The "I Woke Up This Morning" Blues Game

I woke up this morning, and the sun was sinking fast,
The moon rising slowly, and the light just wouldn't last
Yeah, my sleep schedule's so damn messed up babe
By tomorrow morning, tomorrow'll be the past

Or, a more... meish, less sarcastic try

I woke up this morning, and I heard the reaper call
He's done that every morning of every day, summer and fall
'Cos you left in the spring, babe
And without you the world just means nothing at all

I woke up this morning, and wondered why I try
Brown leaves floated from their trees
And bright sunlight flooded the sky
Well, I woke up this morning, babe
And I wish I hadn't
Woke up this morning, honey,
And wished so hard I hadn't made you cry

Vompatti wrote: Hairdresser Blues My hairdresser left me she ain't coming back no more My hairdresser left me and she ain't coming back no more But I can still hear her scissors and her footsteps down the hall Well my hair looks like a birdnest now that she isn't here with me My hair looks like a birdnest now that she isn't here with me Well I would cut it myself if the backside I could see If I don't get a haircut soon I think I'm gonna die If I don't get a haircut soon I think I'm gonna die My hair weighs on my shoulders like a sword hanging from the sky My hairdresser left me but now she's coming home My hairdresser left me but now she's coming home She called me last night from the station's telephone Now my hairdresser's back and my hair's like a limousine My hairdresser's back my hair is neat like a limousine She's got scissors in her hand and her eyes are wide and mean She cuts me with her scissors and she cuts me with her eyes She cuts me with scissors and she cuts me with her eyes Every word from her mouth is a punch of her fist of ice One morning I woke up in an empty bed One morning I woke up in an empty bed The call came that evening my hairdresser she was dead She had drowned in the river in a gown of whitest lace She had drowned in the river in a gown of whitest lace When they dragged her out she had a smile upon her face My hairdresser's left me she ain't coming back no more My hairdresser's left me and she ain't coming back no more But I can still hear her scissors and her footsteps down the hall

I now realize that I should have started this with "I woke up this morning and my hairdresser etc..."


Edited by Vompatti - September 07 2008 at 06:21

I woke up this morning, the sky was made of lead
I said I woke up this morning, and the sky, it was made of lead
I thought if someone doesn't put steel pillars under it or something
it ain't gonna take long until it's gonna fall on my sweet bed.

So I went to the hardware shop to buy some tools and stuff
went to the hardware shop to buy me some tools and stuff
showed the guy at the counter all my money
but the guy said it was not enough.

So I punched him in the face with my wallet full of coins
I said I punched him in the face with my wallet that was full of coins
when he was feeling his teeth
I kicked him in the groins.

But while I was kicking the man there was this other guy who called the cops
I was kicking the man when this other guy who also worked at the shop called the cops
they caught me red-handed and threw me in a cell
with nothing to eat but old newspapers and peanuts.

I woke up the next morning and the sky that was made of lead -
when I woke up the next morning the sky that was made of lead
fell on the jailhouse and
fell on my sweet iron bed.

I woke up this morning and thought the books I ordered would arrive today
I woke up this morning and thought my books would arrive today
but they didn't arrive so I thought they must arrive some other day.

But if they don't arrive soon I'm gonna wait and maybe they'll arrive later
if they don't arrive soon I guess I'll just have to wait for them to arrive later
but if they don't arrive at all I'm gonna have a hard time passing one of the courses I'm on and maybe I can't finish my studies in time and the money stops rolling in and I'll just have to call it quits and become a waiter (at a topless bar).