like<strong> a stranger in my own home town . . .<\/strong><br>Some folks I&#8217;d known since my&nbsp;childhood just don&#8217;t seem to want me &#8216;round<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I came home with good intentions&nbsp;about 5 or 6 years ago . . .<\/strong><br>But my home town won&#8217;t accept me &#8211; I just don&#8217;t&nbsp;feel welcome here no more<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I built a house on a hill-top, cause you see I&#8217;m a family man<br>I worked hard in my kind of mission to do the very best I can<br>Now, don&#8217;t mistreat nobody &#8211; They&#8217;re lyin&#8217; if they say I do<br>Oh there&#8217;re some here they like me, but they are so very very few!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s why I&nbsp;like a stranger, &nbsp;a stranger in my own home town<br>My so called&nbsp;friends&nbsp;stopped being friendly<br>But you can&#8217;t keep a good man down<br>No, you can&#8217;t keep him down<\/p>\n<h6>\u2207&nbsp; &#8216;Highway Is Like A Woman&#8217;&nbsp; \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVXXU3tz1AI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The time has come, I got to hit the road again<br>I said, the time has come, now I&#8217;ve got to hit the road again<br>&#8216;Cause I travel with a passion<br>And the highway is my lady, friend<\/p>\n<p>You see, the highway&#8217;s like a woman<br>Soft shoulders and dangerous curves<br>I said, the highway is like a woman, like a woman<br>Soft shoulders an&#8217; dangerous curve<br>And if you don&#8217;t know her when you start travelin&#8217;<br>Boy, she can really upset your nerves, yeah<\/p>\n<p>But if you respect her when she warns you<br>I swear the highway will treat you fine<br>I said, you respect her when she warn you<br>And the highway will treat you fine<\/p>\n<p>When she&#8217;s wet and she&#8217;s slippery<br>Then watch out for the detour sign every time<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca \u25ca &nbsp;&#8216;River&#8217;s Invitation&#8217; &nbsp;+ &nbsp;&#8216;You don&#8217;t exist no more&#8217; &nbsp;\u21d3<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 &nbsp;River&#8217;s &nbsp;invitation &nbsp;\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019ve been all across the country and I\u2019ve played in every town<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2018Cause I\u2019m trying to find my baby but no one has seen her \u2018round<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Now you know which way I\u2019m headed if my baby can\u2019t be found.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I spoke to the river and the river spoke back to me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And it said, you look so lonely \u2013 you look full of misery<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And if you can\u2019t find your baby, come and make your home with me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I don\u2019t want to leave her \u2018cause I know she\u2019s still alive<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And someday I\u2019m gonna find her \u2013 then I\u2019ll take for a ride<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Then we\u2019ll live our life forever in a home among the tide<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dyds_KYnhHQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 &nbsp;You don&#8217;t exist no more &nbsp;\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Why should you use me and then abuse me, and darling tell me why you treat me so&nbsp;cold<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I can understand you &#8211; you must have planned it<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">or else you wouldn&#8217;t have been so bold<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Darling you don&#8217;t love me, and it&#8217;s plain to see<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">that all you want to do was make a fool of me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">But now it&#8217;s&nbsp;over &#8211; I say, it&#8217;s over! You don&#8217;t exist any more.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Now when I had money, girl, you called me honey<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">and it seemed you always wanted me around<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">But &nbsp;[ . . . ?] &nbsp;hit me and then you quit me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Why should&nbsp;wish you six feet in the ground &#8230;. in the ground<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh, can&#8217;t try a crime &#8211; about the way you do<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I would have all the pain that I can stand from you<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You&#8217;d better go now<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I said, you&#8217;d better go &#8216;cause you don&#8217;t exist no more<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">No, you don&#8217;t exist no more<\/address>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 &nbsp;Lee Dorsey &nbsp; [1924-1986] <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lee Dorsey epitomized the loose, easygoing charm of New Orleans R&amp;B perhaps more than any other artist of the &#8217;60s. 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