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Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing 
(Written by N. Ashford and V. Simpson)

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing...  no no
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

I've got your picture hanging on the wall
But it can't seem to come to me
When I call your name
I realized it's just a picture in a frame

I read your letters but you're not here
They don't move me, they don't groove me
Like when I hear your sweet voice
Whispering in my ear

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing...   no no
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

I play my games of fantasy
I pretend but I know in reality
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

No other sound is quite the same as your name
No touch can do half as much
To make me feel better
So let's stay together...   together

I got my memories to look back on
Though they help me when you're gone
I'm well aware ...
Nothing can take the place of your being there

So glad we got the real thing, baby
So glad we got the real thing... ooh hoo
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

Oooh, Boz

So glad we got the real thing, baby
So glad we got the real real thing.. real thing
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

'Annie Green Springs Wine' Commercial Jingle 
(Written/Sung by Boz Scaggs)

Sold my suits and pawned my watches 
Bought some Annie Greensprings wine 
And I'm goin' up to the country
Going to find my peace of mind. 

Movin' up with Annie Greensprings 
The city's not the place for me 
Movin' up with Annie Greensprings 
To a place I'd rather be.

Female announcer: "Annie Greensprings Berry Frost, is grape wine 
and natural currant, and other natural flavors. 
You'll love that country wine." 

Mountain Valley Wine Company 
San Francisco

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Can't Hide Love 
(Skip Scarborough / Hit by EW&F)

You want my love and you can't deny
You know it's true, but you try to hide, yeah
You turn down love like it's really bad, ow
You can't hide what ya never had, yeah

Well bless your soul, you can turn a few
Time to find out, if ya really try

You want my love
(You want my love, well I betcha)
(Ooh, betcha)

You betcha
You want my love
(Well I betcha)

Oohh, oooh, it's a feelin' inside

You can't pretend there's nothing there
Girl, I look in your eyes, I see you care... well
So why not stop tryin' to run and hide
(You won't find out, if you never try)

(You want my love)
Ohhh, well, I betcha
(I betcha)
Whoa, Whoaaa, (betcha) can't hide love, can't hide love
Well, I betcha

Whoooaa, it's the feelin' inside

(Love has found the time for kissing, yeah)
(Can you find the time to listen)
(My heart's found the time to love you, whoaaa)
(Can you find the time is missing, yeah, well, well)

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh....

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Drivin' Wheel
(Roosevelt Sykes / Hit by Junior Parker)

Boz Performed at Various Concerts, including NYR&SR, Columbia Radio Hour

My baby don't have to worry
She don't have to rob and steal
My baby don't have to worry
She don't have to rob and steal
I give her ev'rything she needs
I am her drivin' wheel

I wrote my baby a letter
Don't want no one to break the seal
I wrote my baby a letter
Don't want no one to break the seal
That letter goes to my baby
I am her drivin' wheel

My baby left me this mornin'
She said she'd be home soon
She left me this mornin'
But she said she'd be home soon
She'd be back early Friday morning
Or late Saturday afternoon

I wanna tell you about my baby! (yeah!)

I'm gonna tell ya about my baby! (yeah!)

Ev'ry time she walks
She's like a leaf shakin' on a tree
Ev'ry time she walks
She's like a leaf shakin' on a tree
I want you to come home baby
This is where you get your steak, potatoes and tea

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Gypsy Woman
(Curtis Mayfield 1961 / Hit by Bryan Hyland 1973)

Boz performed live at NHK Centre Japan 1993, NYR&SR 1992, Columbia Radio Hour 1994

From nowhere through a caravan
Around the campfire light
A lovely woman in motion
With hair as dark as night
Her eyes were like that of a cat in the dark
That hypnotized me with love

She was a gypsy woman
A gypsy woman

She danced around and round to a guitar melody
From the fire her face was all aglow
How she enchanted me
Oh, how I'd like to hold her near
And kiss and forever whisper in her ear

I love you, gypsy woman
Gypsy woman

All through the caravan
She was dancing with all the men
Waiting for the rising sun
Everyone was having fun
I hate to see the lady go
Knowing that she'll never know
That I love her, I love her

Gypsy woman...
A gypsy woman, a gypsy woman, a gypsy woman

All through the caravan
She was dancing with all the men
Waiting for the rising sun
Everyone was having fun
I hate to see the lady go, oooh
'Cause I love her, I love her

Gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman, a gypsy woman, a gypsy woman

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I Feel So Good
(Big Bill Broonzy)

Boz Scaggs has performed this tune at various live shows including a WBCN Broadcast, Boston, 1971

Well, I got a letter 
It came to me by mail 
My baby's comin' home 
I hope that she don’t fail
 
She make me feel so good 
She make me feel so good
She make me feel so good 
I feel just like ballin' the jack 

