Lyrics Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive - John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison

Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive

Jimmy McGregor, hey, Jimmy, come here!
Jimmy you son of a gun!
What 'cha been doin'?
How long has it been?
Hell, seven years if it’s been one
How’s the preacher?
How’s Don, did he go back to school?
(No kidding, I thought he was gay!)
Who me?
Oh, I’m great!
I’m a father you know
Yeah, two of 'em and one on the way
Oh, well, she couldn’t make it, she gets pretty tired
She started her last month today
I only came up for a couple of minutes
Believe me, I wish I could stay
Oh, and yeah while I think of it, do you remember
Not for myself, for a friend
A girl that I brought here, before I got married
A couple of times at the end
Whatshername?
She hardly knew me;
Now her name means something to me
I wonder if she ever got over me?
Anyway I should be flattered
For yesterday at least I mattered
Where did it go?
Jimmy I tell you we’re two lucky guys
You’ve got everything that you’ve planned
And all things considered I’ve done fairly well
I mean God’s honest truth, man
I love Ruth and Whatshername?
I thought I knew her, Whatshername?
What happened to her
I don’t know why I’ll never forget
Whatshername?