Catch-22 Blues

It just keeps coming up. He's got this, but he wants that. She did this, but wants to do the other. I'm happy just to play the blues, but a car that's less than half my age would be nice, too. Fun tune to record, and I got to hear Ray stretch out a little bit. Johnny sounds like he's playing an upright bass on this, but it's actually a Fender.

Well a bug can't lift a twig, for a dog it's nothing big But he don't want to And the dog can't grab a cat, a racoon can do all that But he don't want to And I dream of you at night, while you hold your baby tight But he don't want you You can see it in his eyes, from the way he tells you lies That he don't want you He stays at work too long, and you beg him to come home But he don't want to Girl I'd be so good for you, I know you could love me too But you don't want to I got a black book full of numbers, of girls I'll never call They only make me think of you, you don't think of me at all A pig can't eat a cow, that old bear could show him how But he don't want to Now that bear can't reach the bees, an eagle can with ease But he don't want to Baby it's a shame, your man calls someone else's name But girl I want you He doesn't love her, but she doesn't care I'm in the middle with my heart up in the air It's true, it's like the old catch-22 'Cause love is taking numbers But the order's gone askew

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