Down by the station
Suitcase in her little hand
My baby's comin' on home, ya'll
Lord, won't that be the end

She make me feel so good 
She make me feel so good.. all night long
She make me feel so good 
I feel just like ballin' the jack 

I feel good, I hope I always will 
I feel just like a Jack on top of Jenny 
Way over behind the hill 

She make me feel all right 
She make me feel so good
She make me feel so good 
I feel just like ballin' the jack 

Oh, down by the station
Suitcase in her little hand
My baby's comin' on home, ya'll
Lord, won't that be the end

She make me feel so good 
She make me feel so good
She make me feel so good 
I feel just like ballin' the jack 

I feel good, I hope I always will 
I feel just like a Jack on top of Jenny 
Way over behind the hill

She make me feel all right 
She make me feel so good
She make me feel so good 
I feel just like ballin' the jack

'Ballin' the Jack' was the was the name of a popular dance in 1913

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I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
(Paul Butterfield)

This was performed by Boz Scaggs with the Grateful Dead on May 28, 1982. 

I got a mind to give up livin'
Yes and go shopping instead
I've got a mind to give up livin'
Yes and go shopping instead
Pick me a tombstone and be pronounced dead

When I read your letter this morning
That was on your place in bed
When I read your letter this morning
That was on your place in bed
That's when I decided that I'd be better off dead

It read "Daddy, it's no use looking
Or ever hoping to get me back"
It read "Daddy, it's no use looking
Or ever hoping to get me back"
"Because it's all over now
And baby you can bet on that"

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It Should Have Been Me
(Ray Charles)

Boz Scaggs with Georgie Fame on the GF album, 'Cool Cat Blues'.

As I passed by
A real fine hotel
A chick walked out
She sure looked swell
I gave her the eye
And started to carry on
When a Cadillac cruised up
And 'swish' she was gone

It should've been me
With that real fine chick
It should've been me
With that real fine chick
Hey hey hey, hey, driving that, Cadillac

Just the other day
A theater I passed
I saw a young lady
Mmmm, did she have class
Well I was all set
To write her name in my book
Along came Ray Charles...
And gave me a real dirty look

It should've been me
With that real fine chick
It should've been me
With that real fine chick
Hey, hey, hey
Me and her chaperone

When I got to the corner
I saw a sharp cat
With a 300 dollar suit 
And a 100 dollar hat
He was standing on the sidewalk
By a Dinah Flo
When a voice from within said,
"C'mon daddy, let's go."

It should've been me
With that real fine chick
It should've been me
With that real fine chick
Hey hey hey, hey, driving that, Dinah Flo

I ate a bowl of chili
And I felt OK
At least until I passed
This fine Cafe
I saw a guy eatin'
A great big steak
While a waitress stood by feedin' him
Ice cream and cake

It should've been me
With that real fine chick
It should've been me
With that real fine chick
You know, it should've been me
Eatin' ice cream and cake

It should've been me
Gettin' my natural kicks
It should've been me
Gettin' my natural kicks
Hey hey hey, hey, lovin' those, crazy chicks

It should've been me
With that real fine chick
It should've been me
With that real fine chick
Hey hey hey, hey, driving that, Cadillac

It should've been me
Gettin' my natural kicks
It should've been me
Gettin' my natural kicks
Hey hey hey, hey, lovin' those, crazy chicks

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It Takes A Lot To Laugh [It Takes A Train To Cry]
(Bob Dylan 1965)

I ride on a mailtrain, baby
Can't buy a thrill
I've been up all night, mama
Leanin' on the window sill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
Oh, if I don't make it
You know my baby will

Don't the moon look good
Shinin' through the trees
Don't the brakeman look good, mama,
Flagging down the "Double E"
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea
Don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' after me

Well, the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I tried to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Ya know, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost

Well, I just been to the baggage car
Where the bags been tossed
And I snapped out forty-eight compasses
Sure don't know what they cost
Ya know, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
I can't help it, no
If this train gets lost

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I've Been Loving You Too Long 
(Jerry Butler / Otis Redding)

Performed live by Boz Scaggs on Columbia Radio Hour 1994

I've been loving you too long 
I don't wanna stop now

You were tired and you wanna be free
My love is growing stronger, as you become a habit to me
I've been loving you too long
I dont wanna stop now

With you, my life,
Has been so wonderful
I don't wanna stop now

You were tired and your love is growing cold
My love keeps growing stronger 
As our affair keeps growing old
I've been loving you, not THAT much too long
I don't wanna stop now

I've been loving you too long
I don't wanna stop now
No...
I don't wanna stop loving you
No, No...
Don't make me stop loving you... 
Now, now, now, now

Gonna get down on my knees now

I've been loving you
No, no
Good God Almighty 
I'm gonna get down on my knees and pray to ya
Please don't make me stop loving you

