Intro:
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I cut my teeth on Gumbo rock, Benny Spellman and Dr. John
Sweet Erma Thomas and Frogman Henry
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Used to boogie woogie all night long
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Though I love rock n' roll the acoustic guitar
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Was the only way I had of becomin' a star
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I'm doin' really nice and travellin' around
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But they won't play my record in my old home town
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But if I had saxophones
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Yeah, big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks
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If I had saxophones
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I could get some recognition from that Mobile, Alabama D J
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Livin' by the ocean, sometimes I get the notion
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To take my Janey down town
We hang out in a funky little bar
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They call it the "Shipwreck Lounge"
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Well we get kind of drunk and we play rock n' roll
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Grabbin' everybody right down in his soul
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When we get to cookin' somethin's still wrong
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There's still somethin' missin' from them good ole songs
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But if we had saxophones
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Big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks
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If we had saxophones
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I could make that joint shimmy like a big California earth quake
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Yeah if we had saxophones
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Yeah, big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks
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If we had saxophones
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I could get some recognition from that Mobile, Alabama D J