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Curry O'Shea

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Ethiopian Blues (text)

SONG I

Now doctors writers critics
Be my friends
With a word in both of yours ears
I can fix both ends
There’s a man above and he made a world for us
And you’re not going to heaven
Till you show them you have love.

CHORUS

Ethiopian blues are on my mind
Ethiopian blues oh-wo-ho
Ethiopian blues ain’t hard
to find-ah-ind
Ethiopian blues wo-ho-wo-ho
are really on my mind

SONG II

Like a book without a Cover
Like a child without a Mother
You feel the same
And you wish
And you wish
That it would rain-ah-ain

CHORUS

Ethiopian blues are on my mind etc

SONG III

So you cry and you cry and you cry
Cause you don’t wanna die
There’s no water in your eyes!
Cause the sun is in the sky–ah-igh

CHORUS
Ethiopian blues are on my mind etc

SONG IV

So you look, and you look
And you look around;
All you get is the smell!
And the vultures making
sounds -ah -sounds
Just a cup of tea
And a slice of bread tonight
And you wish that the morning would come
And fight the nigh -ah -ight

CHORUS

Ethiopian blues are on my mind etc

SONG V

Just a couple of coins to
Help them in their hands
Just a couple of coins
To help them
With their plans –ah-ands
Well the bones, the bones, the bones
Are everywhere
You can see it in their eyes
You can smell it in
The air-ah-ir

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