No, I don't wanna stop loving you
Now, now, now
'Cause I'm kinda missin' ya girl

I've been loving you

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Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
(Writers : Bobby Eli / Vinnie Barnett / John Freeman)
Blue Magic - 1974
The Main Ingredient

Ba ba da ba ba da ba ba da ba ba da da
I just don’t want to be lonely

I don’t mind when you say that you’re goin’ away
I just don’t want to be lonely
And I don’t care if you share only moments a day
I just don’t want to be lonely (Just don’t want to be lonely)

I’d rather be loved, needed
Depended on to give the love I can’t give
When you’re gone, when you’re gone
I just don’t want to be lonely (Just don’t want to be lonely)

I don’t mind when the tide sets the sun to the moon
I just don’t want to be lonely
Let the stairs find you there at the end of the room
I just don’t want to be lonely (Just don’t want to be lonely)

I’d rather be loved, needed
Depended on to give the love I can’t give
When you’re gone, when you’re gone
I just don’t want to be lonely

Take my hand, I’m dependin’ on you
To love me, to hold me
Just to meet me and to give me all your love
Because, baby, I just, I just don’t want to be lonely

Ba ba da ba ba da ba ba da ba ba da da
I just don’t want to be lonely
Ba ba da ba ba da ba ba da ba ba da da
I just don’t want to be lonely

I just don’t want to be lonely

I’d rather be loved, needed
Depended on to give the love I can’t give
When you’re gone, when you’re gone
I just don’t want to be lonely

I’d rather be loved, needed
Depended on to give the love I can’t give
When you’re gone (When you’re gone)
I just don’t want to be lonely

(I’d rather be loved, needed)
(Depended on to give the love I can’t give)
(When you’re gone, when you’re gone)
I just don’t want to be lonely

I’d rather be loved, needed
Depended on to give the love I can’t give
When you’re gone, when you’re gone
I just don’t want to be lonely (Just don’t want to be lonely)

I’d rather be loved, needed
Depended on to give the love I can’t give
When you’re gone
I just don’t want to be lonely (Just don’t want to be lonely)

I’d rather be loved (Needed) I’d rather be
(Depended on to give the love I can’t give) 
Just to have that special someone
(When you’re gone) Right by my side (When you’re gone) 
It may be all just a dream
(I just don’t want to be lonely) 
But one day

(I’d rather be loved) She’ll come along (Needed)
(Depended on to give the love I can’t give) 
And when she does, I’ll wait for her with all my joy
(When you’re gone) I will give her all the love (When you’re gone)
So wherever you are (I just don’t want to be lonely) 
I just wanna say these words

I just wanna be loved
I just wanna be needed, mmm...
When you’re gone, when you’re gonna
I just don’t want to be lonely

I’d rather be loved, needed
Depended on to give the love I can’t give
When you’re gone

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Mary Dont Take Me on No Bad Trip 
(Written by Ellington Jordan A/K/A "Fugi") 
January 1, 1968

Performed live by Boz Scaggs on Night Music with David Sanborn and Jools Holland

Whoo hoo

Oh Mary
Girl, don't ya take me on no bad, bad trip
The tide's about to fall, girl
Only you can make me slip

Ah, listen...
Sold my soul to you, oh Mary
Once upon a time
Yes I did
Now you want some money back, girl
And also wants my mind

Oh Mary
Girl, don't you take me on no bad, bad trip
The tide's about to fall, girl
Only you can help me slip

Listen
They're killin' and deceivin', Mary
Girl, so in you, I must confide  oh yeah
'Cause everybody's leaving, Mary
Tryin' to find them some place to hide

Ooh ho
Oooh hoo
Oh yeah

Now just the other day, my brother put me down
He ain't got no understandin'
He don't want me 'round
Somebody mailed me a gun in an envelope
Told me, "I have the right to kill ya'll"
They took me to jail this mornin', Mary
Because I couldn't afford to pay my bills
Oh, Lord

Oh Mary
Girl, don't ya take me on no bad, bad, bad trip
The tide's about to fall, girl
And only you can let me slip

Just the other day, my brother put me down
He ain't got no understandin'
He don't want me 'round
Somebody mailed me a gun in an envelope
Told me, "I have the right to kill ya'll"
They took me to jail this mornin', Mary
Because I couldn't afford to pay my bills

Oh Mary
Girl, don't ya take me on no bad, bad, bad trip
The tide's about to fall, girl
And only you can let me slip

Ooh hoo
Oh yeah

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Mercury Blues
(K.C. Douglas)

Mercury Blues Performed by Boz Scaggs at Richard's Cafe in Atlanta, GA 1973

Had more money 
I tell you what I'd do 
I would go downtown 
Buy a Mercury or two 
Because I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury 
Cruisin' up and down the road
Ya know, I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury 
Cruisin' up and down the road

