ARTIST: Allen Toussaint
TITLE: Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)
Lyrics and Chords


Well, I tried to run my game, she said, "Man, that's the same
Old thing I've heard before
And I'm too tired to go for your show, again and again"
And she started to explain, she said, "Man, I ain't sayin'
What you're playin' just can't make it
But I just can't take it anymore, no"

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{Refrain}
Play something sweet, play something mellow
Play something I can sink my teeth in like Jell-o
Play something I can understand, play me some Brickyard Blues
Play something sweet, now make it funky
Just let me lay back and grin like a monkey
Play something I can understand, play me some Brickyard Blues

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Well, I started to sweat, she said, "Don't get upset
'Cause you just might break a string
And that won't do a thing for your show, don't you know"
So I said to myself, I said, "Self, do you see
What is sailin' through my soul?"
And I gotta have some more, don't ya know

{Refrain}

It's enough to make a light in the dark
It's enough to make a bite just a bark
It's enough to make a body move around
It's enough to make a rabbit hug a hound

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{As refrain}
Play something sweet, play something mellow
Play something I can sink my teeth in like Jell-o
Play something I can understand, play me some Brickyard Blues

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