Now get your hat, baby Get yo coat and leave your worries On your doorstep 'Cause you know life can be sweet On the sundown, sunny, sunny Sunny, sunny side up the street
You hear the pity pat Now the sign of the sound of the rain drops Now, go ahead on and direct yo feet, baby hidden To the sunny, sunny, sunny, side-a the dream, yeah
You see I walk, mama walked, in the shade With them blues I'm talkin' bout Now, now, now, now on parade I don't worry now, no Because it's over, over, over And we gonna cross a Vine
Ever, never owned a cent You see I feel mellow, mellow Mellow as old Rockefeller Talkin' bout the gold dust at my feet, baby On the sundown, sunny, sunny Side of the street, yes man, out there
[Piano]
'Mercy, mercy, right there'
'Go ahead an sell yo papers, son'
'Oh, yeah'
'Whoa, yeah'
Take my walk in the shade With them blues I'm talkin' bout Now darlin, on parade I don't worry not now Because it's all over, over Over and they gotta cross over, babe
Ever, never owned a cent You see I'd feel mellow, mellow 'Most Rock-a-fellow With gold dust at my feet I have sundown, sunny, sunny side the Ba-doo-ooo-boo-boo-dadoodle-de Pow! pow! pow!
--- Sunny Side of the Street - 3:35 (Trk 16) Roosevelt Sykes - piano & vocal Recorded: December 30, 1971 Producer: G.H. Buck Jr. Jazz City Studios, New Orleans, LA Album: Roosevelt Sykes 'Dirty Mother For You'