Girl, I love you... look so fine
Cruisin' around in my Mercury '49
I'm going to buy me a Mercury 
Cruise it up and down the road 
Goin' to buy me a Mercury 
Cruise it up and down the road 

The girl I love... 
I stole her from a friend 
Fool got lucky and stole her back again 
Because she's crazy 'bout the Mercury 
Cruisin' up and down the road 
Ya know, I'm wild about that Mercury
Crazy 'bout that V-8 Ford

The girl I love, she look so fine
Cruisin' around in my Mercury '49
I'm going to buy me a Mercury 
Cruise it up and down the road 
Ya know, I'm wild about that Mercury 
Crazy 'bout my Mercury Ford 

Had more money 
I tell you what I'd do 
Go downtown... 
Buy a Mercury or two 
Because I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury 
Cruisin' up and down the road
I'm crazy 'bout that Mercury 
Wild about my Mercury Ford

Had more money 
I tell you what I'd do 
I would go downtown 
Buy a Mercury or two 
Because I'm crazy 'bout the Mercury 
Cruisin' up and down the road
Ya know, I'm crazy 'bout that Mercury 
Movin' up and down the road
Wild about that Mercury
Movin' up and down the road

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Nadine
(Chuck Berry) 

I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat,
I thought I saw my future bride walking up the street,
I shouted to the driver hey conductor, you must slow down.
I think I see her please let me off this bus

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you?
Seems like every time I catch you,
You're up to something new

I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back
And started walkin' toward a coffee colored cadillac
I was pushin' through the crowd to get to where she's at
And I was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you?
Seems like every time I catch you,
You're up to something new

Downtown searching for her, looking all around.
Saw her getting in a yellow cab heading up town.
I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybody's tab.
With a twenty dollar bill, told him 'catch that yellow cab.'

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you?
Seems like every time I catch you,
You're up to something new

She move around like a wave of summer breeze,
go, driver, go, go, catch her balmy breeze.
Moving thru the traffic like a mounted cavalier.
Leaning out the taxi window trying to make her hear. 

Nadine, honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you?
Seems like every time I catch you,
You're up to something new

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Summertime
(George Gershwin)

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky

But till that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With daddy and mamma standing by

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry 

Boz Scaggs on vocals
Marian McPartland on piano
Gary Mazaroppi on bass

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The Perfect One
(Boz Scaggs)

"Two Of A Kind" Soundtrack, MCA,January 1, 1983

Echoes across the frozen lake
The stillness' still much more than I can take
I hear the final hours chime
And wonder if this note will arrive in time

Stop! Right where you begin
We might as well give in
'Cause we're tumblin' anyway

Whoa, start, right where it should end
But start again like friends
Let our hearts refine the way

May you, you and I
Never be undone
May you, you and I
Be a perfect one

Find that face within a crowd
And watch it slip away behind a cloud
Funny how a smile can stray
And end up half a universe away

Stop! Right where you begin
You might as well give in
'Cause we're tumblin' anyway

Whoa, start, right where it should end
But start again like friends
Let our hearts refine the way

May you, you and I
Never be undone
May you, you and I
Be a perfect one

May you, you and I
Be a perfect one

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You'll Never Know
(B. Scaggs/L. Dozier)
Star Box

Sooner or later
You’re coming through that door
You’ve heard it before
Love me or leave me
I’m on your side
But the way you leave me hanging on the line
Is drivin’ me crazy

You’ll never know how much I miss you
So much
It’s hard to show how much I care
Really care
So much

Something inside me
Says that I ought ‘a be rough
Tell you out front
Darling, I need you here by my side
But until I feel it’s a two- way deal
We’ll just keep faking

You’ll never know how much I miss you
So much
It’s hard to show how much I care
Really care
So much

But the way you leave me hanging on the line
Is drivin’ me crazy

It’s about time that you move, baby
Girl, I’m lost without you

You’ll never know how much I miss you
So much
It’s hard to show how much I care
Really care
So much

You’ll never know how much I miss you
In my life
So much
It’s hard to show how much I care
Really care
So much

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You're So Fine
(Finney, West, Schofield)
Wilson Pickett-The Falcons

You're so fine, You're so fine, you're mine
You're so fine
Well, I walk and I talk about you

I love you, I love you, I know
Tell the world I know
Well, I walk and I talk about you

Well there's nothing in the world as sweet as your kiss
So fine, so fine
And when I'm gone you're the one I miss
You're my first cup of coffee (My last cup of tea)

You're so fine, you're so fine, you're mine
Baby you're so fine
Well, I walk and I talk about you

I love you, I love you, I know
Tell the world I know
Well, I walk and I talk about you

Well, I walk and I talk about you

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