Blind Randall
There are only two known recordings of this song - both rough studio demos with just vocals and piano. This song was at one time planned for inclusion on the album So Long Ago The Garden
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Version 1 is a rough studio demo, performed solo with piano
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lyrics version 1
All right let it, keep on rolling
One two three four boomph tch boom boom tch boom tch pch-a-ha-a [Spoken]
Blind Randall sings the blues
He plays guitar, he’s paid his dues
Picks up a tune and knocks it flat
In a straight back chair and his old brown hat
Randall’s one of the all around greats
You oughta hear him play the eighty eight
??? if you know what I mean
But he can play the kind of music that you never seen
He won’t join a local union
He says its government don't mix with art
He says the union master’s tone deaf
And he can’t keep rhythm even with his heart
Yeah
Randall’s one of the all around greats
You oughta hear him play the eighty eight
He don’t read music if you know what I mean
But he can play the kind of musics no one ever seen
He don’t want nothin’ from welfare
He says their money takes your soul away
That a man must earn his way through life
What you take for free will be the price you pay
Blind Randall he’s my good friend
He takes me places I never been
I said Randall you seem so wise
He said I’ve seen the son with my own two eyes
Ah-ba ba da dip ba
Ah da eep ba de ba da ba
Dip bap-n ba ba dip ba ba
Ba boo bump ba boo bump ba boo bump-n ba ba
Bump ba boo bump ba boo bump-n ba ba
Ba ba boo baaa
One two three four boomph tch boom boom tch boom tch pch-a-ha-a [Spoken]
Blind Randall sings the blues
He plays guitar, he’s paid his dues
Picks up a tune and knocks it flat
In a straight back chair and his old brown hat
Randall’s one of the all around greats
You oughta hear him play the eighty eight
??? if you know what I mean
But he can play the kind of music that you never seen
He won’t join a local union
He says its government don't mix with art
He says the union master’s tone deaf
And he can’t keep rhythm even with his heart
Yeah
Randall’s one of the all around greats
You oughta hear him play the eighty eight
He don’t read music if you know what I mean
But he can play the kind of musics no one ever seen
He don’t want nothin’ from welfare
He says their money takes your soul away
That a man must earn his way through life
What you take for free will be the price you pay
Blind Randall he’s my good friend
He takes me places I never been
I said Randall you seem so wise
He said I’ve seen the son with my own two eyes
Ah-ba ba da dip ba
Ah da eep ba de ba da ba
Dip bap-n ba ba dip ba ba
Ba boo bump ba boo bump ba boo bump-n ba ba
Bump ba boo bump ba boo bump-n ba ba
Ba ba boo baaa
